September 11, 2020
Ron Onesti: Rich Little – Impersonator or Imposter? With all this quarantine stuff going on, I am still putting in twelve-hour workdays! But I am also watching more television than ever! What I watch most are black and white movies…
September 4, 2020
Ron Onesti: What are my favorite “Sing-A-Long” songs? What are my favorite songs? I get that question a lot. Obviously, I have several ways of answering that, depending on the perspective one was looking for. There are hundreds I love to…
August 21, 2020
Ron Onesti: Crystal Bowersox…Worthy of an Idol Title I have been producing music and food festivals for the past 35 years. During that time, I have crossed paths with a regular stream of entertainers who have graced our various festival…
August 14, 2020
Ron Onesti: We need, “We Are The World” more now than ever! How do we stay positive during these tumultuous times? Each day, we are concerned about serious safety, health and economic issues. Preserving our history, our legacies and our…
August 7, 2020
Ron Onesti: Dreamin’ about our Summer Festivals By this time, we would have produced our 27th Annual “Festa Pasta Vino” Italian Block Party Father’s Day weekend on Oakley Avenue in Chicago. And our “Little Italy Fest-West” in Addison would have just…
July 31, 2020
Ron Onesti: What I Miss Most About Live Music World War II was tough on everyone as millions of Americans left their homes to fight. Those left behind would also do their part, keeping the households and local businesses going…
July 24, 2020
Ron Onesti: Take Me Out to the Ballgame now…and to the Concert Hall soon! Baseball is back…kind of! Who would have thought we would be going through all of this AND a 60-game season on top of it all with no…
July 17, 2020
Ron Onesti: Oh, THAT’s Hugh Jackman This lockdown has REALLY allowed me to catch up on some of my favorite movies. A favorite I share with my daughter is the 2017 film about show biz visionary P.T. Barnum entitled, “The Greatest…
June 19, 2020
Ron Onesti: Baseball memories…The only Baseball this year I am honored to have been recently elected President of The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. It is a forty-five-year-old organization of which I have been greatly involved with. The founder…
June 12, 2020
Ron Onesti: The Birth of Folk-Rock and History Repeating itself Have you by chance been watching the television special about “Laurel Canyon” lately? It is a wonderful Rock-u-mentary about a small neighborhood located in the Hollywood Hills region of the…
June 5, 2020
Ron Onesti: Bright Songs in Tragic Times Today was a very big day! A very good friend who is from my “Old Neighborhood” of Taylor Street turned 95! His name is Al Centofante and he is a proud WWII veteran! …
June 1, 2020
Ron Onesti: “Other” Memorial Day Thoughts…Arcada Heroes “Other” Memorial Day Thoughts…Arcada Heroes This crazy year, as we all remember those lost in battle, and celebrate the lives unselfishly and courageously given to foster our freedoms, we may have had a…
