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The 37th annual San Gennaro Feast is coming to Craig Ranch Regional Park next week. The festival runs from May 4 through 8. It features more than 70 restaurant food booths, 60 Helm & Sons Amusements rides, first time in Las Vegas flume ride, 80-foot petting zoo, pony rides and piglets, midway games, arts and crafts booths, and continuous live...

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By Michele Parente   As he has on most nights for the last 46 years, Nick Pecoraro was watching the world go by on Wednesday from the porch of his ornately embellished two-story house on India Street, right at the foot of the Little Italy sign.   The Sicilian-born Pecoraro, 73, is a reigning member of the historic neighborhood's old g...

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Southern hospitality clinched the decision for James Chin to locate a new Italian restaurant in Rockmart.James and his father Jack Chin visited the area from Tennessee and were impressed with the warm welcome they received from local people. "It was like the welcome mat had been spread for my family," said Jennifer Baker. "We are from Tennessee an...

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Celebrate your Italian pride or amore for Italian culture and music, food, fashion and fun at the 7th Annual Taylor Street Festa Italiana! From Thursday, August 22nd – Sunday, August 25th, the annual festival returns to Taylor Street celebrating the history and heritage of Chicago's Little Italy. Open to all ages, guests will be inspired to dress,...

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Everybody has heard about Chicago Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo and Washington Nationals President Mike Rizzo, but it's never too late to learn about the legacy of Italian American Reid Rizzo. If it had not been for renowned sports artist Chris Felix, most baseball lovers would have never have known about the impact that Reid Rizzo had on so many live...

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The annual Feast of Little Italy, now in its twelfth year, and presented by Arrigo Fiat, returns to the Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter, Florida on November 7, 8 and 9th. This celebration of the very best of Italian culture draws thousands of visitors who will enjoy over 150 booths featuring everything from traditional Italian food to jewelry and hom...

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Little Italy, fatti da parte. Il nuovo quartiere dove andare a New York per trovare il sapore autentico dell'Italia è il Bronx. Per la precisione, la zona di Arthur Avenue, nel quartiere Belmont, che secondo i suoi leader ambisce a diventare il prossimo "Village" della città. Per decenni Little Italy ha significato l'area di Manhattan intorno a Mu...

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by Candice Woo   The northern stretch of Little Italy is experiencing a food and drink boom; joining Ballast Point Brewing Co.'s planned brewery restaurant and chef Richard Blais' Juniper & Ivy project is a new urban winery and tasting lounge.   A member of the newly formed San Diego Urban Winery Alliance, which includes Leucadia'...

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The Italian American Museum, in collaboration with the Italian American Committee on Education, invites you to learn Italian language and culture. The courses will begin in September for eleven (11) classes at a cost of $300.   We will have a "meet and greet" for you to meet the teachers and learn about the program on Tuesday, September 23rd...

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By Janet Podolak Barbara Snow, longtime foodie and three-decades-long Mentor resident, discovered many close-to-home connections when putting together her Little Italy Food Tour. Examples include the Anthonys, operators of Anthony's Ristorante and Wine Bar, who live in Mentor, and Mayfield Village Councilman Bill Buckholtz, operator of Murray...

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