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by Jason Laughlin   A fried-dough kiosk. Roulette wheels. A lemonade and iced-tea stand. All signs of a typical small-town festival, but at Swedesburg's Sacred Heart Parish in Montgomery County, they represent more than summer fun.   This weekend's Festival of Families is an attempt to heal the hurt inflicted when the Archdiocese...

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by Patrick Varine   Every year, Dave Pascuzzi joined with his brother, Ken, to host a Christmas Eve party for friends and family. This year, the party went on as planned, despite Mr. Pascuzzi's death on Dec. 23.   "It was a celebration of Dave's life," said Sherry Stover, manager at the Export Italian-American Club, where Mr. Pas...

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by Michael Klein The Termini bakery family has inked a Center City restaurant deal with Michael Schulson - flying high with two of 2016's hottest openings (Double Knot and Harp & Crown). And since the Terminis are involved, it cannoli be one thing: South Philly-style Italian.   They're calling it Giuseppe & Sons and it will be model...

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by Danya Henninger   When Luigi Fiorella was 19 years old, he left his parents' farm in Foggia, Italy, to try his luck in the New World. He gathered his savings, booked passage on a transatlantic ship, and landed in Philadelphia in 1892. Like many other Italian immigrants in South Philly, he began working as a butcher.   In 1904, he p...

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A one-of-a-kind photo book that takes you inside of the oldest continuously operating open air street market in the US. PLEASE SUPPORT THE PHOTO-BOOK PROJECT FOR PHILLY'S HISTORIC ITALIAN MARKET   We are asking for your support of this Kickstarter Project to complete the printing of the Italian Market Photo Book, titled "Philadelphia's...

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Severio Strati's 300-by-30-foot garden boasts grids of peppers, garlic and eggplant, with 130 tomato plants. There's a grape arbor, peach trees and a few figs that survived winter. "I cover good. That's why I didn't lose them," he says.   For 60 years, the Hazelwood resident — who spent most of his working life in J&L Steel's warehouse d...

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by Anne Neborak   For William Tini there is no greater country than America. One of 10 children of Italian immigrants, Tini joined the service when he was 16 years old. He had only one regret, he never received his diploma from Coaldale High School.   "I wanted to make sure this great country of ours, that the USA would be a winner an...

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by Adam Zolkover   Street vendors, saints, and live outdoor music marches into the Italian Market this Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19. The market, located on South Ninth Street in Philadelphia and widely regarded as the center of the Italian-American community in the city, will be throwing its ordinarily crowded doorways and streets wide...

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Per venire incontro alle numerose richieste di rilascio di passaporto da parte dei connazionali residenti nell'area di Pittsburgh, il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Philadelphia il prossimo 12 luglio si recherà in missione presso gli uffici del Console Onorario a Pittsburgh, Carla Lucente (Fisher Hall, 728, 600 Forbes Avenue).   Qui, l'impieg...

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By Lynn Olanoff Musikfest. Celtic Classic. Festa Italiana? Yes, a new Italian festival called Festa Italiana Bethlehem is joining Bethlehem's hearty festival lineup this June, set for June 5 and 6 on Main Street.    The event will feature both a wine and pasta trail along with authentic Italian vendors, said Lynn Collins Cunningha...

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