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It's time to take a step back in time with two weekends of Staten Island tradition. The 114th Anniversary Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society continues July 14-16, 20-23 in Rosebank. The Grotto was built with concrete and thousands of smooth, rounded stones in 1937 by members of the Our Lady Mount Carmel Society, a group founded by Italian im...

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When Mark Sciortino was 9 years old, he sat at the Galbani Italian Heritage Festival in its original Connecticut Street location, peeling onions and chopping peppers for Mineo & Sapio. Today, he is the face of the 50-year-old fest, as well as Galbani-sponsored Italian festivals in nine markets across the country. The Buffalo Italian Festival began...

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Old-world culture meets new world activities at this year’s Festa Italiana at Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights. The three-day festival, which runs Friday through Sunday, is designed to celebrate the rich heritage of Italian-Americans along with sights, sounds and flavors of Italy, according to chairman Joe Ventimiglia of the Italian Ame...

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When it comes to summer church festivals, longevity and tradition matter. Just ask Tom Rizzo, the longtime festival chairman at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. The parish is celebrating its 70th annual festival this weekend, and he couldn’t be prouder. “That’s a number we are very proud of — and longer than anyone around,” he said. “And i...

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The Feast of San Rocco di Potenza at St. William Church in Chicago is sponsored by Congregazione di San Rocco di Potenza. It features a noon Mass on Aug. 20, followed by a procession with the Sicilian Band of Chicago, the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and a family festival with food and live entertainment. An anointing Mass will be celebrat...

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Jeane Marchitto of Rotterdam can never miss the annual summer party at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Schenectady. "It's like a magnet, it just draws you every year," said Marchitto, who at 90-plus has volunteered at the festa for decades. "It's something you want to do." Parishioners and friends of the church on Pleasant Street, in the city's Mo...

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It’s unique, it’s a tradition, and it’s back this week in the hamlet of Verplanck for five days for the 95th year. Starting on Wednesday, July 12 and running through Sunday, July 16, Eighth Street will be the place to be for the annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Feast, the longest running feast in the Hudson Valley. The free admission event o...

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The fifth annual Festivale Italiano will be Saturday and Italian food and games will be the highlight of festivities at the Liberty Lake Farmers Market during market hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The festival will feature a booth of the Italian American Club of Spokane, Order of Sons of Italy in America Lodge 2172. Professional sausage maker and retailer...

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Every year at the Mount Carmel festival, Rocco Nolfi passes by the DiRusso’s Italian Sausage truck and says “hey” to Archie DiRusso. It’s a connection that spans four generations. Nolfi’s great-great-grandfather, Pietro Pirone, first came to the United States from Italy after receiving a letter from DiRusso’s great-grandfather, Agostine Vespasian....

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Festa Italiana Chicago will celebrate its 12th anniversary on Taylor Street from Aug. 18 to 20. Hosted by the University Village Association and run by StarEvents, the three-day fest will feature food and beverage booths, live entertainment on three stages, Italian dance performances and classes, cooking demonstrations, a wine garden, and an Italia...

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