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The story of Little Italy’s Feast of San Gennaro is the story of how Italian immigrants became American

For two weeks in September, everyone wants to be Italian – at least judging by the crowds at the annual Feast of San Gennaro in New York City’s Little Italy.

The Conversation · Sep 17

Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Casa Italiana: May the heart of Little Italy beat on

It’s known simply as The Club, a little venue where post-war immigrants and the generations since come together to dance and sing, cook and cavort

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2024

Teen whose family works for violence outreach group fatally shot in ride-share car in Little Italy

The 19-year-old was the son of an executive assistant at Project H.O.O.D. and the brother of its youth manager.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 26, 2023

Dan Rodricks: The Pelosi attack was disgusting but not shocking. That’s a problem

At dinner in Baltimore’s Little Italy, where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi grew up, someone expressed shock and disgust at the attack on Pelosi’s husband at the couple’s home in San Francisco. I shared the disgust, but not so much the shock.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022

12-year-old boy shot in Little Italy

The boy was standing near a sidewalk when he was shot in the leg.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 29, 2022

Security guard, three other men wounded in shoot-out in University Village

The guard was shot while intervening as two men exchanged gunfire with another man in the 1000 block of West 14th Street Monday night, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 2, 2022

$2 million bail for man charged with shooting Chicago police officer in Little Italy

Jalen Vales, 27, was charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery of a peace officer.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 2, 2022