“The History and Protagonists of Italian Emigration to the United States”
The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to the presentation of "The History and Protagonists of Italian Emigration to the United States" Tuesday, July 15th - 6:00 pm - Italian Cultural Institute Speakers:Paolo Battaglia, co-author of the book "Explorers Emigran...
OSIA state lodge to honor 9
The Order Sons of Italy's Grand Lodge of Illinois and Wisconsin will host its 13th annual Leonardo da Vinci Award of Excellence Gala on May 4 at BeauJolie Banquets in Schiller Park. Sharing the spotlight will be Lo Duca Brothers Inc., Michael A. Rizzo Insurance Agency and Giuffre Brothers Cranes Inc. (Business of Distinction.); Stan J. Mil...
Italian American Human Relations Foundation - Pasta & Neckbone Dinner
Food, wine and song! What better way is there to spend a Sunday afternoon? The Italian American Human Relations Foundation of Chicago will again host its popular Pasta & Neckbone dinner on Sunday, June 7th at the Dana Hotel in Chicago. Join the IAHRF in celebrating the contributions of all ethnicities and races to the performing...
Anne Romagnoli, who ran what may be country's oldest accordion store, dies at 90
By Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas The day before she died, Anne Romagnoli called the office manager at the Italo-American Accordion Co., the store she owned for 66 years. She had a few questions but mostly a long list of instructions. "That was just her way," said her daughter Roseanne Romagnoli, who acknowledged her mother could be demanding. ...
2013 Fall Festival at Casa Italia Is Coming Up!
The Fall Festival will be held on October 5th from 1 to 10 p.m. and on October 6 from 12 to 6 p.m. at the Casa Italia Festival Center. The event will feature wine making presentations, Sunday Outdoor Mass, cultural events, ricotta making presentation, children's activities, museum tours, sports demonstrations, carnival rides, haunted attraction, fa...
Mount Clemens hosts Columbus Day Parade
By Mitch Hotts It was a celebrazione -- Italian for celebration -- of the culture, history and heritage of Italy during the Columbus Day Parade on Main Street in downtown Mount Clemens on Saturday. The 46-unit procession included a variety of social clubs, businesses, pageant queens, and the Harper Woods High School Marching Band payi...
Collector Ron Pizzuti Opens Art Boutique Hotel in Ohio
Renowned art collector Ron Pizzuti is behind a new luxury-boutique art hotel opening in Columbus, Ohio. The hotel features art from Pizzuti's private collection along with local and world-class contemporary art from emerging artists. Partnering with upscale, design-focused international hotel brand Le Méridien, The Joseph features artwork...
Italian Artists Bring 'Theater of Feet' to Beverly Arts Center
By Lorraine Swanson Italy's Teatro dei Piedi -- "Theatre of Feet" -- is bringing its family-friendly entertainment to the Beverly Arts Center this weekend, Jan. 20 through Jan. 22. Part mime and part contortion, Teatro dei Piedi stages characters whose stories are by turn romantic, ironic, poetic and ridiculous with their feet. Th...
Il Console Generale Marco Nobili a Grand Rapids-Michigan per la promozione di lingua e cultura d’Italia
Il Console d'Italia a Detroit Marco Nobili insieme al professore Iaderosa, direttore dell'Ente Gestore "NOI – Nuovi Orizzonti Italiani" ieri 30 novembre 2012 hanno incontrato a Grand Rapids, in Michigan, la professoressa Gisella Licari ed i suoi collaboratori della Grand Valley State Gli studenti di italiano dei corsi 101 e 201 dell'ateneo hanno pr...
Padula-New York-Pittsburgh: Emigrazione Sangue Speranza. La storia di Joe Petrosino e del Suo Migliore Amico Giovanni Esposito
Il Comitato della Società Dante Alighieri del Michigan, sotto gli auspici del Consolato d'Italia a Detroit, ha ospitato la presentazione di Luca Guardabascio, regista e sceneggiatore italiano; le sue opere comprendono documentari, lungometraggi, serie TV e spettacoli. Il suo nuovo libro-progetto e film si intitola "Padula-New York-Pittsbur...
'Festa Faiello' brings family's American, Italian members together
The Faiello family of Stark County spans decades and countries. Nearly 100 members of the clan gathered Saturday night at McCall's Restaurant and Banquet Center to celebrate a long family history and to welcome seven relatives from Italy. The party — titled "Festa Faiello" — was more than a typical family reunion, however. Decades ago, C...
The Enduring Legacy of Florence Scala
Wednesday September 16 - 6 /7,30 PM - Roosevelt Branch Library - 1101 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607"The Enduring Legacy of Florence Scala" Casa Italia presents an evening of recollection and storytelling in honor of a Chicago and Little Italy icon, Florence Scala, celebrating the 97th anniversary of her birth.Presenters include Kath...