Screening of "The White Sheik" by Federico Fellini - February 3, 2015 at 6:00 PM
The White Sheik (lo sceicco bianco) (1952, 83 min) in Italian with English subtitles by Federico Fellini with Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, and Brunella Bovo. In Fellini's charming solo debut, a newlywed bride sneaks off her honeymoon plans in Rome to find the offices of a romance magazine: she wants to meet "Th...
Frank Lollino - Exceptionally talented coach and renowned high school teacher.
Frank Lollino has always been somebody that was considered as being an overachiever. Chicago native is a very proud Italian-American who was raised in the Galewood community a popular area in northwest Chicago. He and his sister were always raised to be very focused on completing goals in life. His parents Frank and Anna Marie always gav...
Lyric Opera Of Chicago Presents New Production of NORMA, 1/28
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Bellini's riveting Bel Canto masterpiece Norma in a new-to-Chicago production. Vocal pyrotechnics and sumptuous music brilliantly tell the tale of forbidden passion, betrayal, revenge, and, ultimately, redemption. Norma opens on Saturday, January 28, with seven performances through February 24 at Lyric's Civ...
Cinema italiano a Detroit: Everybody’s Right by Paolo Sorrentino
Award-winning Italian actress Iaia Forte is once again working with Paolo Sorrentino after the extraordinary international success of "The Great Beauty". In the play "Everybody's Right" adapted from Sorrentino's novel, Iaia Forte plays Tony Pagoda, a Neapolitan singer at the height of his career in 1950′s-era New York, as he awaits the most importa...
2013 NIASHF Athlete of the Year, Anthony Rizzo Voted to 2014 MLB All-Star Game
We would like to congratulate our 2013 Athlete of the Year, Anthony Rizzo on being voted to the 2014 MLB All-Star Game! Anthony won the National League Final Vote by receiving 8.8 million votes. He was able to beat out his peers on the NL Final Vote ballot, which included the likes of Justin Morneau, Casey McGehee, Anthony Rendon, and Just...
Event "Love, What Language Do You Speak?" - February 14, 2015 at 5:00 pm
Please join an international gathering of cultural organizations for a multimedia, multilingual evening of poetry, music, film, and theater in celebration of Valentine's Day. Suzanne Petri will emcee and provide English language love poems amidst performances co-presented by multiple Chicago cultural institutions. Read more ...
Little Italy business owners, visitors prepare for World Cup
Nationalism isn't out of place in Little Italy – the numerous Italian flags demonstrate the area's pride – but residents and visitors have one more way to celebrate Italian culture starting this week. The 2014 World Cup begins Thursday and anticipation is in the air. Local business Topsi Turvi has a full display of Italian soccer apparel i...
3rd Annual Bocce with the Brothers
Friday, January 23, 2015 (6 PM). Location: Villa Penna Banquet and Restaurant, 43985 Hayes, Sterling Hgts, MI 48313 The 3rd Annual Bocce with the Brothers fundraising event will feature a buffet dinner, cash bar, silent auction, live entertainment, plus unlimited bocce ball. Tickets are $50 and only available in advance by calling: Kristen a...
Subs to snaps: Rick Lovato, from sandwich shop to Packers' long-snapper
by Rob Demovsky Rick Lovato can tell you everything that belongs on a No. 15 at Joyce's Subs and Pizza in Lincroft, New Jersey. "That's our Italian sub," Lovato said. "Five bucks at most for a half sub." A week ago, Lovato was putting together boiled ham, genoa salami, capicola and provolone for customers at the shop owned by his father...
The Italian connection
This summer will mark Sebastian Maniscalco's fifth appearance at the Just for Laughs festival but whereas his past appearances have been limited to sets at the Ethnic Show, the Relationship Show, and various galas, this time he'll be presenting his hour-long one-man show, Aren't You Embarrassed? at Le Gesù Theatre until July 26. "It's good...
Bocce renaissance - Sons of Italy hosts tournament, sees growth of sport in area
The Sons of Italy chapter in Ashtabula finds itself in the middle of a triangle — a bocce triangle, that is. A sport that originated in Italy, bocce has a solid following in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania among other places, with the Cleveland, Youngstown and Erie areas all producing competitive leagues and tournaments. When those...
The Dayton Women of Bocce Ball
If strength is in numbers, then bocce ball is alive and well in Dayton, Ohio. You may remember we did a story on the Sons of Italy, Bella Villa Hall's men's bocce league. Well move over fellas, it is the ladies' turn! Thursday's in the summer, the bocce courts are ruled by the women. Now, let's get rollin'.... HERE'S THE SKINNY O...