Can Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding still stay fresh and fun more than a year after returning to the Chicagoland theatre scene? The answer is a resounding, yes! Brought back to Chicago after a successful 16-year run by original cast member Paul Stroli last year, the show is now on an indefinite run. This hilarious, all-inclusive, interactive night of entert...

If you were dining out in Little Italy or just getting out of class at the University of Illinois-Chicago last Thursday and noticed a larger than usual police presence, this is your answer.  A suspicious package report led to a SWAT investigation that shut down streets between Loomis and Laflin, including the restaurant- and bar-lined corridor of T...

When Chicago launched a massive plan in 2000 to overhaul all public housing in the city–knocking down high-rises like Cabrini-Green and slowly rebuilding new communities–residents resisted. They didn’t want to lose their homes, or the tight-knit communities that had formed over decades. But as the plan moved forward, they rallied around a new goal:...

Italian Culinary Expert and Iron Chef America judge Mario Rizzotti will present the first of two lectures, "Tasting Italian Treasures", at the Italian Cultural Institute. During this special presentation dedicated to olive oil, Mario Rizzotti will guide us through the secrets of EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) that not too many will tell you. Join us...

A new spot to score pizza and more has opened for business in the neighborhood. The fresh arrival to Streeterville, called Streeterville Pizzeria & Tap, is located at 355 E. Ohio St. (between Fairbanks Ct. & McClurg Ct.).This new pizzeria takes over the space once occupied by Urban Crosta--which closed after just three months in operation--and spec...

When: Friday, February 02, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago - 500 N Michigan - Entrance : Free A discussion with Maestro Enrique Mazzola, Conductor of Lyric Opera's production of "I Puritani," led by Professor Jesse Rosenberg, Musicologist at Northwestern University.  

Hyde Park now has an option for Neapolitan pizza. Nella Pizza e Pasta opened recently at a space at 1125 E. 55th St. and is open seven days a week. It's the creation of Nella Grassano, who recently closed her pizza shop in Lincoln Park and has now reopened at the University of Chicago space.  Grassano has expanded the menu from her Lincoln Park day...

A campaign calling for the firing of the person responsible for a controversial Eataly advertisement was launched Wednesday by a local Italian-American organization. The advertisement placed in the window of the River North marketplace reportedly reads “BRING HOME AN ITALIAN, WORTH THE SMELL” in large print, followed by an image of white truffles.

The third of a series of lectures at the Institute by Professor Giovanni Aloi (School of the Art Institute of Chicago). This series of three lectures looks at the history of representation in Italian art from the unrealistic organizations of space in medieval painting and the recovery of classical perspective that shaped the Renaissance to the frag...

La sezione nord americana proseguirà con concerti nell’ambasciata italiana di Washington, alla Old Town School di Chicago, nelle città di Toronto (Aga Khan Museum), Montreal (Theatre Outremont), Quebec (Palais Montcalm), all’Ottawa Jazz Festival e alla Pyatt Hall di Vancouver per il New Music Festival. Per Angeli la consacrazione americana è arriva...