Food Notes: Wedding soup competition at downtown Akron Italian fest
by Katie Byard Festival-goers can vote for their favorite Italian wedding soup Thursday, during the opening evening of the annual Italian-American Festival at Lock 3 in downtown Akron. The festival — organized by the Council of Italian-American Societies of Summit County — runs Thursday-Saturday, opening at 11 a.m. Thursday in t...
Cavaliere Dominic Candeloro
Senatore Renato Turano presented Dominic Candeloro with the Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia at the Festa della Repubblica celebration hosted by Italian Consul General Adriano Monti on June 2 at the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago. The award was bestowed by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano upon Dominic in hon...
Riccardo Muti is the man behind the wheel of the Chicago Symphony
by Patrick Neas When music is led by a great conductor like Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwängler or Herbert von Karajan, it is charged with an electricity missing from performances led by lesser talents. Riccardo Muti belongs in that pantheon of great conductors. In a Muti performance, whether live, on radio or on a recording, one i...
The Feast Of The Assumption In Little Italy Cleveland
The Feast of the Assumption will take place August 15th-18th in Little Italy. This will mark the 115th year of celebrating the feast on the historic streets. The feast is a Catholic Holy Day that celebrates The Virgin Mary going to Heaven. A service is celebrated At Holy Rosary Church at 10:00 a.m. after a statue of Mary is taken in proces...
Ottavo Convegno della Confederazione dei Siciliani del Nord America a Chicago
Si è appena concluso a Chicago l'ottavo convegno della Confederazione dei Siciliani del Nord America. Ospitati dall'ARSA (Associazione Regionale Siciliana in America) presso Casa Italia, sono intervenuti i vari rappresentanti membri dell'organizzazione, provenienti dalla California, Canada,Connecticut,Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey,...
Patrick A. Salvi is the Recipient of the Annual Judge Robert S. Smith, Jr. Humanitarian Award
Patrick A. Salvi has been selected as the honorary chair and recipient of the 2014 Judge Robert S. Smith, Jr. Humanitarian Award. Patrick Salvi is a trial lawyer and the managing partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. located in Waukegan and Chicago. Mr. Salvi will receive the award on Saturday October 4, 2014 at St. Joseph's Catholic Chur...
ICF Branch 439 to honor Lydia staffer
The Italian Catholic Federation's Our Lady Mother of the Church Branch #439 will host its fifth annual dinner dance on Oct. 30 at Alta Villa Banquets in Addison. (847-341-1847) The event will raise funds for the residential treatment program sponsored by Lydia and honor Mel Gonzales, the organization's program developer and volunteer/mentor co...
West Side Good Friday Tradition
When one hears the word "procession" what comes to mind? For some it is as the Dictionary explains: the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles. In the Catholic tradition, the word "procession" can have several meanings: The procession of the Holy...
Italian Festa Sunday
The Italian American Society of Peoria will hold its 85th Annual Italian Summer Festa from noon-7 p.m. Sunday at Hickory Grove Park in North Peoria. (Hickory Grove Road off Knoxville Ave, follow signs). The Summer Festa Picnic is a long-standing family event held by the Society every year since its founding in 1929 as a time for Italian families t...
Book Presentation: "The selected poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini" - October 23, 2014 - November 2, 2014
On the Occasion of the 14th Annual Italian Language Week in the World, presented under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy, The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to the presentation of "The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini". Presenta...
Passaporti a Chicago: Missioni del Consolato in Colorado, Missouri e Minnesota
Il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Chicago sta organizzando tre diverse missioni in Colorado, Missouri e Minnesota per l'acquisizione delle impronte digitali dei connazionali che hanno bisogno di rinnovare il passaporto. In attesa di conoscere le date, il Consolato annuncia che la prima missione di terrà a Denver a fine marzo; seguirà, a met...
CIACO Honor & Hope Gala
The Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization one-upped itself at this year's Honor & Hope Gala, bestowing 20 scholarships at $2,500 each, plus an additional $35,000 in grants to two military veterans and three families with medical hardships, for a grand total of $85,000. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, who was mad...