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This time of year the Italian American Heritage Foundation’s cultural center on Fourth Street in San Jose normally would be welcoming guests for holiday dinners, cooking lessons, talks on traditions and history plus a boutique packed with goods for gift-giving. But the center has been quiet since March, with the pandemic canceling all such indoor a...

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After year's of fundraising and getting our plans approved by the City of San Jose, Little Italy was excited to host two separate small social-distancing ceremonies to celebrate the Ground Breaking of our Italian Cultural Center & Museum.  On hand were In-Kind and monetary donors such as Mayor Liccardo and Councilmember Raul Peralez from the city o...

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October 12 2020 Roma, Italy / The United States

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After a great deal of public outcry, San Jose sent a statue of Christopher Columbus packing from its place in city hall. This year, the San Jose City Council is further distancing itself from the problematic Italian explorer by essentially giving the boot to the holiday that bears his name. On Tuesday, Mayor Sam Liccardo and the council issued a pr...

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October is Italian Heritage Month. Time to hit the road for Little Italy San Jose’s annual festival — a socially distanced curbside event this year. From 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 18, you can enjoy the sights, sounds — and most important, flavors — of Little Italy from the safety of your car. Support the businesses in this historic district by ordering curb...

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Little Italy San Jose has accomplished so much and tried so hard for many years to beautify and redevelop this part of Downtown into an Italian Cultural District. We are excited that we have our permit to start construction on our Cultural Center & Museum, but it would be devastating to the future of Little Italy if we lose one or several of our bu...

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Like her forebears who arrived in the Santa Clara Valley generations earlier, Theresa Sabatino came looking for a fresh start. The clinical psychologist and San Jose native ran an Italian language school in Las Vegas until the 2009 recession slashed attendance by 90 percent. After hearing about plans to turn a decaying pocket of downtown between Hi...

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When the dream of creating a Little Italy district around Henry’s Hi-Life in San Jose was born more than a decade ago, the western end of downtown was hardly a hotbed of activity. So the cultural district grew slowly, with restaurants and eateries like Paesano’s, Bel Bacio and Enoteca La Storia adding to the atmosphere over the years. But now, with...

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Sunday, February 23, 2020. 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST. Hotel De Anza, 233 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Little Italy San Jose cordially invites you to celebrate the groundbreaking of our Cultural Center & Museum to honor the many individuals, families and businesses that are making this project a reality. This 3rd annual Gala will be an...

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Noted Italian opera singer, songwriter, and record producer Andrea Bocelli announced he will be undertaking a brief run of North American dates in late Spring 2020. The shows, which all take place in California, include a performance at SAP Center in San Jose on June 13 and two shows at the Hollywood Bowl on June 16 & 17. The June 2020 tour will be...

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