Joe Lapinski, recently retired Public Works Director for the city of Herrin, received the 2010 HerrinFesta Italiana Lifetime Achievement Award. Joe is a quiet man, unassuming and humble. His actions […]
Corporate Honoree for 2010 HerrinFesta Italiana is Black Diamond Harley- Davidson of Marion. Rodney Cabaness and Shad Zimbro, both Sesser natives, own Black Diamond, listed among the nation’s top-performing Harley-Davidson […]
In the southern-most region of Italy, down as far as the toe of the “boot”, sits the beautiful province of Calibria. Ancient churches and villages lie in the shadows […]
Gene and Nancy Eisenhauer of Herrin have been running the HerrinFesta Souvenir Shop for the last three years. This will be their fourth year, and, unfortunately, their last, as they […]
Where would any self-respecting city of Italian heritage be without a Bocce Court? The Bocce Club Complex, in the 300 block of West Walnut, has been a labor of love […]
If you have ever stopped by for a drink at the HerrinFesta Wine Booth, chances are you have met Pat and Carole McCuan. Carole is a 25 year employee […]
Bob Scillufo and Craig Herman are indeed HerrinFesta volunteers, but most Herrinites and visitors from out of town will never see them at work, for they are out at dawn, […]
For Piazza Chairman Brett Crouse, life gets easier when Lee and Debbie Perkins show up the week before Festa begins. Lee, owner of Southern Illinois Services, puts life on hold, […]
HerrinFesta Italiana is the harbinger of summer. Herrinites from near and far look to that week-end in May as the official springboard for that all too short season of barbecues, […]
