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Pizza. Pasta. Arancini. Cannoli. Italian ice. It’s all on the menu at the second annual L’Italia Festival, which will return to Lititz Springs Park on Saturday, Sept. 16. Admission is free to the festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The L’Italia Festival is presented by Lititz restaurant Piccolo Eatery and nonprofit Keystone Italian Project....

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La Vite Ristorante is a big restaurant with even bigger goals. “I want this to be Pittsburgh’s Italian restaurant spot,” said owner, Eric Capozzi, 56, of McCandless. “I want everyone to come in, enjoy themselves and have fun.” La Vite, located at the No Offseason Sports complex at 942 Little Deer Creek Valley Road in Russellton, opened April 18 and...

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The Hazleton Chapter of UNICO National took time during their annual Bell’ Italia Festival at Hazle Township Community Park to recognize and honor veterans, including remembering one of their own. The ceremony took place Saturday afternoon at the park’s stage and is a regular feature of the festival. This year, though, organizers held the ceremony...

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We are deep into summer and nearly everyone is lining up in the traffic desperate for a few days or even a few hours at the shore. This presents a very special opportunity for Liz and me to indulge in one of our favorite pastimes: Visiting the old family-owned Italian markets in the region. The first of these that comes to mind is Di Bruno Bros. on N...

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Pi-Philly and the Consulate of Italy in Philadelphia present "The Global Ambitions of Contemporary Italian TV Drama" on September 7th, 2023 at 5:30PM at the Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA. Free entrance, but RSVP is REQUIRED, here! Prof. Giancarlo Lombardi (CUNY) will examine the most recent Italian TV Series hosted and/...

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There was never any doubt that Linda Romanowski of Ardmore, Pa., would write a heritage memoir. The only mystery was the exact form it would take. That changed a few years ago when Romanowski was a graduate student at Rosemont College in Byrn Mawr, Pa., where she was pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. Her class had just watc...

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For so many of us Italian Americans a yearning to journey back to our ancestral roots’ lives on today. This August, I along with several cousins and close paesani families made a recent trip to Italy and our ancestral town, Comune di Biccari in which we share a historical connection to the Italian enclaves of Philadelphia. Our Italian immigrant anc...

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Get ready for a throwback to the old “Italian American Power Hour” days, as you join four friends at the kitchen table for a breakneck conversation about something we all love… being Italian American! When Rossella, Pat, and John are brought together with some of their favorite out-of-town Paesani for the 46th Biennial National Convention of the It...

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Sunday September 24, 2pm-6pm. Girard Park, South Philadelphia (21st & Porter Streets). There was a time in South Philly when life was simple; people enjoyed each other’s company. Families would brag about who made the best wines and then share it. They would bring out their best dishes, “Madonna!” And we’d all feast, and the music, always the music...

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The family-owned Massimo’s Italian Bakery recently expanded and opened their third brick-and-mortar location. Massimo’s Italian Bakery is owned and operated by the Rubino family, who moved to the United States from Palermo, Sicily back in 2000. In February 2020, Massimo Rubino opened his family’s first bakery in Mechanicsburg. Today, he and his wif...

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