The Galbani Feast of Little Italy returns to Abacoa in Jupiter on November 1-3, 2024. The cultural festival, known for its Italian ambiance, national Italian American entertainers, and authentic food, will offer free admission. This year’s theme is celebrating Italian American Heritage and Culture. With every step in Abacoa, visitors will find food...

A new museum celebrating Italian-American heritage will open in Little Italy next week on the annual holiday celebrating the green, white and red. The Italian American Museum will open to the public on Monday, Oct. 14, the Columbus Day holiday, at 151 Mulberry St. It will house three exhibitions that celebrate Italy and Italian-American culture. Th...

Basil Russo, a local and national Italian American standard-bearer, proudly announced that City Council President Blaine A. Griffin will serve as Grand Marshal in the annual Cleveland Columbus Day Parade. The parade will step off at noon on Monday, October 14, on Mayfield Road in Little Italy. “Councilman Griffin led the city’s Community Relations...

Lou Di Palo has been behind the counter at his family’s gastronomia for 72 years, but he jokes that he’s been there for 73–if you include the time his pregnant mother worked there too.  At the corner of Grand and Mott Street in New York City’s Little Italy, with dark green awnings and wheels of Parmigiano lining the windows, Di Palo’s Fine Foods ha...

Around thirty thousand people attended the street party organised by the Little Italy of Los Angeles Association (Lilaa) in San Pedro, a town south of the metropolis that is home to Southern California's largest Italian American community. The 2024 edition is the first to be celebrated since California officially recognised October as the month of...

In the spirit of Italian Heritage Month, Bella Vita Fest will celebrate Italian culture with chalk art, Italian music and wine, all in the heart of San Diego’s Little Italy from Oct. 19 to Oct. 20. More than 30 expert chalk artists, depicting Italian themes, will line the streets of Little Italy, with live Italian music, Italian wine tasting, Itali...

The Taste in Little Italy Meatball Crawl and Wine Tasting has announced its winners for the 2024 event. Despite the rain on Sunday, more than 1,200 people headed to Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood to try out more than a dozen meatballs from local vendors that included restaurants, bars, shops and beyond. Patrons and guest judges, which includ...

The Italian American Museum, the first institution of its kind in New York, officially opened its doors on October 1 with a trio of exhibitions and presentations of its Ambasciatore Awards to prominent supporters, including New York State Governor Kathy Hochul. The Museum is housed in a new building whose construction began in 2018 shortly after th...

San Francisco civic leaders and the Italian consulate dedicated a plaque to the late mayor George Moscone in the North Beach neighborhood October 4, paying tribute to him as an early advocate of LGBTQ equality. The plaque is the first in a series to be dedicated to Italian Americans in the neighborhood, known for being the city's Little Italy.  Oct...