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When I first moved to Birmingham in 1980, I was asked by several people if I were Italian. I would say "no, why?" ...and the person asking would say something like, "well, you have such dark eyes and dark hair."   I had no idea at the time that there was a large Italian community in Birmingham and that this community has been present since t...

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Please remember that our monthly meeting will start at 1:00 PM thisSunday for our Christmas party. This year the IAHS Board has designated as our 2013 Charity Projectclub assistance for 6 year-old Gracie Poole.   Since its founding, the IAHS has selected each year a worthy cause orindividuals struggling in some way to provide assistance and...

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by Eric Reinhardt The Fingerlakes Mall on Wednesday announced that an Auburn Italian restaurant will open a second location in the mall, but under a different name.   Sal Musumeci, who operates GJP Italian Eatery on Grant Avenue in Auburn, will open a second restaurant under the name Brooklyn Slice Italian Eatery, Fingerlakes Mall said in a...

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The Alabama home football season kicked off on Saturday, and so did AL.com's Tailgate of the Week series. We begin with Bama's Italian Tailgaters, a group of Birmingham families whose children attended and recently graduated from the University of Alabama. The tent, which features a large colorful sign reading "Bama's Italian Tailgaters s...

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The luxury Italian sports car brand Alfa Romeo is coming to Huntsville. "It's an exciting time here at Fiat and Alfa Romeo of Huntsville," said Frank Williams, the President/Operating Partner at Dodge Chrysler Jeep Fiat Ram in Huntsville. "We have the all-new Alfa 4C coming in October of this year.   This vehicle is a true masterpiece w...

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by Judy Bergeron   They're going regional. After a challenge three years ago from Mayor Kip Holden, the Greater Baton Rouge American Italian Association is working to expand its annual Italian Heritage Festa beyond the community. "He (Holden) said, 'We would like this to be bigger than Baton Rouge,'" festa co-chairman Frank Arrigo says....

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The Feast of Saint Mark Italian Food Festival, an annual event celebrating traditional Italian culture, will take place at Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in the Brook Highland area Saturday, April 30, at 3 p.m.   The festival, in its fifth year, will begin with a Catholic Mass, followed by food, dancing, live Italian music and you...

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There's a new moon rising in Birmingham's Lakeview District. Mia Luna, an Italian-themed restaurant whose menu features house-made pastrami and linguini with Bolognese sauce, opens for lunch and dinner starting today in the former Rags' Italian Bistro location next to Lou's Pub & Package Store on 29th Street South.   "Mia Luna" is Itali...

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Rita's Italian Ice®, the world's largest Italian Ice concept with over 600 stores, now in 22 states, has awarded franchise and area development agreements for the state of Alabama to franchisees, local residents and Veterans, Doug Portrey and Rob Tarr.   Having grown up with Rita's and vacationed in the Gulf Shores, Portrey and Tarr realized...

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A bamboo cannoli tube and an antique-looking trumpet sit just over from a large Bruno’s grocery store sign. These objects, along with others in the La Storia exhibit at Vulcan Park & Museum, tell the story of Birmingham’s Italian immigrant community.   Italians came to Birmingham by way of Ellis Island or Louisiana farms and plantations....

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