Luigi's in Oelwein remembered after fire
A large, white chicken still sways in the wind above the Luigi's Restaurant and Lounge sign. It was the only thing still standing Sunday after a fire gutted the landmark Oelwein restaurant only a day earlier. A steady stream of vehicles slowly drove down South Frederick to Southwest 11th Street to glimpse the charred remains of Luigi's, an Ita...
Italian in Great Plains
Italian immigrants entered the Great Plains first as missionaries such as Fra Marco da Nizza (1495-1558) and Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711), and later as adventurers such as Count Leonetto Cipriani (1816-1888) and Italian American Charles Siringo (1855-1928). Since Italy was not a unified country until the Risorgimento (1860-70), early...
ENF13 An Evening at the Butcher Block
Join us at the Butcher Block Restaurant, located at 308 Hennepin Avenue East, for some Italian language fun, as well as a meal prepared by chef/owner Filippo Caffari. We will gather on Thursday, October 24th, from 6:30 until 9:00 p.m. The evening will begin with a cash bar/cocktail hour, complete with opportunities for Italian language con...
Pope Francis and St Anthony of Padua: the Saint of Lost Things is helping people find Mercy in the Jubilee Year
After successful visits to America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia, two first class relics of St. Anthony of Padua will return to America for a ten-day tour of the Archdiocese of Denver beginning on October 14 and ending on October 23. Father Mario Conte, OFM Conv, Executive Editor of the Messenger of Saint Anthony, will travel from the Basili...
Sager urges council to find new name for Columbus Day
By R.D. Hohenfeldt Since 2014, the Rolla City Council has given city workers the day off on Columbus Day. Monday night, the governing body made it a City Hall holiday again. "It is traditionally a very slow workday," City Administrator John Butz said in his written agenda commentary for the Monday night council meeting. At the m...
2013 Columbus Day Parade
Presenting, in no particular order, the 2013 Columbus Day Parade lineup, as of 9/21/13: Honor Guards from the United States Marine Corps and the Knights of Columbus, Parade Starter, Italian American Business Association President, Bill Lucatuorto, Grand Marshal, CBS4 Sports Anchor, Vic Lombardi, Italian of the Year, Vice President of the Dante Ali...
American Italian Society's new Omaha home shaping up
By Betsie Freeman Omaha's American Italian Heritage Society hasn't had a home of its own since it moved out of Little Italy in 2006. That's about to change. Construction crews are grading land at 132nd and Fort Streets for the group's new hall, an 18,000-square-foot building that will house a banquet room, meeting areas and a full commercial...
St. Louis-Union Station is the scene for Genealogy Roadshow II on Tuesday
By Rena Garrett At St. Louis' historic Union Station, a team of genealogists uncovers fascinating family stories from Missouri. A musician hopes to find connections to a famous St. Louis jazz composer; two sisters explore links to a survivor of the legendary Donner party; an Italian-American woman finds out if she is related to Italian royalty; an...
Montana lawmaker proposes replacement for Columbus Day
A Montana lawmaker is proposing that the Legislature replace Columbus Day with a named celebration of Native Americans. State Rep. Bridget Smith, D-Wolf Point, submitted a bill request last week. Smith said Thursday that the celebration of Christopher Columbus is wrong. Columbus and "his pack" committed atrocities on the indigenous peoples of...
Il Giornale della Parata di Colombo
2012 COLUMBUS DAY PARADE DIGNITARIESThe Columbus Committee is proud to announce that Father Hugh Guentner, will be our Parade Starter, George Falagrady, will be our Grand Marshall, Fred Marzano is our Italian of the Year, and Mike Abruzzi and Diana Frazzini are the Parade King and Queen. Congratulations to our 2012 Columbus Day Parade dignitaries!I...
Italian eatery on wheels a hit downtown
By Ann Marie BushA scene from a 1970's movie — and some extra money won at an area casino — led Topekan Gary R. Constantino back to doing what he loves — cooking Italian food. Constantino's bright green, red and white Italian eatery on wheels can be found parked in downtown Topeka during lunch Monday through Friday. Fabiano's, which serve...
Sons of Italy objects to ‘racist’ emails
by Peter Roper Pueblo County Transportation Director Greg Severance's fondness for using gangster terms for labeling city trash companies "mafia haulers" in his emails to City Council members didn't amuse the local Order of the Sons of Italy. In an Aug. 6 letter to Severance's employers, the Pueblo County commissioners, the Italia...