Sons of Italy sausage always a hit at the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Fest
The Undo's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival kicks off this week in Wheeling, but some of the major preparations are happening across the river. In fact, one of the festival's favorite foods is made at the Sons of Italy in Bellaire, where they finished Tuesday making more than 3,000 pounds of sausage. “We prepare 3 weeks in advance,” Sons of Italy...
Niles family and food fuels success for 85th festival
It’s the homemade food and family feeling that keep people coming back generation after generation to prepare and consume Italian delicacies made from secret recipes for the Niles Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish summer festival. “All of our food is homemade from recipes, many handed down through families, that are literally locked up in the church...
From Italy to America: Carol Amendola d'Anca ospite dell'IIC di Chicago
Un appuntamento dedicato a tutte le persone curiose della cultura italiana. Ogni mese l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago propone una tavola rotonda per discutere sulla cultura italiana e italo-americana attraverso l’arte, la musica, il linguaggio, la musica, la cultura in generale e, ovviamente, il cibo. Prossimo appuntamento il 25 luglio al...
41a Festa Italiana a Milwaukee, Francesca Alderisi (FI): “nei cuori pulsanti delle nostre radici”
“Ho voluto essere presente a questo appuntamento per confermare la mia vicinanza anche a quelle comunità italiane distanti dai grandi centri, meno raccontate e testimoni di una vecchia generazione di emigranti”. Queste le parole della senatrice Francesca Alderisi (FI), eletta nella Circoscrizione Estero, ripartizione Nord e Centro America, alla 41a...
National Guard Brigadier General John Fascia
John Fascia was born in Chicago and lived in the Italian neighborhood of Lexington Street and Kedzie Avenue for several years until the family moved near Homan Avenue and Roosevelt Road. His father, Leonard Fascia, immigrated from San Marco la Catola when he was 16 years old, and his mother, Antoinette Riccio, was born in Chicago. He has one sister...
Napoli's takes 35-year tradition downtown
By the week of Aug. 20, one of Woodstock’s great local business landmarks will change forever. After almost 35 years, Napoli Pizza will leave its store on Lake Avenue at Route 47 and move into the former Corner Grille building at Washington and Throop streets, just off Main Street. For people who grew up in Woodstock since the ’80s or ’90s (this a...
Louis Vanaria talks meeting showbiz legends, singing at Festa Italiana
There are worse ways to start one's on-screen career than starring in a movie with Robert De Niro. That's how it began for actor Louis Vanaria, appearing in the icon's 1993 directorial debut "A Bronx Tale" as Crazy Mario. Since then, he's made a nice career of small character roles and bit parts, working on set next to the likes of Martin Scorsese...
IACL Tigers Italian Heritage Night
The IACL Cultural Committee will host a trip to the Italian Heritage Night at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers will face off against the Chicago White Sox. Bus departs the IACL (39200 Five Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48154, USA) at 12 p.m. and returns after the game. Includes round trip bus from IACL to the stadium, lower baseline box game tickets, and...
Food We Love: Family remains at the heart of Tufano’s Restaurant
Street crews were outside 1073 W. Vernon Park Place in Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood because a crumbling piece of the sidewalk Food We Loveneeded repair. A 14-year-old Joey di Buono watched as they poured the cement. As it was setting, Joey decided to write something because that piece of cement was outside his grandparents restaurant: Tufano...
Tips for indulging your senses at Festa Italiana 2018
This weekend's Festa Italiana is designed to indulge all of the senses: - Listen to Tony Award winner Anthony Crivello sing Broadway favorites and dig into his Louis Prima songbook. - Watch the Flag-Throwers of Sermoneta, Italy, demonstrate a folkloric art with roots that go back a millennium. - Smell and taste the customary delights of sausage, s...
In West Bend, Bibinger's owner will open Culaccino Italian restaurant
Culaccino Bar + Italian Kitchen, a second restaurant from the owner of Bibinger's, is opening in late summer in West Bend. It will be at 110 Wisconsin St. That's the former site of Dublin's, which closed this year. Culaccino is projected to open in September. Owner Travis Dowden, whose aim has been to open multiple restaurants, is describing Culacc...
Festa Italiana's Famiglia-Friendly Fun Comes Back to the Summerfest Grounds
Festa Italiana will return to the Sumerfest grounds this year from July 20-22, bringing a taste of Italy to Milwaukee’s lakefront. New to the festival this year is Sbandieratori Ducato Caetani, a flag-throwing group from Sermoneta, Italy. They will perform a folklore portrayal of the Duke of Sermoneta and Captain of the Pontifician troops’ return h...