Auburn's Oropallo family and the 'Big Six'
This summer in late July the members of Tony and Pauline Oropallo’s family will gather for their "Big Six" family reunion. The tradition began in the late 1970s and there has been at least one reunion every decade since. The name "Big Six" is in honor of the six Oropallo children: Harry, Eugene, Mary, Louis, Teresa and Anthony. Family members will...
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St. Joseph's celebration in Auburn
The Cultural Italian American Organization of Cayuga County — also known as CIAO — is hosting a St. Joseph’s Day Feast Celebration Sunday, March 18. The feast will include traditional food, including bread shaped like the shepherd hook, and a religious ceremony with a small procession, and everyone is asked to wear red, the traditional color for St...
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Cook with the Calamari Sisters at Auburn Public Theater
The Calamari Sisters, a live-action spoof of a public access television show taping of a cooking show hosted by best friend/worst enemy sisters, Carmela & Delphine Calamari, will once again take center stage at Auburn Public Theater on Nov. 16, 17 and 18. The original title in a series of seven different but similar shows, "Cooking with the Calamar...
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