Valor Home receives donation from Italian-American Veterans Post 1 Auxiliary
The Italian-American Veterans Post 1 Auxiliary of Lorain has donated $3,000 to the Valor Home of Lorain County to help sponsor a room for a homeless veteran in it's transitional housing. Much of the funds that the Valor Home receives are from grants, donations and fundraisers.Dan Gillotti, vice chairman of the Valor Home committee, received the ch...
Special Message from the New Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Chicago
Dear friends, It is a tremendous honor for me to embark on my new role as Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago. The Institute has been deeply committed to fostering cultural exchange between Italy and the United States in a variety of areas, from the humanities to science and to the teaching of the Italian language....
Angie's Toy Chest
Angie's Toy Chest will hold its 22nd Annual Christmas Party at Mirage Banquet Center at 16980 18 Mile Road in Clinton Township. Angie Morelli again invites everyone to join in this charitable event by sharing with a child who is in need while enjoying a great evening of good food and entertainment with a cash bar. Entertainment is being do...
Cleveland Opera Theater asserts itself on cultural scene with new 'Tosca' production at Masonic Auditorium (preview)
No "ritardando," or slowing down, for Cleveland Opera Theater. No, at this point in the score it's following, the marking clearly reads the opposite: "accelerando." Even as it puts the finishing touches on a full-scale production of Puccini's "Tosca," its largest effort to date, the group also is advancing rapidly as an organization,...
The thirty first summer street Italian festival
Holy Rosary Catholic Church presents the ethnic event of the summer. Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th, 2015 from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m, the historic Catholic Church, located at 520 Stevens Street and surrounding Lacy park, will once again transform into an outdoor Italian Festival and celebration. The annual s...
RTA opens Red Line Station in Little Italy
by Wale Aliyu The annual Feast of the Assumption Festival is coming to Little Italy this weekend, and this year's organizers expect even more people than normal. That's because it just got a little easier to get to Little Italy. On Tuesday, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) opened a new $15.6 million Little Italy-...
Extraordinary healer Carmi Fazio
Becoming a healer is a calling and, certainly, many in the nursing field can rightfully claim that title. But in mid-April, Carmi Fazio — who works with Molina Healthcare of Illinois — was picked as one of three finalists for the CURE Media Group's Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing. Fazio — who is Sicilian on her father's side, Genov...
Italian Book Club: “The Terra-Cotta Dog” (“Il cane di terracotta”) by Andrea Camilleri
We are pleased to announce the next meeting of our Italian Book Club We welcome the Dante Alighieri members and non members to join us in this exciting adventure in the Italian literature. We are meeting every three months to discuss a book by an Italian Author. The discussion will be in English unless all the participants s...
Mokena’s first Festa Italiana celebrates heritage
About 1,000 people came out Sunday to support Mokena's first Festa Italiana. After the Mokena Lions rolled up the carpets from the Firecracker Dance on Saturday night, the Mokena Downtown Merchants Association and Knights of Columbus rolled out the welcome mat Sunday. Organizers of the two events found a way physically and financially to...
'Italian Salad' musical feast on campus
The Northwestern University Music Academy Chorus and Chamber Choir -- a group of 30 or so community members, faculty, staff and students who sing recreationally -- will perform a concert of Italian songs, choral works, arias and madrigals. The fall program of Italian music is titled "Italian Salad," in honor of the opera parody by Prussian...
Fr. Tony Pizzo and Dr. Jim Foody Named Honorees for Augustinian Gala
Father Tony Pizzo, O.S.A., has been an ordained priest for 30 years and a member of the Midwest Augustinians for 35 years. He is currently assigned as Pastor of St. Rita Parish in Chicago, where he has been serving since June, 2006. Under his pastoral leadership, St. Rita has been actively involved in community organizing to seek solutions...
Joliet musician to be honored at 34th Chicago Music Awards on March 15
Ted Lega of Joliet is being honored at 34th Chicago Music Awards, in Chicago IL, March 15 with a life time achievement award. Lega spent 34 years at Joliet Township High School Central. He started a band program at Richland School in Crest Hill, He spent nine years at the Troy Middle School, retiring in 2014. He graduated from Joliet...