Anthony Rizzo Retires
The Cubs have announced that Anthony Rizzo will retire as a Cub and will be honored this Saturday at Wrigley Field as the club hosts the Rays. He will also serve as an ambassador for the organization. Jesse Rogers of ESPN was among those to relay the news. Rizzo, now 36, was part of a few different organizations in his career but will always be pri...
Cavaliers draft pick Italian Saliou Niang among leaders in PER at EuroBasket 2025
Cleveland Cavaliers draft pick Saliou Niang is among the leaders in player efficiency rating with the Italian national team at EuroBasket 2025.. Niang helped the Italians qualify for the round of 16 after finishing 4-1 during the group stage, averaging 9.8 points and 4.3 rebounds on 70% shooting from the field. He led the team in scoring with 15 po...
Conti steps from courtroom to media spotlight
With nearly 40 years of experience practicing law, Chicago attorney Karen Conti is also an author and media personality who makes appearances on national and local radio and TV. Next on her list of goals: finishing her second book, upping her list of visited countries to 62, and hosting her own TV show. Conti, whose paternal grandparents were born...
Cleveland Italian Film Festival announces 2025 lineup
Italy has won the Academy Award for Best International Film 14 times. That’s more than any other country, and it’s part of the reason why Joyce Mariani started the Cleveland Italian Film Festival. Now in its 18th year, the festival returns next month with screenings on three consecutive Thursdays at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights and At...
Bocce ball league creates community at John Pirelli Lodge in Kettering (OH)
A group of women have met up in Kettering over the last 30 years to play Bocce Ball. “You learn something from everybody. There’s always laughs, always good stories, and it’s just a good time,” says Caitlin Davis, Chair of the Women’s Bocce League. The game is relatively simple. “You throw a ball called the pull and it is a little yellow ball. And...
Champion rower Christina Salvi
The New Trier High School Freshman Girls crew battled choppy waters, fended off fierce competitors and ultimately won a gold medal at the top rowing tournament in the country on May 24 at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America’s Championship Regatta. The event was hosted on the Cooper River in New Jersey, just a few miles east of Philadelphia...
Veroni Takes Center Court at the 2025 Cincinnati Open: Italian Lifestyle Meets American Tennis
Veroni, the leading Italian charcuterie brand in the US, renews its winning partnership with the tennis world. From August 5 to August 18, and for the fourth consecutive year, the brand returns as the Official Italian Charcuterie Sponsor of the Cincinnati Open—one of the most anticipated tournaments on the global tennis calendar—where it will unvei...
Cleveland Italian Film Festival 2025
The Cleveland Italian Film Festival 2025 is showcasing award winning films from Italy Sept. 18 – Sept. 25, 2025 at the Cedar Lee Theater and Atlas Cinemas Great Lakes. All films are shown on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. with the support of Italian Tours & Travel by Diana and media sponsor La Gazzetta Italiana. Sunday, Sept. 4, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. M...
Crest Hill club to host 25th festa
Officially held on Aug. 15, the Feast of the Assumption celebrates the Blessed Mother’s passage into heaven. A public holiday in Italy, the occasion is marked across the country by masses, processions, and festivals involving food and entertainment. Here in the Chicago area, that tradition has been kept alive for the last 25 years by the American I...
41st annual Challenge Cup of Bocce set in Wickliffe: What to know
The 41st Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce is coming up. The annual event is scheduled for Aug. 22-24 at the Wickliffe Italian-American Club. The tournament will host 120 teams (104 open division and 16 women’s division) and showcase world-class players from across the United States and Canada. Players will vie for more than $34,000 in competition o...
Simbario feast about family, faith for Bertucci
As they have for 105 years, the members of the San Rocco di Simbario Society will embark on a five-and-a half-hour procession through the streets of Chicago’s Chinatown to honor the patron saint of their ancestral hometown. In the process, they’ll be celebrating their Catholic faith and maintaining a tradition now entering its fifth generation. “It...
Columbus Piave Club to Host Car & Motorcycle Show to Benefit Italian Festival Parade and Student Musicians
The Columbus Piave Club is revving up for its annual Car & Motorcycle Show, returning Saturday, August 16, 2025, to the historic Valley Dale Ballroom. This much-anticipated community event combines classic cars, family fun, and cultural celebration—all in support of the Columbus Italian Festival Parade and High School Marching Band Competition. Ope...