Leonora "Peachy" Dixon, an authentic Baltimore jewel, is hanging up her uniform after serving customers at Little Italy's Sabatino's for nearly 50 years. The longtime waitress will work her final shift on Saturday before retiring and moving to Havre De Grace to be with her grandchildren. Peachy has greeted hungry patrons for about 70% of the 70 yea...

The American tour of guitarist Paolo Angeli covers a dozen states. It started on March 6 in Cleveland, continuing to New York (at the legendary “The Public Theater”), then Baltimore and Philadelphia. On March 13 and 14, Angeli will perform four sets at SFJazz, the most prestigious jazz club in San Francisco thanks to the support of the Italian Cult...

We're excited to announce that the Italian Choir of Washington D.C. is about to begin, and spots are filling up quickly! If you have a passion for Italian music and enjoy singing, this is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other enthusiasts while developing your vocal skills. Starting Monday, March 10th, this 10-week choir will bring together...

St. Vincent de Paul Church, a familiar downtown landmark and one of the city’s oldest Catholic churches, will no longer house a parish as of July 1 but will continue as an additional worship site, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archbishop William E. Lori said in a decree issued over the weekend that the archdiocese is moving forward wit...

To escalate safety and security within Baltimore's Little Italy, neighborhood leaders have heralded the inception of a new network of surveillance cameras. According to WMAR2 News, these cameras have been strategically mounted and linked to a centralized hub, designed to be easily accessible to local law enforcement and the community to bolster the...

Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour, a five-day cinephile festival, is scheduled to start on March 5, 2025, and run through March 9, 2025. The event is organized by the Italian Program and the Program in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Festival co sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and presen...

There’s a lot that competes for your attention when you enter Facci, the year-old Italian restaurant on the ground floor of the Inner Harbor high-rise, 414 Light Street. There’s a lively bar, big enough to comfortably accommodate both people sipping a drink and those eating a full meal. Behind a glass partition, there’s a cook rolling homemade past...

Giovanni Casadei was born and raised in Rome and now lives in Philadelphia, but the professional artist’s favorite place to paint is Ocean City. “What I really like is the opportunity to express big distance,” he said. “You have the horizon, and it goes on forever. Growing up in Rome, and living in Philadelphia there are certainly opportunities as...

Master stonemason Giovanni Sassone wanted to be a doctor or a police officer, and he has a kidding personality that would work in standup comedy. But his masonry career is in his blood. “I am honoring my great-grandfather,” stonemason Salvatore Giovanni Cantera. When arriving from Abruzzo in 1898, Salvatore brought with him 20 stonemasons, some blo...

Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood has new security measures in time for the holiday season. The goal is to increase security, reduce crime, and make residents and visitors feel safe in the neighborhood. This includes installing more outdoor lighting, fresh paint on street signs, additional cameras, valet parking and a license plate reader on Pr...