Tech entrepreneur Salvatore Camarda
What do Microsoft, GE, and the Chicago Police Department have in common? They're all working to reach community and team members in a more meaningful way with the help of a Chicago-born tech entrepreneur with deep Sicilian roots. MeetApp North America co-founder and CEO Sal Camarda has taken his smartphone app from a lean startup to a company...
Vino Italia: A Taste of Italy
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:30 PM - Akron Civic Theatre The Eighth Annual Vino Italia: A Taste of Italy, will kick off the Italian- American Festival, downtown Akron, July 10, 2013, from 5:30- 8:30 p.m. Italian Wine Sponsored by: Gruppo Mezzacorona Prestige Wine Imports
Screening of "Quiet Bliss" ("In grazia di Dio")
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Four women in the same family make ends meet in a small town in Salento during the crippling economic crisis of our times. The failure of a family business and the foreclosure of their house seems t...
Ionna family table comes to St. Columban festival
by Chuck Gibson Home-cooked authentic Italian hoagies and pasta are coming to St. Columban Church festival June 26-28 in Loveland. Greg and Gloria Ionna will serve up home-cooked meatball hoagies, Italian sausage hoagies and rigatoni pasta meals at the church festival this year. The journey from the Ionna family table to the...
Opera in the Italian Garden
by Joyce Mariani The popular free concert "Opera in the Italian Garden" on July 26, 2015 broke attendance records with 2,174 concertgoers. That represented 431 more attendees than last year. All were present to hear Opera Circle Cleveland's performance of well-known music from famous Italian operas. The Italian Garden has bee...
Dr. Alberto Cauli, presents “Sa Sartiglia”, a lecture on the medieval equestrian tournament
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of ChicagoHistorian and researcher at the University of Auckland, Dr. Alberto Cauli, will present a lecture on "Sa Sartiglia," a medieval equestrian tournament, which tak...
Italian clothing boutique opens in Glenview
"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore," sang Dean Martin in the 1950's. When Italian clothing hits your eye in a California clothing boutique, that's amore, according to Maria Kariotis. The Glenview mom of three said she was shopping in a San Diego clothing boutique a few years ago when she fell in love with the q...
115-year old train crash that killed 100 Italian immigrants still stirs deep emotion
People from the Adrian area and local historians know the story of the "wreck on the Wabash." But outside of those circles, the train crash that took place in 1901 isn't especially well-known. There are many tragic elements to this story and for a thorough sense of what took place, you can read historian Laurie Perkins' book, "Wreck on the Wabash"...
Vietnam hero gives rousing talk at Casa Italia
An enthusiastic crowd was held spellbound by Medal of Honor recipient Allen James Lynch during a special presentation hosted by the Italian American Veterans Museum. More than 100 attendees, many of them veterans, flocked to the Community Center at Casa Italia on Nov. 14 to share an evening with a true American hero. As an Army sergeant durin...
Chris Colabello, big fan of Terry Francona, signs minor league deal with Indians
By Dave Nordman Chris Colabello was an Assumption College junior when the Red Sox ended their 86-year championship drought by winning the 2004 World Series. Colabello was a big fan of the team and its manager, Terry Francona. He still is. "I've always been a Tito guy," Colabello said. "I just love the way he goes about h...
Club ItaloAmericano gives out honors
Club ItaloAmericano of Green Bay recently hosted the 10th annual WisItalia Awards Banquet, where the local club was honored for promoting events that encourage Italian heritage in the greater Green Bay area. Lisa Joy Meli, Italian language teacher at Preble and East high schools was presented with the 2013 Teacher of the Year Award, and ch...
Old Neighborhood Italian American Club Hosting Street Fest Saturday
by Casey Cora The imposing brick building that houses the Old Neighborhood Italian American Club, plastered everywhere with "Members Only" signs, looms large at 31st Street and Shields Avenue.On Saturday, the decades-old men's club is throwing its first-ever Italian Fest and inviting neighborhood residents to get a taste of what they're al...