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The Bel Canto Lyric Opera Company of Philadelphia will be performing a concert in the area at Faith Presbyterian Church, 1801 Colonial Road, Harrisburg, PA, on June 1st at 5:30.

In addition to Opera selections, The Bel Canto will be performing such Neapolitan songs as Core’Ngrato, Santa Lucia Lutana, Maria,Maria.   
Salvatore Scarpa, assistant director of the Philadelphia Ballet will be conducting the orchestra.

The Bel Canto Lyric Opera is made up of Philadelphia Orchestra members, with singers who have earned some of the highest awards, such as the International Pavarotti Competition. It performs extensively in the Philadelphia, NJ and NY areas to great acclaim.

For details of the event, please contact the church office at www.lifeinfaith.org (Church phone number is &17-545-4631)

When: June 1st at 5:30 PM
Where: 1801 Colonial Road, Harrisburg, PA.

The annual “Open Cellars“, major wine event held in late May in Italy, gives wine lovers a week-end of free wine tastings throughout the country.
Many wineries open the doors to visitors who come to sample the year’s vintage. Also they have a chance to know more about grape growing, vineyard management and wine making practices.

“Open Cellars”  – “Cantine Aperte” in Italian, is not for wine lovers only. Along with wine-tasting sessions, many other events are being scheduled in this week-end, ranging from gourmet events, to guided visits, cycling tours to countryside etc…. “Cantine Aperte” offers a big chance to combine wine tastings to excursions in wine-growing areas that usually also means wonderful countryside.

In order to know the list of wineries joining the event — open to public for this event, visit website www.movimentoturismovino.it .

Well known by hikers, Franciscan Trail of Peace in Umbria, is also a route of historic festivals. The two major centers on the route, Gubbio and Assisi (ending and starting point of the trail), host important historic festivals in May.

In Assisi, the medieval festival Calendimaggio, is held the first week of May (2008 edition from April 28 till May 10).

Gubbio hosts the famous “Festa dei Ceri” on May 15 (view a video of Ceri Festival - “the Ceri Race”).

Also the town of Valfabbrica, located midway between Assisi and Gubbio, features its own medieval festival, taking place the first week of September.

The route is one of the most mystically and historically significant in Italy; it offers unique landscapes and a lot of medieval sights to visit. Hikers use to break this 50 km trail into two or more parts.
Find out more of this tour. (View photos from Franciscan Peace Trail).