Little Italy Festival to include Genealogy HotSpot
Genealogy HotSpot is set for Saturday during the Little Italy Festival in Clinton. Sessions will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the balcony of the Clinton Public Library at 313 S. Fourth St. Elevators are available. You can sign up for a free half-hour session with an experienced genealogist. Participants receive help with one or two geneal...
Visit Maria's in Colona for delicious pizza and more
When you walk in the door of this pizzeria, the wonderful smells of simmering sauce and baking bread prepare you for the good food ahead. This is no ordinary pizza place. The sauces, dough, bread and Italian beef all are homemade. The friendly owners are a good match for the food they serve.The storefront, tucked into a strip mall on the east side...
Italian voices block KKK’s arrival
Talk to almost any Italian-American living in Niles and they have a story about one of their relatives who participated in the effort to stop the Ku Klux Klan from entering the city and holding a parade on Nov. 1, 1924. Even the curator of the National McKinley Birthplace Museum, Patricia Scarmuzzi, has a story. “My aunt talked about it. She was li...
Family-run Crema cafe focuses on espresso, Italian delights
Tony Hunter wanted to operate his own business and was considering a bakery in downtown Canton when opportunity spun him in a different direction. In March, Hunter and his wife, Kim, opened Crema Espresso Bar and Café at 4469 Hills and Dales Road NW in a plaza west of the Whipple Avenue NW intersection with Hills and Dales Road. Crema offers an Ita...
Youngstown versus Italy in the boxing ring
Youngstown's favorite Italian American boxer and lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is organizing a match between amateur boxers in Youngstown and Pittsburgh against the motherland Italy. The event "Youngstown Versus Italy" will be at the Covelli Centre October 5 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Organizers said that proceeds will benefit...
Bellaire Sons of Italy Donates To Alzheimer’s Research
For six years, Phil Pata watched as Alzheimer’s disease slowly took his wife away from him. Looking forward to a day when families won’t have to deal with that pain anymore, Pata and his fellow Bellaire Sons of Italy members donated $1,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association during a check presentation held Wednesday at the lodge. Pata and Larry Seibie...
OSIA to honor Chef Abate, Rep. DeLuca at Columbus Gala
The Order Sons of Italy in America’s Grand Lodge of Illinois and Wisconsin will honor Chef Bruno Abate as Humanitarian of the Year and State Rep. Anthony DeLuca as Columbus Patriot at their 93rd annual Columbus Banquet on Oct. 7 at Villa Brunetti in Franklin Park. (708-403-7822) Born in Naples and raised in Milan, Chef Abate has a passion for food...
Italian roots run deep at Adrian's Sauce
When you walk into Sauce Italian Grill & Pub in downtown Adrian, your first impression might be that it would be a nice place to meet a few friends after work, or after seeing one of the productions at the Croswell Opera House, located around the corner. Sauce’s entrance has a long bar on the left and some tables on the right with what look like vi...
Giovanni's continues to rank among Greater Cleveland's best Italian restaurants
In a way, Giovanni's Ristorante is a hidden prize, disguised in its non-descript shell amid the businesses and strip malls of its surroundings. Yes, the Italian restaurant has been around since 1976. And yes, it comes to mind often when Clevelanders talk about the region's best Italian restaurants. But it can slip under the radar. First, with a res...
National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame knocks it out of the park
In one of the most storied and beloved championship sports cities in America, an ostentatious statue of New York Yankee legendary center fielder Joe DiMaggio stands in the middle of Taylor Street in Chicago. That's because across the street from the massive sculpture of the Yankee Clipper is home to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame...
JCCIA division to honor 11 stellar women
Italian-American women will command the spotlight when the JCCIA Women’s Division stages its Impresa Awards Gala on Oct. 1 at the Medinah Country Club. (708-450-9050) The event will honor the following outstanding individuals: Lissa Druss Christman, public affairs specialist and award-winning journalist; Andrea Collaro, senior director, Walgreens B...
Beppe Severgnini Returns to Chicago with "100 Good Reasons To Love Italy"
Beppe Severgnini Returns to Chicago with "100 Good Reasons To Love Italy". Monday, September 25th at 6pm. Istituto Italiano di Cultura - 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 Italian performance artist Laura Biagi and Professor at DePaul University will perform during the event. 1) Because we’re intelligent, when we’re not too smart for our own good; 2) B...