Salute to Veterans: Italian connections for an American sailor
I am a first-generation American and a World War II veteran. My parents came to the U.S. from Lucca, Italy, and settled in LaPorte, Indiana. I was born four short months after their arrival. I grew up speaking only Italian at home. Little did I know at the time that this would have a major impact on my time in the U.S. Navy in World War II. After a...
Discover Sorelle Italian: Long Grove’s New Italian Food and Wine Market
Sorelle Italian brings a taste of Sicily to Long Grove, Illinois, with its unique blend of café, market, and restaurant. Named after founder Mario Sorelle’s three daughters, Sorelle Italian showcases a variety of Italian-inspired offerings and warm hospitality that invite guests to enjoy an authentic Italian experience. Inspired by Sorelle’s hometo...
Maniscalco brings family stories, not politics, to comedy stage
One of the top selling comedians today brings his act to the Covelli Centre (Youngstown, OH) next week. Maniscalco’s current tour will be filmed for an upcoming special that will debut on Hulu as part of its new “Hularious” series of monthly standup performances. In a statement last month announcing the deal, Maniscalco said, “How many times do you...
A Sign of Great Things to Come
There’s no place like home, especially in the heart of Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood. And what better place for the Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation (NOIA) to establish its new, permanent headquarters, now open at 12018 Mayfield Road? This past December, the NOIA executive staff moved in while work on the interior design progresse...
Italian Beef’s Golden Age
If you told me Mr. Beef was Chicago’s most popular tourist attraction of 2024, I’d believe you. Having never been to the River North stand (I’m a Johnnie’s or Al’s gal), I decided to join the line of folks who had flown into town and proceeded directly, suitcases in hand, to the restaurant on which the one in The Bear is based. Despite all the ques...
SCIM / Julia Lovejoy Cuniberti: The Midwesterner who Adapted Italian Culinary Traditions for American Kitchens
When: The November 20 2024, 18:00 (Local time) - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - For a fee: No On the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents an event dedicated to the tradition of the Mediterranean diet, inspired by the theme Mediterranean Diet and Heritage Cuisine: H...
Fontecchio: “It’s an honor to be Italian in the NBA, I wish there were more of them”
One of the special observers of this start of the season in the NBA, at least by Italian fans, is without a doubt Simone Fontecchio. The Italian, who was unable to participate in the Pre-Olympic this summer due to an injury, seems to have recovered the right physical condition and in these first matches he is carving out an important space for hims...
Cleveland Museum of Art to return 13th century Italian artwork
The Cleveland Museum of Art has agreed to return to the Italian government a work that dates to the 13th century. A manuscript leaf, once reportedly part of a choral book near the city of Siena, has been in the museum’s collection since 1952, obtained in good faith from a collection in New York. It’s described on the CMA website as “Christ in Majes...
Grand Opening of Oven 360 Pizza: Bringing Authentic Italian Neapolitan Flavors and Handmade Gelato to Troy, Michigan
Oven 360 proudly announces the grand opening of its first U.S. location at 1711 Crooks Road, Troy, Michigan. Founded by childhood friends Remo Tortola and Lucio Franceschelli from Miranda, Italy, Oven 360 promises to deliver an unparalleled Neapolitan pizza experience alongside its renowned handmade gelato.Remo and Lucio, upon arriving in Canada, s...
Belmonte helps residents celebrate life in Hillside
Not everyone can say they found their calling in life. Evelyn Belmonte is among the lucky ones. For nearly three decades, Belmonte has worked for the village of Hillside as special events coordinator and administrative assistant to Mayor Joseph Tamburino. “Working for the mayor has been such an amazing experience, with new ideas all the time and me...
Witness the Impact of Your Contribution: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Diabetes Research with the Rugiero Promise Foundation
This year, the Rugiero Promise Foundation invites its sponsors to an exclusive opportunity to see “Where the Money Goes.” Although the annual Casino Royale gala is paused for 2024, we are excited to announce a special sponsor-only reception at Michigan Medicine’s North Campus Research Complex on November 6, 2024. This intimate event will allow our...
Ranking Little Italy’s Meatballs
Is there anything more quintessentially Italian than the meatball? Definitely. But for Little Italy’s annual Meatball Crawl, this tasty sphere is the star of the area’s esteemed cuisine. The annual Taste in Little Italy Meatball Crawl & Wine Tasting, hosted by Cleveland Montessori School, is a fundraising effort to provide scholarships and other op...