Screening of "The White Sheik" by Federico Fellini - February 3, 2015 at 6:00 PM
The White Sheik (lo sceicco bianco) (1952, 83 min) in Italian with English subtitles by Federico Fellini with Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, and Brunella Bovo. In Fellini's charming solo debut, a newlywed bride sneaks off her honeymoon plans in Rome to find the offices of a romance magazine: she wants to meet "Th...
Frank Lollino - Exceptionally talented coach and renowned high school teacher.
Frank Lollino has always been somebody that was considered as being an overachiever. Chicago native is a very proud Italian-American who was raised in the Galewood community a popular area in northwest Chicago. He and his sister were always raised to be very focused on completing goals in life. His parents Frank and Anna Marie always gav...
Westlake shoe repairman celebrated as best cobbler in North America: My Ohio
by Leon Bibb In a little shop in Westlake, Ohio, the hands of Glenn DiMauro seem to never stop. He is surrounded by mountains of shoes of all types. One by one, his hands pick up items which have been on many hundreds of sets of feet. DiMauro is a cobbler of extraordinary ability. So much so, he has been recognized by the Sho...
Sculpture memorializes 1901 train crash
by David Patch They remain unknowns, but the scores of Italian immigrants believed to have died in a fiery train collision near Adrian 115 years ago now have a monument to mark their grave site in a local cemetery. Kyle Griffith, who inspired a search for records of the unidentified victims' burial site, said during a memorial ceremon...
Fencing joins faith, fun and food among activities at Columbus Italian Festival
by Eric Lagatta The raising of Old Glory alongside il Tricolore is a sign that the Columbus Italian Festival has begun. The sight of the American and Italian flags resonates with the festival's organizers, Landa Masdea Brunetto included, as a potent symbol of the intertwined cultures of the festival-goers. "You just feel — it giv...
COMITES (Comitato Italiani all'Estero)
The Comitati degli Italiani residenti all'estero (COMITES) of Detroit, held its Board Meeting on Saturday, November 12th, at the COMITES' Office located in Shelby Township. Many agenda items were discussed regarding culture, Italian language, and many other topics that affect Italian citizens who live in North America. COMITES of Detroit r...
Lyric Opera Of Chicago Presents New Production of NORMA, 1/28
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Bellini's riveting Bel Canto masterpiece Norma in a new-to-Chicago production. Vocal pyrotechnics and sumptuous music brilliantly tell the tale of forbidden passion, betrayal, revenge, and, ultimately, redemption. Norma opens on Saturday, January 28, with seven performances through February 24 at Lyric's Civ...
Italian Cuisine Takes Chicago By Storm
Chicago is having a very Italian moment. Throughout 2013, the city has enthusiastically participated in the nationwide celebration of the Year of Italian Culture with concerts, stage performances, and, most notably, the stunning summer light installation Divina Natura at The Field Museum. But as the nation revels in Italian culture, in the Windy Ci...
Cinema italiano a Detroit: Everybody’s Right by Paolo Sorrentino
Award-winning Italian actress Iaia Forte is once again working with Paolo Sorrentino after the extraordinary international success of "The Great Beauty". In the play "Everybody's Right" adapted from Sorrentino's novel, Iaia Forte plays Tony Pagoda, a Neapolitan singer at the height of his career in 1950′s-era New York, as he awaits the most importa...
Coda di Volpe is a splash of southern-Italian spice on the Southport corridor
By Mike Sula As a food writer, I'm beginning to view the appearance of every new Italian restaurant with existential dread. In terms of word slinging, the battle between steak houses and Italian spots for Chicago restaurant hegemony throughout the last few years has me running low on ammo. While there are fresh things to write and be exci...
CSO's Riccardo Muti receives award from Italian American Chamber of Commerce
Chicago's Italian American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) presented Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti with a Lifetime Achievement award during a gala event at the Art Institute of Chicago's Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room on Wednesday night. The IACC was founded in 1907 to support the Italian business community and American bu...
A rischio due consolati italiani in Usa
La Farnesina sta considerando la chiusura di una ventina di sedi consolari nel mondo. Fra queste, secondo indiscrezioni raccolte dal Sole 24 Ore, vi sono i consolati di Detroit e Filadelfia. Si tratterebbe di una decisione storica, soprattutto per Filadelfia dove sono state proclamate la dichiarazione di Indipendenza e la Costituzione, che...