Italian American Heritage Month: Suburban high schools immerse students in Italian culture
Two northwest suburban high schools are showcasing exclusive programs during Italian American Heritage Month. The exclusive programs will help students grasp the impact of the culture on their everyday lives. This week, Rolling Meadows High School is taking students on a trip to Italy, without the airfare. Italian language students have charted a j...
Eataly Chicago Announces Icons of Eataly: Pizza Edition – Launching October 13th
This October, Eataly Chicago introduces a second iteration of Icons of Eataly, a program which celebrates Italian dishes and ingredients. Following the success of its inaugural series in May 2023, which featured the stories of six pasta dishes, the new edition will focus on Italy’s pizza. Icons of Eataly: Pizza Edition will highlight six kinds of N...
Galtieri builds communities through the arts
Dawn Marie Galtieri has devoted most of her professional career to nurturing Voice of the City, a small multi-arts nonprofit she founded 24 years ago in Chicago. “Our mission is to build community through making art and teaching art,” she explains. The nonprofit has a staff of two — Galtieri, who serves as executive and artistic director, and Chris...
Little Carmine's Reopens on Penn After More Than Three Years
Spaghetti and meatball sandwiches are back at 84 South Pennsylvania Street. "We closed for business that fateful day in March [2020], and we just haven't been able to get back on our feet enough to get back open until now," says Brad Ritter, owner of Little Carmine's, the fast-casual sister restaurant of old-school Italian favorite Carmine's on Pen...
Celebrate Italian American Heritage Month At Triton Panel Discussion
Triton College will celebrate Italian American Heritage Month with a panel and discussion from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the Library Upper Commons (A Building - 2000 Fifth Avenue, River Grove, IL 60171). The panel will feature: Frank Di Piero (Moderator); Maryann Pisano – Staff writer at Triton College; Louis H. Rago – Triton College Foundat...
Italian Americans demand Chicago return Christopher Columbus statues
On the day the U.S. commemorates Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas, Italian Americans in the Chicago area are demanding the city return three statues of the explorer that were removed due to protests. In 2020, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered the removal of the statues from Grant Park, Arrigo Park and South Chicago. At the time, Lightf...
Italian Americans now 'defending' rather than 'perpetuating' their role in building America
Columbus Day is Monday, October 9, and for many Italian Americans the annual national holiday now comes with the sting of having to fight for their place in American society all over again. “In this age of cancel culture, we’ve gone from perpetuating the contributions Italians have made to America to defending them,” Ron Onesti, President of the Jo...
Theo’s Italian Coming to The Shops at Perry Crossing in Indiana
The Shops at Perry Crossing, an outdoor lifestyle shopping center in Plainfield, Indiana, managed by JLL, will soon feature a new pizza and pasta restaurant concept by local Indianapolis-based restaurant operator Cunningham Restaurant Group. Theo’s Italian will join the center’s lineup of restaurants in the fall. The 6,118-square-foot Italian resta...
Columbus Day was intended to encourage greater acceptance of immigrants: Basil M. Russo
Tomorrow, thousands of Greater Clevelanders will gather in Little Italy to attend our annual Columbus Day parade. The story of how the first Columbus Day celebration began in 1892 is a tragic example of the mistreatment of immigrants that needs to be told. Between 1880 and 1920, some 4 million Italian immigrants left impoverished towns throughout s...
Cleveland’s Columbus Day Parade Marches Into Little Italy Oct. 9
The Columbus Day Parade is marching back to Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood on Monday, Oct. 9, along Mayfield Road. Elaborate floats, marching bands, local artifacts, and city leaders will make up the parade, which steps off at noon to celebrate Northeast Ohio’s deeply rooted Italian American culture. As usual, Columbus Day Mass will be held...
ABC7 Chicago celebrates Italian American Heritage Month with live Columbus Day Parade broadcast
ABC7, Chicago's most watched television station, is celebrating the city's vibrant Italian American community with the broadcast of the 70th Annual Columbus Day Parade. The live event is hosted by ABC7 sports reporter and Windy City Weekend host Ryan Chiaverini, reporter Liz Nagy and meteorologist Greg Dutra reporting all the festivities from the s...
Want one of the world’s best pizzas? Head to Spacca Napoli in Ravenswood
Jonathan Goldsmith has some of his wine shipped in from the southern Italian island of Ischia, his mozzarella di bufala comes from the Caserta province just north of Naples. When he sees that a family is about to welcome a new baby, he presents a bottle of Prosecco to the expectant mother — to drink at a later date, of course. And when he’s not in...