Celebrating Dante in Belle Isle, Detroit
Dear friends of the Dante Alighieri Society, we are pleased to invite you to the end of summer potluck event by the Woodside Shelter on Belle Isle in Detroit on Sep 10 at 11 am. Chat with old friends, enjoy Italian food, and take a picture with the old Dante to compare it with the fully restored statue next year The event will take place rain or sh...
IHSI Annual Chapel in the Meadow, Mass and Picnic
Sunday 09/11 @ 10:00 am EDT. Italian POW Chapel in the Meadow at Camp Atterbury (IN). Access to the Italian Chapel is: 65 South to the Edinburgh/Flatrock exit, and continue west on Indiana 252 through Edinburgh. Cross 31 and the road is called Old Hospital Rd., continue through to Camp Atterbury, passing the Atterbury Rock. Continuing west and foll...
Restored Bust of Christopher Columbus Unveiled at Italian American Club of Livonia
The newly restored bust of Christopher Columbus was unveiled at the Italian American Club of Livonia (IACL) on August 29, 2022. IACL President Frank Luscri welcomed invited guests, members of the Italian American community, in addition to special guests Italian Consul in Detroit Paola Allegra Baistrocchi, Mayor of Livonia Maureen Miller Brosnan, sc...
The Cleveland Museum of Art Hosts the 33rd Annual Chalk Festival
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) will host the 2022 Chalk Festival, an annual event started in 1990, this year expanded to two days, Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11, noon to 5 p.m., rain or shine. The festival features sidewalk artistry by professional chalk artists and local community groups, families, and individuals, all using t...
LoveITDetroit. What is IT?
Through its network of diplomatic offices, the Italian Ministry of Affairs promotes Italian language and culture around the globe. The Consulate of Italy in Detroit has a keen cultural focus and amongst the main events organized in 2022, “Love IT Detroit” will be a pivotal project taking place for the whole month of September, in vibrant downtown D...
Hurley to host Festivale Italiano
Hurley's annual end of summer party - Festivale Italiano - is set for Saturday on Silver Street. Three blocks of Hurley's main street will be blocked off most of the day and into the evening allowing for all sorts of fun, food and entertainment, according to Hurley (WI) Chamber of Commerce officials. Several area restaurants and other concerns will...
"It's a good time for people" Little Italy Festival returns Friday through Monday in Clinton
If you are ready to get out and enjoy a local festival, Clinton is the place to be this weekend. From Immigrant Square to downtown, pretty soon the entire city of Clinton will have these Italian flags out ready to celebrate the Little Italy Festival. Friday night will kick off a Labor Day Weekend full of festivities in Clinton. The Little Italy Fes...
New West Loop Skyscraper Unveils Italian Restaurant and Market
Every shiny new skyscraper needs at least one restaurant for the office workers who will hopefully fill the space. The BMO Tower, which debuted last year with the bank as an anchor tenant, is no exception. The 50-story building, just south of Union Station in West Loop, already unveiled a grab-and-go market. The 11,000-square-foot project is all pa...
We’re smart enough as a city to leave Christopher Columbus alone
If Mayor Lori Lightfoot were to follow the recent recommendations of the Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee and excise Christopher Columbus permanently from Grant Park, logic dictates that she should then immediately rename Columbus Drive. After all, a prominent city street is etched in the public consciousness far more than a statue. Peo...
Italian American leaders push for return of Columbus statues, say Chicago cannot 'bury history'
Italian American leaders are pushing to bring the Christopher Columbus statues back to Chicago's parks. The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans spoke out on Saturday, after an advisory panel called for the city to permanently remove three Christopher Columbus statues and the Balbo Monument in Burnham Park, and consider altering or removing n...
Columbus Statues Shouldn’t Return, Balbo Monument Should Be Taken Down, City Committee Says
A long-awaited report from a city committee that was reviewing Chicago monuments was released Friday — and it recommends the city take down the controversial Balbo monument and not return several statues of Christopher Columbus. The report is certain to renew debate over the monuments, which have long been controversial. It’s not yet certain if off...
Brier Hill Italian Festival celebrates 30 years
The Brier Hill Italian Festival is back and celebrating its 30th anniversary! Organizers said the festival once started as a one-time event and was originally meant to be a reunion. After the first weekend in Sept. of 1991, the community decided to bring it back for another year. The weekend has always revolved around family, friends, authentic foo...