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When former Dante Society President Lou Toscano was recovering from knee replacement surgery he had more than some time on his hands. He had a good idea. Why not a society-sponsored trip to New York? "The Dante Society used to regularly run bus trips to museums and events and we hadn't done it in quite a while," said Toscano, who is on the ema...

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By Michele Parente   Little Italy is one of San Diego's most lively and ever-changing communities, with new restaurants going in and new buildings going up seemingly every week. Now, its past will be equally as dynamic. A new app being launched today, uses augmented reality (AR) to bring Little Italy's history to life on mobile devices....

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San Gennaro is the patron saint of Naples. But it's New York City he blesses every year with an 11-day festival highlighting delicious Italian-accented food, much of it from local chefs and restaurants. It's also a welcome departure from the usual grub at Big Apple street fairs. We love gyros and mozzarepas as much as the next New Yorker, but by S...

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A new effort is underway in San Jose to revive the city's "Little Italy" neighborhood, which was home to many Italian immigrants' decades ago.   Len Ramirez reports.   Read more   Source: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/  

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Join us Sunday June 28th in partnership with Enoteca La Storia Wine bar in los gatos for a fundraiser in Little Italy San Jose for the Italian Museum & Cultural center. You can purchase tickets on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/giro-ditalia-winetasting-by-enoteca-la-storia-tickets-17366060354 or you can mail a check made out to "Little Ita...

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by Wale Aliyu   The annual Feast of the Assumption Festival is coming to Little Italy this weekend, and this year's organizers expect even more people than normal. That's because it just got a little easier to get to Little Italy. On Tuesday, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) opened a new $15.6 million Little Italy-...

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YANKEE BATBOY "The Luckiest Kid in New York". From Little Italy to Yankee Stadium... The story of Anthony Florio, an Italian-American that grew up on Mott Street in Little Italy (NYC) and became a batboy for the New York Yankees in the 1960s. Anthony will be presenting his new book "Yankee Batboy - The Luckiest Kid in New York"...

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by Phyllis Hinz & Lamont Mackay The North End, Boston's first neighborhood, is the place to experience the Italian lifestyle. Once the home of American revolutionaries, the community maintains an old world look. Plants hang from the balconies of five-storey, red brick, walk-up condominiums.   There is no such thing as a supermarket in t...

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By Andrew Bagley   Even in a city of neighborhoods, San Diego's Little Italy stands out. The influence of Italian culture and the strong bonds of community can still be felt today, carried on through the years from the first Italian immigrants to the vibrant and growing neighborhood of today. Little Italy's character blends the old and the n...

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By Carol Bicak All for the love of St. Lucy. After countless hours of filming, three years of work and endless fundraising, the documentary "Devoti" will have its world premiere Friday night in Joslyn Art Museum's Witherspoon Concert Hall.   It started as a simple video about the cannoli-eating contest at Omaha's Santa Lucia Festival. But...

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