Chicago’s Very Own: 105-year-old Nona Rossi
She was born the year the Chicago Cubs won the World Series and Henry Ford introduced the Model T. Not many people on the planet can make that claim, which is why Emilia "Nona" Rossi is definitely one of "Chicago's Very Own." Though she's never stood more than five feet two, Nona Rossi always commands attention at family gatherings. "Every...
Warren Italian-American Heritage Festival begins Thursday in Courthouse Square
The timing is right for a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute band to perform in Courthouse Square. The tribute band Lights Out will perform shows at this week's Warren Italian-American Heritage Festival on Courthouse Square at 9:45 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday. The timing is good because of last month's release of the Clint Eas...
25th annual HerrinFesta Italiana kicks off
It's almost Memorial Day weekend of 2015, and that means it's time for the 25th annual HerrinFesta Italiana. HerrinFesta Italiana Vice President Joey Helleny says this year there are several new attractions thanks to a new contract with equipment providers. Among the new attractions is a Ferris wheel, which has been a ride absent from...
PERONI Italy Presents an "Italian Summer" with StyleChicago, Brynn Capella, and Cettina
Brynn Capella, a Chicago-based handbag designer, has been invited by StyleChicago.com and PERONI Italy to join an "Italian Summer" in Chicago. From May 27th through June 23rd StyleChicago.com and PERONI Italy will feature four summer looks from Italian-American designers Brynn Capella and Concetta Cipriano. The "Italian Summer" in Chicago window is...
2013 anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti: proclamation del Governatore del Michigan Rick Snyder sull’anno della cultura
Il Governatore dello Stato del Michigan Rick Snyder ha emanato la Proclamation sull'Anno della Cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti 2013. Il riconoscimento del Governatore Rick Snyder giunge a coronamento di una costante e intensa attività di rafforzamento dei legami bilaterali – culturali e non solo - tra l'Italia e lo Stato del Michigan, assiduame...
Editorial: Dedicated groups helped save piece of local history
Fifty years ago this month, the Italian-American Society in Indianapolis decided to restore the Chapel in the Meadow in the Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area. The chapel had been built 20 years earlier by Italian prisoners of war and dedicated in the autumn of 1943. So this fall also marks the 70th anniversary of the chapel itself. In 1943...
Un genio musicale si esibirà a Columbus
An Italian Musical Genius Performing in Columbus, Sunday 26 October for City Music Columbus at Via Vecchia. Giuseppe "Peppino" D'Agostino è stato salutato come "un chitarrista chitarrista" dalla rivista chitarra acustica così come "un gigante della chitarra acustica" (San Diego Reader), e la lotta contro numerosi premi chitarra migliori, m...
Feast of the Assumption – August 13-16, 2015
The Feast of the Assumption, greater Cleveland's premiere summer festival, kicks off in Little Italy on Thursday, August 13th, from 6 to 11 pm. The festivities continue on Friday and Saturday, August 14th and 15th, from noon to midnight and conclude on Sunday, August 16th, from noon to 11 pm. The Holy Day, August 15th, begins with a solemn...
West Chicago resident named to Columbus Day Parade Queen's Court 2 years in a row
Although West Chicago resident Norina Infusino had never before participated in a pageant, she decided to take a leap of faith in July 2012 and compete for a spot on the Queen's Court of the Columbus Day Parade in Chicago. Infusino wanted to try something new that would push her out of her comfort zone. She never thought she'd be named a s...
Italian-American Festival kicks off Friday morning
A variety of activities are planned for the annual Tuscarawas County Italian-American Festival, which gets under way Friday at 7 a.m. with the Mayor's Breakfast in Tuscarawas Central Catholic Elementary in New Philadelphia. Other festival events will take place in downtown Dover.The breakfast traditionally honors recipients of scholarships present...
"Andreas Vesalius (1515-1564): A Pioneer in Medicine", a lecture by Professor Damiano Rondelli - November 19, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
Presented on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius, a professor of anatomy at the University of Padova, who in 1543 radically changed the course of the history of medicine. At the time, the center of the world for science and medicine was Padova. Vesalio, of Belgium origins, graduated from the University of...
“Festa Italiana” Returns to Mokena
The second annual Mokena "Festa Italiana" will be held on Sunday, July 19, 2015 and is expected to draw an even larger crowd than last year's 1200 attendees. The event begins at 11:00 am at the Mokena Intermediate School, 11331 – 195th Street (West of the Mokena Library) with a procession ending at the festival grounds at the Front Street Metra Sta...