by A.J. Goldsmith   Every working day Patricia Galli leaves her Buffalo Grove home and heads for Pastificio, where she is the second generation family member to head up the take-home gourmet store specializing in Northern Italian cuisine and pasta. Despite using the Highwood Post Office several times, I had no inkling that Pastificio ex...

PBS superstar Pasquale Esposito will grace The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles with a tribute to Enrico Caruso on Oct. 24. The concert will showcase songs featured on "Pasquale Esposito Celebrates Enrico Caruso," a 2-CD drawn from the PBS special of the same name that was first aired this spring. "Pasquale was born to do a tribute to the gr...

On Monday, Nov. 9, U.S. Air Force veteran William "Billy" Castellano gave a riveting power point presentation of his time in the Middle East to a capacity crowd at the Italian American Veterans Museum. Billy told his story of how a boy from Galewood knew he wanted to follow in his family's tradition of service to the United States military,...

Venetian cuisine. On November 12, Contessa Enrica Rocca will demonstrate the joys of Venetian cooking through the creation of cicchetti, or traditional Venetian canapés, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at La Scuola di Eataly Chicago's "Chef's Kitchen" (43 E Ohio St).   Rocca's presentation will not only touch upon the basics of Northern Italian coo...

Migration Network of the Social Science History Association (SSHA)Conference in Chicago, IL 2013: "Organizing Powers"38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History AssociationDate and Location: Chicago, November 21-24, 2013Submission Deadline: February 15th, 2013Conference Theme: "Organizing Powers"We are now accepting conference submissions for...

You're Invited to Casa Italia's Annual Golf Outing! The Italian Open and Invitational Hosted by Casa Italia Home of the Italian Cultural Center will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the Klein Creek Golf Course, The Royal Country Clubs. The Royal Country Clubs is located at 1N333 Pleasant Hill Road, Winfield, IL 60190 (by Carol Stream on North...

The term “Little Italy” can evoke images of busy streets lined with gimmicky, tourist-filled restaurants, complete with menu-pushing waiters outside the front door and Italian flags waving wherever possible. Throw in a paper placemat that doubles as a map of the boot-shaped country (featuring multiple comical misspellings) and you know the types of...

Since the turn of the 20th century, Italian Americans have had a significant impact on the Illinois legal community, mostly through participation in the Justinian Society of Lawyers, and by community participation by individual achievements. There has been no greater impact than from the contributions of the very successful and highly respected Sal...

The Induction Committee of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (NIASHF) announced the inductees for the Class of 2015, which include The First Lady of Fly Fishing, Joan Salvato Wulff, Eight Time NHL All-Star & Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Mike Modano, Legendary NASCAR Perennial Contender & Winner Tom "Tiger" Pistone, Fou...

Emmy-award winning TV host, best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur and co-owner of Eataly - the delightful Chef Lidia Bastianich visited again. She talked about her latest cookbook "Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine," which was written with her daughter Tanya.   In the book, she gives pointers on using different ingredien...