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It's all about family, fun and food. And it happens this weekend right here in Baltimore. Ron Matz reports Little Italy is cooking up a storm for the 84th Feast of St Gabriel.   All hail St. Gabriel, and that's what they'll do in Little Italy this weekend with plenty of good food and family fun in a big benefit for St. Leo's Church.  ...

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Next weekend's full closure of the I-94 westbound and eastbound will cause massive delays for thousands of Wisconsin drivers, but fear not: Festa Italiana is still on.   Organizers for the city's biggest Italian heritage festival, which runs next July 18-20 in Maier Festival Park, said that the event will not be affected by the closures for...

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by Gary Puleo   With the two Mount Carmels combining forces, some would say it's a match that could only have been made in heaven. The annual procession and street festival in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church's patron saint used to draw revelers from all over the area to the heart of Bridgeport every July for many decades until...

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By David Petkiewicz   Thousands of spectators and parade marchers filled Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood Monday, as the 118th Feast of the Assumption parade wound its way through the neighborhood. The annual parade began after Mass outside the Holy Rosary Church on Mayfield Road. And it moved through the streets of the old Italian...

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Dal 27 al 30 settembre la XI edizione della Festa of San Gennaro offrirà ancora una volta tre giorni di intrattenimento per i cittadini di Los Angeles e per la comunità italiana lì residente. Il Festival folkloristico dedicato al Santo partenopeo, che sarà presentato da Jimmy Kimmel e Adam Carolla, è organizzato dalla San Gennaro Foundation di Los...

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Paolo Virzì's Oscar-nominated film "Human Capital" was shown at the Middleburg Film Festival in the State of Virginia, where Italo-American soundtrack composer and two-time Oscar nominee Marco Beltrami also gave a concert.   Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero to Washington was on hand with other esteemed guests. Read more, in Italian &nb...

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It's your lucky day! A replica of the Trevi Fountain is coming to Festa this year! Have you been to the Trevi in Italy? Submit a photo here for a FREE TICKET to Festa! Entering is simple.   Step 1: Submit a photo of you or your famiglia at the Trevi Fountain. Step 2: Receive a confirmation e-mail from the Festa famiglia. Step 3: Head...

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by Frank Mojica   One of the original statues of St. Gennaro will lead the opening ceremonial procession for the Yorktown Feast of San Gennaro on Thursday. "It's a privilege to participate in the first San Gennaro Feast in Yorktown," said the Rev. Tom Kreiser of St. Patrick's Church in Yorktown Heights. "What a joy to celebrate the Ital...

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Though the 600-pound statue of St. Ann is no longer borne on shoulders of barefoot women, the annual procession and feast honoring the Catholic Church's mother of the Virgin Mary still brings Hoboken natives back home from far and wide.   "Every year," said Mary Morin of Paramus, a member of the Hoboken High School Class of '71. "Whenever we...

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Boston's North End Italian Feasts are entering their peak season during August, as they have been for roughly the past 100 years depending on the founding of the original religious society. Many residents take part in the festivities while others purposely schedule their vacations to be far away from the noise, traffic and occasional chaos.  ...

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