Win tickets for the 45th Festa Italiana in Rockford, IL!
Festa Italiana is one of the many great traditions here in Rockford and this year they are celebrating 45 years of the festival! Mike and Paul Maffioli are with us tonight to show off some of the food that will be available at Festa Italiana as well as talk about some of the entertainment. Festa Italiana is sponsored by the Greater Rockford Italian...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival begins in Youngstown
The 24th annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Festival began Thursday in Youngstown, OH. This year, organizers have added some new things. There are new foods to try and vendors to check out, like Yosteria, a popular eatery. “People can expect traditional Italian food from cavatelli to pizza, to braciole sandwiches. We’ll have Italian cocktails...
Ishpeming Italian Fest celebrating 125 years
You don’t have to be Italian to come out and enjoy the live music, food and fireworks Saturday, July 27 at the Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming (MI), where the St. Rocco-St. Anthony Society will hold its 125th annual community picnic. Each July, the Italian Fest in Ishpeming is a way for Italian Americans to honor St. Rocco and St. Anthony an...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Town of Cicero honors Del Galdo Law Group 25th anniversary
Town President Larry Dominick and the Town of Cicero Board of Trustees on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, commemorated the 25th Anniversary of the Del Galdo Law Group LLC and its principle attorney Michael T. De Galdo. The board unanimously approved a proclamation honoring Del Galdo for his nearly 20 years of service as the Town Attorney for the Town of Cic...