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In honor of October being Italian Heritage Month, organizers of the Downtown-Go-Around are planning to bring a taste of Italy to the streets of downtown Clarks Summit on Friday, Oct. 11. "We have reached out to many of our favorite Italian restaurants in Clarks Summit and they are working to bring some tastes of Italy to State Street. We are hopin...

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Presentazione e moderazione del dibattito: Marco Circelli, Direttore Esecutivo Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia.  Ospiti annunciati: Carmine Berardi (Forza Italia), Gabriella Romani (Innovitalia) e Pasquale Nestico (Uniti per un Futuro Migliore)   Il dibattito è aperto a tutta la ci...

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by Maria Panaritis   Gus Sarno still makes cakes in the basement of the South Philadelphia rowhouse his grandfather bought in 1904 and turned into Isgro Pastries. He still stacks cookies into boxes at the dining room table where his family ate supper 60 years ago when the doorbell to the shop wasn't ringing.   Sarno still sells c...

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By Joyce Hanz Everyone is Italian at the 34th annual Festa Italiana, where the first night kicked off under beautiful clear blue skies and big crowds Thursday. The savory aromas of authentic Italian fare and a multitude of Italian flags waving in the breeze welcomed Italian festival-goers at Mt. St. Peter's Parish in New Kensington.  ...

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Money can't buy happiness but it can buy wine, which is basically the same thing for many people. Whether you are stocking up for holiday get-togethers, romantic date nights or movie nights by yourself, consider stopping by the area's newest winery, Folino Estate Vineyard & Winery, in Greenwich Township, Berks County.   The 17,000-s...

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A local version of a well-known Italian festival came to Montage Mountain this week, offering food, music and family fun.   San Gennaro Festival, named for the patron saint of Naples, Italy, kicked off Wednesday. Saturday was the sunniest day so far, and people came to enjoy Italian pastries and ices while listening to musical tributes to Fr...

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Those who run the Mount Pleasant Glass Museum believe the best way to preserve history is to talk to people who have firsthand knowledge of it and then record it for future generations.   In the case of the three glass companies that once prospered in the Westmoreland County borough — Bryce, Lenox and L.E. Smith — those people include plant...

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The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will host an international conference to celebrate "Sicily: Language, Art, and Culture", 11-12 February 2016.   Sicily, land of culture, art, cinema, literature; land of travellers and dreamers, of artists and thinkers; land of division and unity. Sicily presents the peculiar c...

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Duro colpo per i flussi turistici tra Stati Uniti e Italia a partire dal prossimo autunno, sia a livello incoming che outgoing. L'orario invernale porta infatti un'amara novità nei voli tra Roma e New York, che verrà operato soltanto da Alitalia. I piani di riduzione dei costi messi a punto per il prossimo inverno da parte delle compagnie stat...

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The Shelocta Presbyterian Church will be holding an Italian feast night from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. On the menu is spaghetti with meatballs, stuffed shells with marinara sauce, salad, garlic breadsticks, homemade desserts and hot or cold beverages. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children 5 to 12, and free for children 4 and younger. The Presbyt...

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