45th Annual Roma Lodge Italian Festival July 26th through July 28th
Join us for the 2024 Roma Lodge Italian Festival held at the Roma Lodge Grounds located at: 7130 Spring St. Mt. Pleasant, WI. Join us daily and view our Festival Guide, below, for event details and times for our featured Live Entertainment, Dinners, Vendor Fair, Mass, Raffle Drawings and even a Spaghetti Eating Contest! We would like to also thank...
Italian American of the Year honored at Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival Kickoff Dinner
It’s an event that is so highly anticipated that from the day it ends, they begin preparing for the next one. The 41st Annual Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival begins this weekend, and the months of planning and preparation were celebrated at their kickoff dinner at Undo’s West. This year’s Italian American of the Year is Rita Cara...
Salvatori’s To Bring Authentic Italian Flavor To Waynedale
“We are beyond excited to open our next restaurant in Waynedale, it’s been a long time coming!” Jeremy McClain, Co-Owner of Salvatori’s Authentic Italian Eatery said in anticipation of their seventh location, and the area’s only Italian restaurant, soon to open at the corner of Bluffton Road and Airport Expressway (8601 Bluffton Rd. Fort Wayne, IN...
Sons of Italy Prep 6,800 of Their Famous Sausage Sandwiches Before Italian Festival
Sons of Italy members are preparing for the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival, which takes place Friday through Sunday at Heritage Port in downtown Wheeling. The organization met Tuesday morning to prepare 6,800 authentic sausage sandwiches. It purchased the bread for the sandwiches from Cellone Italian Bread Co. in Pittsburgh and...
Dominick Di Meo, Italian American Artist of Chicago’s Monster Roster with a Cult Following, Dies at 97
Dominick Di Meo, an artist who shook up Chicago’s art scene in the 1960s with surreal paintings and collages, only to gain a following far beyond the city late in his career, has died at 97. His death was announced on Sunday by his Chicago gallery, Corbett vs. Dempsey. Di Meo was among the Chicagoan artists who during the ’60s plotted a new, off-ki...
Dreaming of Becoming an Italian Wine Ambassador? Vinitaly International Academy lands in Chicago
For its 29th edition, Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) makes its historical debut in Chicago, hosting its renowned three-day Italian wine-course in the country's third largest metropolis. This expansion provides Italian wine professionals across North America with unparalleled access to the expertise and opportunities offered by the prestigious...
The 40th Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce
The 40th Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce sponsored by Serpentini Chevrolet will be held on Friday August 23rd, Saturday August 24th, and Sunday August 25th at the Wickliffe Italian-American Club located at 29717 Euclid Avenue in Wickliffe, Ohio. The tournament will host 120 bocce teams (104 Open Division & 16 Women’s Division) under nine covered b...
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 was really lucky was the fact that I ha...
IACC plans for Una Serata Italiana
Members of the Italian American Cultural Club came together to finalize plans for the upcoming Una Serata Italiana event. The fundraiser is scheduled to be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 2 at Froehlich’s Classic Corner, located at 501 Washington St. in Steubenville. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Translated to mean an Evening in Italy, those attending th...
Zucchero a force for good in Addison
Running for village clerk of Addison never crossed Lucille Zucchero’s mind, but the nine-term veteran of the position says that she has loved her job from day one. As liaison between the village’s staff and board of trustees, Zucchero has helped countless people navigate their way through a variety of issues. After 35 years on the job, people reco...
Little Italian Pizza in Naperville celebrates its 50th anniversary
Little Italian Pizza is in the know when it comes to dough. The restaurant, located at 373 East Bailey Rd., has been serving up slices of pizza and more since 1974, recently celebrating its 50th anniversary. Patrick Brioch, owner of Little Italian Pizza, has been involved in the pizza business for 23 years. He says one reason his restaurant has don...
Army Sergeant Emil Garippo
Born in Chicago on April 1, 1923, Emil Garippo was the middle child of Emil and Jessie Tarsitano Garippo. The family lived on Arthington Street in Chicago’s Taylor Street Little Italy. Garippo’s paternal grandparents, from the area around Naples in Italy, and the Tarsitanos, from Calabria, lived next door to one another. Garippo grew up among grand...