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Clark UNICO Chapter President Ralph Bernardo announces that the 7th Annual UNICO Italian American Feast is just around the corner. This year's feast will take place Columbus Day Weekend – Oct. 11-12-13, on the Clark Municipal Building grounds at 430 Westfield Ave. The feast will be open Friday, from 6-11 p.m., Saturday, from 1-11 p.m. and Sunday, f...

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Since 2010, the Italian American Heritage Festival has drawn more than 30,000 people coming from a greater than five state area to enjoy a day in celebration of Italian heritage and culture. The festival features excellent Italian food, top-rated entertainment, and activities designed to involve attendees of all ages.   The Festival's missi...

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Last October's 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth unleashed a flurry of performances of the Verdi Requiem that hasn't subsided. This most operatic of Requiems concludes the 2014 Oregon Bach Festival Sunday in Eugene.   What makes this performance especially tantalizing is its young but proven solo quartet: soprano Tamara Wilson, mezzo-sopran...

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The annual Irish-Italian parade will roll through Metairie March 22, marking its 33rd year of celebrating both Irish and Italian heritage and culture.   The parade begins at noon at Houma Boulevard and Veterans Memorial Boulevard, and it will follow the traditional Metairie Carnival parade route with a couple of minor changes. The parade wil...

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The DaVinci Society of Delaware is pleased to announce that the 12th Annual Vendemmia Da Vinci Wine & Food Festival will be held Sunday, October 11, 2015 from 2pm to 6pm on the grounds of the Bellevue State Park just off I95 in Northern Delaware.    Vendemmia Da Vinci is one of the premier Italian American Wine & Food festivals...

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by Paul Hyde   "Veremonda, L'Amazzone Di Aragona" ("Veremonda, the Amazon of Aragona") takes place on Gibraltar. The Spanish Queen Veremonda, sung by the wonderful Vivica Genaux, is frustrated about the lack of progress in the war against the Moors. What's to account for the delay? King Alfonso is distracted by his scientific studies.  ...

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Join NOIAW's Rhode Island Region for an "Italian Afternoon" starring violinist Grazia Raimondi at the Newport Music Festival on Saturday, July 18th at 4PM at the Elms Tent in Newport. Raimondi will be joined by seven other classical musicians including Jiří Bárta (cello), Terezie Fialová (piano), and Coline-Marie Orliac (harp.)   The pe...

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by Ashley Jacobs   Little Italy's FESTA! is shaping up to be bigger than ever this year. Since 1994, FESTA! has been a dream come true for Italian Americans in the San Diego community. It has marked the annual celebration of Little Italy's culture and heritage as an official neighborhood.   Now, 21 years later, San Diego's Little...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Thursday night, I finally got to go to the Feast of Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. After a grueling week of work, I was really looking forward to blowing off some steam and having a good time. Visiting the outdoor chapel to venerate la Santuzza, I said a few prayers for the earthquake victims in Italy, f...

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by Chiara Zaccherotti Mai Cristoforo Colombo si sarebbe potuto immaginare che un giorno la sua scoperta sarebbe stata commemorata a suon di musica House. Sì perché è proprio quello che succederà tra pochi giorni, in memoria del Columbus Day, la giornata più italiana del calendario americano, quest'anno proposta in una veste un po' svecchiata e men...

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