Acanto Delivers Homey, Fun Italian Meals in Millennium Park
by Jeff Ruby A smart restaurateur knows which way the wind is blowing, when to cut his losses, and how not to mix his metaphors. Billy Lawless knew that Henri, his superpolished salon across from Millennium Park, never felt right for the location. So he replaced it with Acanto, a casual Italian trattoria that is cheaper, warmer, a...
All in the family
Now here’s something you don’t see everyday. When the Stevenson High Patriots squared off against the Glenbard West Hilltoppers in late November, four grandnephews of DuPage County businessman Jerry Marchese took part in the match. Read more Source: http://www.franoi.com/
Cook County Commissioner Peter Silvestri
First and foremost a lawyer as well as a leader of our Italian-American community in the Chicago area, Peter N. Silvestri serves as a role model for our nieces and nephews, sons and daughters, cousins and others from our community who aspire to be successful in the legal field and/or the political arena. I first met Pete more years ago tha...
Kids live up to elegant space at Piccolo Italian restaurant in Mayfield Heights: Family-friendly restaurant review
By Laura Johnston Ask my kids their favorite food, and they'll say pasta. Ask again and the answer will change. To pizza. So to celebrate my son's fifth birthday, I wanted to give him a taste of his favorites, upgraded from my boiled-from-a-box go-to pasta dinner, with lunch at a real Italian restaurant. We chose Piccolo, in an...
Festa Italiana to bring European flavor to Freedom Hill
By Eric Czarnik Metro Detroiters craving some pasta and Italian-themed activities are invited to Freedom Hill County Park for Festa Italiana July 15-17. Festa Italiana Chairman Joe Ventimiglia, from the Italian American Cultural Society, said the festival has drawn an estimated 25,000 visitors over the weekend in the past. Part of the...
Get a taste of Little Italy at Santino's, which opens next week
By Lori Fredrich A new Bay View restaurant, Santino's Little Italy, will officially open to the public on Friday, Jan. 20 at 352 E. Stewart St. The cozy Italian restaurant is a collaboration between owners Greg Huber, Santo Galati and Nick Anton, longtime co-owner of La Perla Mexican restaurant in Walker's Point. And it's been a long time com...
Big Night in Wheeling for Italian-American of the Year
WHEELING -This year's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival kicked off with a dinner at the McClure Hotel. Local businessman Bob Contraguerro, Sr. the owner and CEO of Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration took the honor of 2012 Italian-American of the year. Contraguerro said in light of his family's humble beginnings in Wheeling, the honor means much....
Chicago’s history steeped in Italian influence far removed from Al Capone
Giuseppe Giacosa was a playwright who turned to writing opera librettos, penning three Puccini classics — La Boheme, Madam Butterfly and Tosca — before he died at age 49. He also traveled and wrote a book, "Impressioni d'America," visiting Chicago just before the World's Columbian Exhibition . He was taken, as all visitors were, by the industr...
Italian-African Filmmaker to Visit WIU
Italian-African filmmaker and social activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will visit the Western Illinois University campus Wednesday, Nov. 5, to speak from 7-9 p.m., in the Sandburg Theater. Kuwornu will screen and discuss his documentary film, "Inside Buffalo," a multi-awarded documentary shot in Italy and the United States. It tells the "forgott...
Madison, Hamden women use puppets to share Italian culture
What started as an Italian American woman spending Christmas gatherings learning about Italian history may just evolve into helping others learn about various cultures on television through puppets. Madison resident Kate West, using a puppet called La Befana, hopes to share Italian culture and other traditions with wider audiences through...
1930s Milwaukee consul protest drew conflicting responses
When Milwaukee's Italian community read the news that a group of Americans – including many prominent city residents – would protest Italian intervention in Spain outside the Italian Consulate in June 1937, it must have awaited the event with at least some trepidation. After all, although American relations with Italy had not been bad over...
Everything Italian at Brick Oven in Midland
The heritage is Italian. The recipes are Italian and even the oven has a rich Italian heritage. Those factors serve as the basic ingredients for a new Italian restaurant in Midland, the Brick Oven, opened by Paul Buffa. “My dad is Italian. His father is Italian, he came from Sicily,” said Buffa. Read more Source: http://w...