Chicago parish’s ‘Carlo Fest’ celebrates first millennial saint’s upcoming canonization
The only parish in North America (so far) bearing the name Blessed Carlo Acutis is hosting multiple events related to the first millennial to become a saint ahead of his canonization Sept. 7. As part of “Carlo Fest,” the parish on Chicago’s North Side started a novena set to end on the day of his canonization, and the parish school is holding a soc...
A Taste of Italy returns to the Italian Community Center with food, dancing, music and more
It will take nearly 200 volunteers to bring the food and entertainment of Italy to the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee this Sunday, from servers to chefs. "These are recipes that have been handed down from generations and it is, it’s good homemade food," said Marie Andaloro-Lieber, president of the Italian Community Center. "We have 24 differ...
Commemorative ceremony honoring Italian prisoners of war interred at Camp Atterbury set for Sept. 14
The 36th Annual Mass and commemorative ceremony honoring the more than 3,000 Italian prisoners of war who were interred at Camp Atterbury during World War II will be held at Our Lady’s Chapel in the Meadow (La Cappella della Madonna) on Sunday, Sept. 14, at Camp Atterbury. Blending tradition, honor, international heritage and religious solemnity, t...
Army Sergeant E5 Edward Pasquesi
Having lived through the Nazi occupation of Italy during World War II as a child, Edward Pasquesi helped keep the North Koreans on the far side of the 38th Parallel after the Korean War. The middle of three children, Edward Pasquesi was born in Bomporto, Italy, to Angelo and Antonietta Santi Pasquesi. His parents had been working on a farm in the M...
Cabrini shrine to host 2nd annual bus pilgrimage
The first Italian American pilgrimage to the National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in Chicago was such a resounding success, the shrine is gearing up to replicate the experience on Sept. 21. Buses will once again pick up and drop off attendees at Casa Italia in Stone Park and the Old Neighborhood Italian American Club in Chicago, with Villa...
New day dawning at Casa Italia
After six whirlwind months of construction, the first floor of the Community Center at Casa Italia has been transformed as part of an ongoing rinascimento at the venerable institution. The Community Center has always been a great venue for special events, with a modern lobby and restrooms, the Chandelier Room accommodating up to 140 guests, and the...
Corrado Parducci: Detroit’s Architectural Sculptor
Event by Detroit Historical Museum and Detroit Historical Society. 5401 Woodward Avenue, 48202. September 27, 2025, 2:00 - 3:30pm. Included with museum admission! Learn more and register here. Join author, photographer, and historian Dale A. Carlson as he explores the life and career of Corrado Giuseppe "Joe" Parducci (1900–1981), Detroit’s most pr...
Tinaglia a good fit as Arlington Heights mayor
Jim Tinaglia, an architect with a long history of community service, was voted in as mayor of Arlington Heights (IL) this spring. When people ask him what it’s like to be mayor, he says that he always tells them his job is 90% wonderful. “People have been so respectful, decent, optimistic and kind,” Tinaglia says. “The 10 percent is the scary part...
Conference / American Boccaccio Association
From September 16 2025 To September 20 2025. Newberry Library and IIC Chicago. The year 2025 marks the 650th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), author of the Decameron and foundational author of the European narrative prose tradition. To commemorate this milestone, the American Boccaccio Association (est. 1974) and the Newb...
Chapel in the Meadow: Mass and Picnic
Sunday afternoon, September 14th. The Italian POW Chapel in the Meadow at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Mass and Picnic. Do you know the story? It’s a fascinating slice of Italian American history that not many people know about. Camp Atterbury, located a 45-minute drive south of Indianapolis in Edinburgh, IN, is named after Brigadier General William Wa...
Incoronata prez keeps flame burning brightly
Jim Distasio hasn’t missed the Feast of Maria SS. Incoronata in what is now Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood since he was a little boy. At first, it was top avoid incurring the ire of his grandfather, who expected every family member to be in attendance at the yearly tradition started in 1897 by emigrants from his ancestral hometown in Italy. “We h...
On Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, ISDA Celebrates Progress and Pioneers Change
Basil M. Russo, national president of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), was elected to his sixth term during the 47th ISDA Biennial Convention, held on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Since first taking office in 2014, Russo has been unanimously reelected five consecutive times, leading ISDA through a decade of sustained cultural and fi...