Annual Family Picnic & San Francesco di Paola celebration
Come and enjoy a fun filled day with plenty of fun, delicious food, and the celebration of the Festa del San Francesco di Paola, patron saint of Southern Italy, Region of Calabria. The picnic and celebration will be held on Sunday, July 12, 2015, at Lake Lansing Park, Haslett, MI. The day will b...
IAET honors Onesti, Nicotera at standout gala
The Italian American Executives of Transportation held their 2015 Dinner Dance at Alta Villa Banquets on Nov. 22, 2015. Despite the snow, more than 600 were in attendance, making it once again one of the largest dinner dances of the year. The IAET honored Ron Onesti, president of Onesti Entertainment, as Man of the Year. A titan in th...
Mangiate bene! Festa Italiana rolls out 14 new menu items
Festa Italiana is just a little more than a week away. And if you're counting down the days until you can experience the largest Italian festival in America, you should keep on reading. We've got the lowdown on some of the new foods you can enjoy while you're there. First off, pizza seems to be king this year, with three new varieties of p...
Fiat a stelle e strisce, dall'Italia appena il 9% del fatturato
di Giuseppe Oddo La Fiat è ormai, di fatto, un'azienda americana. La società realizza in Italia meno del 9% del proprio fatturato consolidato (il 50% in meno di dieci anni fa). Nella Penisola occupa il 29% dei propri dipendenti e ospita il 28% dei propri stabilimenti su scala mondiale. I suoi profitti provengono interamente dalla Chrysler....
Detroit Launch of Project DETUR “Detroit-Turin Exchange”
A photographic exhibition by Richard Haskin of Dearborn, and a related documentary by Pierette Simpson of Novi, are the catalyst for launching "Detroit-Turin Exchange" in the U.S. DETUR (for short) is an international project aimed at creating cultural bridges for artists of Detroit and its sister city, Turin, Italy. The October event segu...
CIACO 2015 Friday Night Fights
The Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization's 3rd Friday Night Fights is more than your typical fundraiser or brawler's ball. An absolute must for boxing fans, it also raises crucial funds for a variety of worthy causes. Featuring at least seven boom-boom amateur bouts, Friday Night Fights will rock Medinah Hall in Addison on...
Torani to take part in Coffee Fest Chicag
Torani will debut its Drink Innovation Lab at Coffee Fest Chicago 2015, held from June 5 to 7 at Navy Pier. (www.coffeefest.com) Slated each day of the fest from 9:30 a.m. to noon, the workshop will allow coffeehouse managers and owners to learn about current drink trends and menu development opportunities. The lab will include five "innov...
Farmington's Italian Fest now a Summer Festival; 'Find the Farmer' contest begins today with Clue No. 1
Big changes are afoot this year for Farmington's annual festival. Instead of the long-running Italian Fest, this year the community will celebrate an earlier event with a new moniker. Summer Festival will be held Saturday. And instead of the hunt for the Grande Pomodoro, this year festival organizers at the Farmington Chamber of Comm...
The 120th Mount Carmel Festival in Lowellville begins Wednesday
Wednesday night on Washington Street, the annual Mount Carmel Festival with literally go off with a bang. The festival, which pays tribute to Lowellville's Italian-Catholic heritage, begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday with a boccie tournament and ends Saturday evening. The culmination of Wednesday's celebration will be the baby-doll dance at 10:30...
Calabria Club's 25th Anniversary Gala
On the joyful occasion of CALABRIA CLUB'S 25th ANNIVERSARY GALA a generous and friendly donation was made to the two Italian churches in Detroit's Metropolitan area, San Francesco and Holy Family. The fundraising took place on August 21, 2015 for the Regional Calabria Dinner, and the Calabria Club in conjunction with Italian American Cultu...
Buona, The Original Italian Beef, announces its first location in the city
Buona, The Original Italian Beef, has been tantalizing Chicagoland for 35 years with its famous beef sandwich. Locals will understand the euphemism "Chicagoland" means suburbs and those suburbanites, from Berwyn (where the original Buona is situated) to St. Charles have been able to experience the best Italian Beef sandwich in the Midwest. ...
Restaurant Review: Giuseppe’s Ritrovo
by John Marshall Giuseppe's Ritrovo has been a fixture in Bexley for 20 years, and the name "ritrovo"—Italian for "hangout"—is fitting here. Most nights of the week, the place is bustling, and most weekends, it's jammed. Guests come because their friends do, because of the way the family who runs the place treats them and because of the wo...