Experience upscale Italian dining at Theo’s Italian in Plainfield
Theo’s Italian is a restaurant under the Cunningham Restaurant Group umbrella. Located in Plainfield, Theo’s Italian serves a variety of Italian dishes, including pasta, salads, appetizers, and sandwiches. The restaurant’s menu is designed to offer a wide range of Italian cuisine options, ensuring there is something for everyone. They stopped by th...
Scorpacciata’s Seasonal Italian Is a Farm-Fresh Approach
Long before he became a restaurateur, Peter Reuter had the Italian word “scorpacciata” permanently inked on his forearm. The technical translation is “big feed,” calling to mind a long table full of all your Italian relatives passing around homemade platters. Reuter connects to the word’s more symbolic meaning, which relates specifically to seasona...
'It's inspiring': Italian community showcases heritage at Little Caesars Arena
You can always find a lot of red, white and blue inside of Little Caesars Arena. On Friday, you can also find a lot of green for the flag of Italy. The International Day of Sport is continuing to be celebrated by countries around the world. "It's a United Nations-sanctioned holiday and it's just about celebrating sports as a way to be inclusive, be...
American Italian Cultural Society: You Won't Recognize This Building
The American Italian Cultural Society is best known for its monthly spaghetti dinners and for throwing one of the Joliet area's biggest weekend summer festivals every August. But now there's even more news to share. In recent weeks, the Italian club underwent its most extensive remodeling project since it opened back in 1988. The new bar and new...
The Big Apple Concerto with Tiziano Bedetti in Indiana
On April 25th at 7:30 PM and April 27th at 3:00 PM, the Big Apple Concerto for clarinet and orchestra by Italian composer Tiziano Bedetti will be performed in its American premiere at the Performing & Fine Arts Center in Avon, Hendricks County, Indiana. The performers will be the Hendricks Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Amy Eggleston, wit...
Suburban woman celebrates 107th birthday, shares secrets to longevity
A suburban woman is marking a milestone many of us may never reach: 107 years old. Nancy Rossi, born April 10, 1918, in Chicago, has lived through two world wars, the Spanish flu, and 19 different U.S. presidents. But it’s her passion for dancing that she credits with keeping her youthful. "When I hear music, my feet does not stay still. I think da...
Tickets now on sale for Italian Bowl
Tickets are now on sale for Italian Bowl XLIV, with organizers hoping a return to the University of Toledo’s Glass Bowl stadium will build on the success of the 2023 championship game. The Glass Bowl was the scene for Italian Bowl XLII, on July 1, 2023. It was the first Italian Bowl played outside of Europe. Tens of thousands of fans participated i...
Iconic 'leaning tower of Pisa' appears in very unexpected location
Among the most distinctive landmarks in Chicago's northwest suburbs is Niles' unexpected Leaning Tower. This architectural curiosity is a precise half-scale version of Italy's famous Pisa tower, rising 94 feet tall with a 28-foot diameter and leaning a significant 7.4 feet, according to the town's website. But what led to this striking Italian trib...
From nothing, something: History Museum chronicles Italian immigrants in South Bend area
The history of Italian Americans in St. Joseph County reaches back to the early 1900s, when 27 people settled in the area for a new life and work. By the 1930s, that number had expanded to the thousands. Through May 4, the exhibit Traditions and Progress: Italian Americans in Northern Indiana at The History Museum tells these immigrants' and their...
Army Sergeant Mark Evangelista
The middle of five children, Mark Evangelista was born in Wheaton, Illinois, to Mark and Suzanne Logan Evangelista. His great-grandparents emigrated from the Abruzzo region. Evangelista grew up close to his large extended family. “We were always by family,” he says. “Sundays were either at our house, Grandma’s or my aunt’s house.” His aunt and gran...
Tenuta's deli celebrates 75 years of business in Kenosha
If you're looking for some genuine Italian cheeses, sausages or other delicacies and you're anywhere near Kenosha, chances are you're headed for Tenuta's. On Tuesday, that beloved deli celebrated 75 years in business. It was 1950 when John Tenuta opened his small corner market in Kenosha. Since then, the place has grown, both in size and in popula...
The origin story of Manzella’s Italian Patio
For nearly 60 years, the Manzella family has cooked Italian food in Champaign. Before he opened his own restaurant, Frank Manzella made pizzas at the old KAMS, using his own recipe. His from-scratch pizza was so popular that he started his own business, first selling home-baked pizzas out of his vehicle. He opened his first brick-and-mortar restaur...
