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August 2nd, 2018 marked the Piazza della Famiglia's official dedication, establishing this  public space as the "heart" of Little Italy. Back in 2015, Date St. was primarily a thoroughfare for freeway access; underutilized as a city street and unattractive in comparison with the rest of the district. A collective vision between the Little Italy Ass...

Mai come prima la comunità italiana di St. Louis si trova unita, sabato scorso, 11 agosto, a celebrare questa tradizionale festività italiana con la Grande Festa di Ferragosto. Tra i circa centocinquanta presenti, infatti, troviamo soci, aderenti e simpatizzanti delle varie associazioni e club italo-americani della zona: dalla Sicilian Cultural Ass...

Sabato 18 agosto, alle ore 10.30, presso la sala consiliare del Comune di Sorrento, si svolgerà una cerimonia che vedrà protagonista la New York Police Department Columbia Association. Ospiti a Sorrento saranno il presidente dell'associazione, il detective Emanuel Rossi, ed il consigliere speciale del presidente, il sergente Anthony Cesarano, entra...

Giovanni Zoppé believes Snowmass Village is an "extra special" destination to recreate his family's 176-year-old traveling circus because its small mountain town setting is how he imagines the show's early days overseas. "It's like a little European village," Giovanni, a sixth-generation Zoppé performer who stars as Nino the Clown in today's show,...

Chicago’s Little Italy Festa will brings meatballs, pizza and more Italian fare to Taylor Street this weekend. The four-day festival, which kicks off Thursday night, will include more than 60 musical performances, Italian dancing and meatball and pizza eating contests.  The fest runs from 5-10 p.m. Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday...

In August 1948, the city of Syracuse celebrated its centennial. The celebration was going to be the largest civic event in the city's history. Syracuse streets and buildings were decorated, a four-hour parade was planned along with a mammoth Centorama held at Archbold Stadium, with a cast of 3,000 people, which would illustrate Syracuse history. An...

La Chiesa della Salute di Castelvetrano, si ripresenta ai suoi fedeli soprattutto a quelli di oltre oceano, nel suo splendore originario, grazie ad una raccolta di fondi promossa dall’Associazione che porta da decenni il nome di Castelvetrano. Quattro mesi e passa di lavori interni e del prospetto con un ottimo risultato. Sentita quindi e partecipa...

The US Census Bureau's American Community Survey asks millions of Americans every year several questions about their economic, social, and demographic situations. One of those questions asks respondents to report their families' ancestries, from Italian to German to Mexican. Using that self-reported ancestry data from the Minnesota Population Cente...

There’s no excuse not to be in Iron Mountain this weekend. The 12th annual Italian Fest is partnering with the Tour de Dickinson for a day of fun. On Saturday, August 18th, residents can either race around the streets of Iron Mountain, celebrate Italian Heritage in the city, or both. There will be plenty of things to do at the festival. The bike ra...

How does a 70-year-old professor of kinesiology help a 20-something Major League outfielder deal with a batting slump? Ken Ravizza found a way. He kept his message simple and to the point. "There was a time when he actually jumped on my back," Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber said of Ravizza. "He's like, 'Now, try to hit like this.' It put it in pers...

The Sons of Italy was abuzz with activity on Saturday with 18 bocce teams battling it out in the second annual CompTechPCS/SOI No. 1169 BocceFest Scholarship Tournament. The tournament has become a good tuneup for a large tournament to be held in Lake County in two weeks. “We’re practicing the four-on-four format,” said Holly Hilvers from Lexington...

Experience “la dolce vita” at one of the East Coast’s largest Italian festivals. Rolling out four days of fun that’s 10 football fields long, this grandmother of all Burgh street fairs returns to the heart of Pittsburgh’s Little Italy neighborhood. Watch bocce tournaments, pizza stretching demonstrations and pasta eating contests and savor some of...