It sounds like you won't go hungry at Italian American Summer Festival in Berea
By John Benson Oh, the Tums. The need for antacid is so rarely worth the indulgence – Thanksgiving and the neighborhood potluck dinners come to mind. There's also the annual Italian American Summer Festival, which takes place June 26 through 28 at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea. Festival Chairman Donato Cristillo sa...
Range Kleen Partners with Italian Cookware Company
Range Kleen Manufacturing, one of the largest manufacturers of replacement range accessories, has partnered with Italian cookware company Moneta. The Moneta line offers affordably priced, high-quality cookware lines with Italian design and heritage that complements Range Kleen's Berndes line, which is made in Germany. Range Kleen's pa...
After 10-year quest, Onesti lures Sophia Loren to appear
by Kerry Lester Over the years he tried wooing her with calls, trips to Italy, and becoming close with members of the family. After a decade, he's finally scored a date. Ron Onesti's quest to bring Academy Award-winning actress Sophia Loren to town isn't a romantic venture, but it's undeniable he -- and just about everyone else --...
Concerto opens at the Hard Rock Rocksino
With a ceremonious wave of a conductor's baton by Hard Rock Rocksino President Mark Birtha, two Cleveland Institute of Music students Sara Page and Leah Latorraca played the third movement of Bach's Concerto for Violins in D minor to mark the June 15 opening of the newest eatery at the Rocksino, Concerto. While the 72-seat restaurant gives...
It's official: Giordano's headed to Market Place later this year
University of Illinois students will have something new to sink their teeth into when they're back in Champaign-Urbana. Sometime later this year, Chicago-based Giordano's will bring its famed stuffed deep-dish pizza to Market Place Mall, a corporate spokeswoman confirmed Thursday to The News-Gazette. "We believe that Champaign is a gr...
The Greatest Italian Poet after Dante: Giacomo Leopardi
The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Andrea Raos and the President of the Poetry Foundation Robert Polito are pleased to invite you to "The Greatest Italian Poet after Dante: Giacomo Leopardi" a conversation with Jonathan Galassi, Michael Caesar and Franco D'Intino moderated by Professor Emeritus Paolo Cherchi, University...
Italian club eyes Festa Del Vino
The Italian American Cultural Club's Oct. 13 meeting included a progress report on the club's upcoming fourth-annual Festa Del Vino wine tasting set for Nov. 14 at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville. Source: http://www.weirtondailytimes.com/
A first, and prestigious visit from Italy's Ambassador to US
by Neil Heinen Despite the influence of Italian immigrants here in Wisconsin, and especially here in Dane County, and a significant trade relationship, no Italian Ambassador to the United States had ever visited Wisconsin. Until this month. It went largely un-noticed, and that's too bad because it's important. Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero not on...
Chicago Symphony Mourns a 49-Year Veteran
Adrian Da Prato, a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's violin section from 1946 until 1996, died on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in Chicago. He was 94. Born in Barga in 1920, in the region of Tuscany, Da Prato became fascinated with the sound of the violin while attending silent movies as a child in his native Italy. The films were acco...
What you should eat at the Italian Street Festival
by Liz Biro How do you say no to meatballs and cannoli for breakfast? You don't. Why would you? My summons for this morning meal came from the Holy Rosary kitchen. Each year, the church hosts the huge Italian Street Festival. Hit the event 5 to 11 p.m. June 12 and 13 at the church on 520 Stevens St. Yes, there will be an...
Festa Italiana brings a Roman landmark to the Milwaukee lakefront
by Matt Mueller When Festa Italiana opens this Friday at Henry Maier Festival Park, many will flock down to the lakefront to gulp down some authentic Italian food and wine. Yet some of the most revered tastes of Italian culture coming to town this weekend are wholly inedible: the lovingly crafted and almost identical replicas of the countr...
Next generation rises through ranks at Amari & Locallo
Katherine Amari O'Dell and Joseph F. Locallo III have joined their illustrious fathers as partners at the Law Offices of Amari & Locallo. O'Dell graduated from Queen of All Saints Grade School, Regina Dominican High School, Northern Illinois University and The John Marshall Law School. A former assistant Cook County State's Attorney for three year...