Little Italy Future Leaders (LIFL), sponsored by Italian Sons and Daughters of America, is a brand new culture and networking initiative developed by Northeast Ohio’s younger Italian American generations. LIFL will celebrate its launch the right way by throwing an authentic sausage-making party at the Italian American Museum of Cleveland — located at 12111 Mayfield Rd., next to Presti’s Bakery — on Thursday, June 1, at 6:30 p.m.

Guests ages 21 to 40 are invited (good news: it’s all FREE). — RSVP TODAY — Two local Italian American chefs — Robert Fatica (Primo Vino) and Patrick Capuozzo (The Orchid House Winery) — will prepare and perfectly grill the sausage and peppers. Chef Fatica will literally push his old school sausage grinder through Little Italy and set it up in the Museum for a hands-on demonstration.