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Little Italy Days: When the moon hits your eye, ah you get it
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by clorenz1 | October 2, 2006 at 06:30 pm
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For three days in Bloomfield this Fall it's All-Italian-all-the-Time.The 5th annual "Little Italy Days" festival runs from Friday, September 29th to Sunday October 1st on Liberty Avenue. Expect lots of music, food, games, more food and other fun activities amidst Bloomfield's unique shops and dozen or so fine restaurants.
The 2006 festival features free activities and entertainment for young and old.
This year 8 musical groups perform on the Main Stage at Liberty and Cedarville, along with strolling musicians throughout the weekend. Other
activities range from a bocce tournament and a pasta eating contest to an Italian wedding and an Italian mass and street procession.
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at 19:14 on October 2nd, 2006
The Fifth Annual Little Italy Days was celebrated over the weekend in Bloomfield. This is where my grandfather and grandmother met as children and spent their youth. My mothers side of the family is from Pittsburgh (well they are from Italy first of course- Calabria), and both of my grandparents opened, and owned Gigliotti Jewlers for many years in the city. I was recently reunited with my grandfathers hat which he used to wear around town...
This looks like a great way to celebrate the countless number of italian americans who brought big dreams to three rivers, which in-turn along with so many other great cultures helped to build cities like Pittsburgh across the US of A...