7th annual Taylor Street Festa Italiana in Chicago
Celebrate your Italian pride or amore for Italian culture and music, food, fashion and fun at the 7th Annual Taylor Street Festa Italiana! From Thursday, August 22nd – Sunday, August 25th, the annual festival returns to Taylor Street celebrating the history and heritage of Chicago's Little Italy. Open to all ages, guests will be inspired to dress,...
The 30th summer italian street festival
Holy Rosary Catholic Church presents the ethnic event of the summer, the 30th Summer Italian Street Festival. Friday, June 13th and Saturday, June 14th, 2014 from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm, the historic Holy Rosary Catholic Church, located at 520 Stevens Street and surrounding Lacy Park, will once again transform into an outdoor Italian festival and cele...
CIACO hosts stellar 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 m...
Viva La Panza event held in Akron
By Betty O'Neill-Roderick Viva La Panza, the premier fundraising and networking event of the Italian community, drew 650 men to Todaro's Party Center on Wednesday for an evening of great food and camaraderie. Ralph Trecaso and John Montisano co-chaired the event, presented by the Italian-American Professional and Businessmen's Club and the H...
Ron Onesti: Don't thank me, thank the 'Old Neighborhood'
It is no secret that I am an Italian-American, and a proud one at that. I was born on Taylor Street in Chicago's "Little Italy." Being a child of the early '60s, I was fortunate enough to have experienced much of the music from the '60s and '70s now referred to as heritage rock and classic rock. But how I am really lucky is the fact I...
An Evening of Italian Literature
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Tuesday, April 12, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT), Chicago, ILSelected Readings of Italian Short Stories in English Translation performed and translated by Lawrence Garner Lawrence Garner has been performing on the stages of Chicago theatres for more than 20 years, a "second career" precede...
CI-AMA to honor two men of the cloth
The Cegliesi Italo American Association will honor two men of the cloth at their 42nd annual dinner dance on Oct. 16 at Alta Villa Banquets in Addison. Both are priests of the Oblate Fathers of St. Joseph and both are natives of Ceglie del Campo, the town in Bari to which the organization traces its roots. (708-278-8004) The Rev. Michael Piscopo i...
Retired Indiana general receives Italian award
INDIANAPOLIS – Retired Indiana National Guard Maj. Gen. Dave Harris was presented with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Jan. 18 in Washington for his work with the Italian government in 2009 and 2010. While assigned as the Kosovo Force chief of staff, Harris was instrumental in reforming political and military relationships between KFOR...
A Stradivari For The People. Concert Of Maestro Matteo Fedeli In Cleveland
The Reinberger Chamber Hall in Cleveland, will be hosting, on Sunday April 28th, as part of the planned events for the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, and sponsored by the Consulate of Italy in Detroit and the National Association of the Artistry of Italian Violin Making (A.N.L.A.I) the concert of violinist Matteo Fedeli, entitled 'A Stradivari...
Alex Zanardi feted by Ganassi at Indianapolis
by Jenna Fryer Alex Zanardi received a hero's welcome at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the famed race track where he has never turned a single lap. The beloved Italian was greeted warmly wherever he went Friday after he was feted by former team owner Chip Ganassi, who presented Zanardi with the car called "Old Midnight" that Zanardi wa...
A Turano (PD) il premio della Justinian Society dell'Illinois
Saranno conferiti questa sera, nel corso di una cerimonia al Palmer House Hilton di Chicago, i premi della Justinian Society of Lawyers dell'Illinois, associazione tra le più grandi degli Stati Uniti e da sempre impegnata nella promozione dei valori della partecipazione civica, della collegialità e del rispetto del sistema giuridico. I pre...
Lemont gets taste of Italian food festival
The Festa EATaliana Music and Food Fest is returning for a third year Saturday, Aug. 23, outside the soon-to-open Pollyanna Brewing Company, 431 Talcott Ave., Lemont. The fundraiser for St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick School features the Godmother Throw Down Cooking Competition at 3 p.m. and a larger festival from 5 to 11 p.m. The food comp...