{"id":47686,"date":"2026-05-17T13:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=47686"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:32:20","slug":"italian-market-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/05\/17\/italian-market-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Market Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47687\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/05\/17\/italian-market-festival-2026\/imfstbrown\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMFStBrown.jpg?fit=500%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,833\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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