Italian American club awards scholarships at St. Florian Hall
The 2024 Italian American Cultural Club Scholarship Awards dinner was held June 12 at St. Florian Hall. The annual event is a highlight for the club, whose members celebrate the young people who have excelled in various areas throughout their years in school. The students are awarded for their efforts by the IACC and many donors. This year’s recipi...
Hamilton bakery brings traditional recipes to customers
Traditional, authentic recipes and clean ingredients are on the minds of consumers lately, and more businesses hope to bring that to the table. Andiamo Artisan Bakery, an Italian bakery, prides itself on bringing all that and more to Hamilton. Founder Vincent J. Palozzi started selling cookies out of his home to local Oxford businesses in fall 2017...
Bring on ‘The Bear’ by making meaty, juicy Italian beef sandwiches
FX’s “The Bear” was, for many viewers, a first introduction to the deliciously messy Italian beef sandwich. In the show’s first season, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) is a fine-dining chef who comes home to Chicago to take over the family’s beef stand following his brother’s death. The show, which returns Wednesday for its highly anticipated third seas...
Zachery 'Zach' Ziemek, representing in Paris Olympics a taste of Modena Appennines emigration to US
The Modena Apennines in Emilia Romagna will be represented, albeit indirectly, at the now upcoming Paris Olympics. Indeed, on the U.S. Decathlon team will be a descendant on his mother's side of the Pasquesi lineage from Pievepelago. He is 31-year-old Zachery 'Zach' Ziemek, born in Itasca (Illinois), son of Victoria Pasquesi and grandson of Anthony...
Pistons extend qualifying offer to Italian SF Simone Fontecchio
The Detroit Pistons extended a qualifying offer to Simone Fontecchio, making him a restricted free agent. The Pistons announced the move Saturday ahead of NBA free agency. If Fontecchio receives an offer sheet next week or later this offseason, Detroit can match it and retain the 28-year-old Italian. The Pistons added Fontecchio in February from Ut...
Who will be crowned this year’s queen as "La Bella Regina"?
One of the most thrilling and glamorous events in the Chicago-area Italian-American community is the contest to determine who will reign as La Bella Regina of the Columbus Day Parade. “Few events in the community can match the pageantry of the annual Columbus Day Queen pageant,” says Ron Onesti, president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Ame...
Venetian Night Organizers Plan ‘Salute to Italy’ in Boat Parade Set for July 20
Summertime in Chicago is in full effect, which means boating season for the luckiest of us. Boaters and lakefront enthusiasts alike can join in on the fun at the Venetian Night boat parade on Saturday, July 20, at Lake Michigan’s Monroe Harbor. Organized by Chicago Yacht Association, the Italian American Human Relations Foundation and the Chicago...
Mount Carmel Parish to celebrate 131st feast
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish will celebrate the 131st anniversary of its devotion to the Blessed Mother on July 14. Festivities will begin with a 7:30 a.m. Mass in English and a 9 a.m. solemn Mass in Italian, followed by a procession with the statue of the Blessed Mother to a noon field Mass. A procession through the streets of the parish af...
Youngstown Italian Fest Canceled; Plans ‘Put in Motion’ for 2025
The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest has been canceled this year. “After much debate and discussion, the Italian American Foundation of Youngstown feels that we could not provide the successful and quality product … the Mahoning Valley has come to expect and so richly deserves,” John Rossetti, president of the festival, wrote in a Facebook post. “Pl...
Shrine to celebrate Cabrini’s birthday
The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini will honor the life and legacy of America’s first saint with a birthday Mass at 4 p.m. on July 13. The shrine is located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood in a building that once housed Columbus Hospital. Cabrini and her Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus built the hospital as we...
Petterino’s Opens New Pasticceria In The Loop
Freshly baked pastries, coffee, breakfast and deli sandwiches, pizza, wine, and more are all on the menu at the new Petterino’s Pasticceria in the heart of Chicago’s Loop and Theatre District. Corporate executive chef John Boudouvas joined us with a taste. Serving handcrafted UMBRIA coffee and a delectable array of freshly baked pastries, breakfast...
About the Italian cookies from Milwaukee's Peter Sciortino Bakery
Opening a box of Italian cookies from Peter Sciortino Bakery has an undeniable sweetness – like a mix of happy family memories and buttery goodness. Since Peter Sciortino and his wife, Grace, opened the bakery in 1947, it has grown into a beloved fixture on Brady Street. It opened just one year after Glorioso’s Italian Market, another legendary bus...