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We are a group of Italian associations and organizations gathering folk artists and promoting folk concerts. We are reaching out to you now to propose a new Folk Festival, which will focus on Italian popular music and dances from before World War II. The artists participating in our festival are both internationally renowned professionals and young...

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Pop icon and Twitter mom/poet Cher’s Oscar-winning performance in “Moonstruck” as a very, very Italian-American widow from a very, very Italian-American family is as big and memorable as, well, her hair. After losing her husband, Loretta Castorini is done with love, settling for the first drab fellow to get down on one knee (well, after she insists...

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St. Donatus Church will celebrate the 108th annual Feast of San Donato from Aug. 2 to 6. Festivities will culminate on Aug. 6 with a 10 a.m. Mass, followed by a procession featuring Caliendo’s Banda Napoletana, plus a $10,000 raffle. A street festival will feature live entertainment; rides and games; bingo; a beer garden; and food and beverage boot...

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Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) successfully launched its first ever Certification Course in USA at Astor Center, in the heart of New York City. After a week of training followed by a final exam held on June 30th, VIA welcomed its 13 new Italian Wine Ambassadors (IWAs). Representing the one and only opportunity for wine professionals to gain e...

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Tens of thousands of people lined Lake Avenue in Charlotte for the St. Anthony’s Day parade every year for decades. The parade was a big part of the festivities, which in later years also included fireworks over Lake Ontario and a “blessing of the fleet” boat parade on the Genesee River. Floats, festival queens, firefighters and marching bands were...

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For those flocking to the city for the Fourth, don’t rush home after. Stay a few extra days and attend a dream come true: The first ever annual Boston Pizza Festival. On July 8 and 9, Boston City Hall Plaza will be taken over by 27 massive, handcrafted wood-fired ovens, courtesy of Marra Forni. The smell alone will captivate the attention of any pa...

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Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino will be honored at the upcoming Ischia Global Film & Music Festival on July 12 with the festival’s Regina Isabella Global Award. Following her award presentation, the festival will screen Scott Waugh’s 6 Below, a new film starring Sorvino and Josh Hartnett as former Olympic hockey star Eric LeMarque, who gets lost...

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The Schuyler County Italian-American Festival is partnering with the Village of Watkins Glen to honor the county’s heritage in the new Lafayette Park Legacy Lane. Located on the north side of Lafayette Park, the Legacy Lane will start at the two brick columns at the Fourth Street sidewalk and will lead to the bandstand. “Lafayette Park is the perfe...

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Secondo un noto proverbio cinese, “mangiare è uno dei quattro scopi della vita… Quali siano gli altri, però, nessuno lo ha mai saputo”. Tutto il mondo sta scoprendo l’importanza del mangiare bene, valorizzare la cultura del cibo, le materie prime e il processo di produzione. E l’Italia mostra la via. Riassumere in poche parole la 63ª edizione del S...

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The Southington Italian-American Festival Committee of Southington and grape distributor, Northeast Produce from Hartford, have scheduled the 10th homemade wine (grape only) contest for Saturday, July 29. There is no entry fee. Participants may enter more than one bottle of wine as long as it is a different make of wine or year. It can be either re...

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