Belmar’s annual Festival Italiano returns bigger than ever
It's September, which means everyone gets to be Italian for a weekend at Belmar's 13th annual Festival Italiano. The festival, benefiting Project Angel Heart, is Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11, this year. Events run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the 10th, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 11th, all at Belmar, 464 Teller St. "The chil...
Visit of Ambassador Bisogniero to Kansas City
HE Claudio Bisogniero, Ambassador of Italy in Washington, will travel to Kansas City (MO) on November 17th and 18th for the inauguration of the photographic exhibition "Art and War" at the National WWI Museum on loan from the Italian Museo del Risorgimento of Rome. The Ambassador will also meet with the local authorities and representative...
FREE Screening – Men of the Cloth – Friday, October 24 at 3:00 pm
As part of their new exhibit - Italian Style: Fashion since 1945 - the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will offer a FREE screening of Men of the Cloth.This 2013 documentary is an inspiring portrait of Nino Corvato, Checchino Fonticoli and Joe Centofanti, three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they navigate t...
MSSU radio show to feature Italian-American tenor
MSSU is celebrating the "Italy Semester" and MSSU's long-running radio show "Southern Serenade" is featuring Italian–American tenor Mario Lanza from a new Sony 2-disc CD release on the evening of a Mario Lanza movie marathon on TV's Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel. Born in Philadelphia in 1921, Alfredo Arnold Cocozza became Mario Lanza...
The wedding bells of St. Ambrose
by Debbie Monolo Finally, spring is in the air and from our vantage point across the street from St. Ambrose Church, we can also confirm that love is in the air. A symbol of tradition and an anchor for local Italian Americans, this beautiful church is a popular place to tie the knot for St. Louisans of Italian descent. The an...
Holy Rosary Catholic Church a mainstay for nearly 125 years in Kansas City
by Jill Sederstrom It has survived three fires, two world wars, the Depression and a changing neighborhood. But if there's one thing Holy Rosary Catholic Church has proved over the nearly 125 years that it's been a fixture in Kansas City, it's that it endures. And the Catholic church hasn't just endured, it continues to thriv...
Ciao St. Louis announces collaborating efforts with Il Pensiero
Ciao St. Louis contributors will begin submitting articles for print in the "Il Pensiero" (The Thought) published by, Cav. Antonio Lombardo. This is the only Italian- language newspaper published in Missouri and Southern Illinois — and one of very few in the U.S. — since 1967. The Italian newspaper publisher prints 5,000 copies, with about...
Some Prosciutto Fans Turn to Iowa
by Jane Fritsch The decision came down to this: Would people buy prosciutto from a guy named Herb from Iowa?"It was a crazy idea, but we didn't think it was a stupid idea," says Herb Eckhouse, the Herb from Iowa who spent some anxious years weighing that question. Racks of raw pork rolling into the refrigerated chambers around him suggest...
Callison: South Dakotans snub Mount Rushmore carver because of bigotry, author alleges
Luigi Del Bianco's name should be as familiar to you as that of Gutzon Borglum, Douglas Gladstone says, and the reason it's not is clear to him. Bigotry. Del Bianco, master carver during the Mount Rushmore National Monument's construction, was an Italian immigrant when that nationality was belittled in the United States, particularly...
Family and author seek title for Rushmore carver
Family members and supporters of an Italian immigrant seeking more recognition for his role in the carving of Mount Rushmore National Memorial have been unable to persuade the National Park Service to honor him as chief carver. "They want to lump him in with the rest of the workers," said Gloria Del Bianco, 68, of Los Angeles, the only sur...
Council Votes 'No' on St. Peter's Historic Landmark Designation
The Duluth City Council on Monday night voted down an ordinance that would designate St. Peter's church a local historic landmark. The Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) voted in October to nominate St. Peter's for designation. It is a historic Catholic church built by Italian Americans almost two centuries ago. Read more Sou...
St. Louis Columbus Day Corporation
The Italian American Heritage Corporation is one of the oldest Italian American organization in the United States. It was organized on November 11, 1866 and was incorporated on December 6, 1866 it is composed of many St. Louis Italian-American Organizations, who joined together a number of years ago to ensure that there will always be a Columbus Da...