A horde of revelers found their inner Italian Stallion in the streets of Ybor at Festa Italiana April 14-17. The 14th annual celebration was bigger and better this year with a wine fest, Italian cinema and street fests Saturday and Sunday. The film screening featured Foccacia Blues, the true story of two bakers who put a local McDonald’s out of business. Headliner Sonny Geraci took the stage performing hits from his bands from back in the day (The Outsiders “Time Won’t Let Me” and Climax’s “Precious and Few”), folks competed in a grape-stomping competition Lucy-style and played bocce. festaitalianatampa.com.
This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2011.