Rigoletto. "Quel vecchio maledivami: A Curse and its Consequences through the Lens of Verdi's Music"
Friday October 6, 2017 - 6 PM to 8PM. Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago - 500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450. Chicago, Illinois 60611. RIGOLETTO. "QUEL VECCHIO MALEDIVAMI: A CURSE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES THROUGH THE LENS OF VERDI'S MUSIC". Maestro Marco Armiliato in conversation with Maestro Emanuele Andrizzi. As part of its 2017/18 season, Lyric O...
Little Italy in Dyer looks to serve family and friends
When Theresa Easterday's father moved his Dyer restaurant from a leased location to his own building, that provided the impetus for her to open her own establishment. On their fifth wedding anniversary Easterday and her husband, Andrew, launched Little Italy in November 2013 in the Crown Plaza spot where her father, Vince Cryns, used to run Pop's I...
Hall at historic St. Rocco's church in Cleveland catches fire
No one was hurt Sunday evening after a hall behind the historic St. Rocco's church on the city's West Side caught fire. The Cleveland fire department sent out several tweets about 6:45 p.m. saying that crews were "aggressively battl[ing]" the blaze at the parish's school in Cleveland's Clark-Fulton neighborhood. However, the fire was isolated to th...
Italiani all’estero, il CTIM al Columbus Day di Chicago
Il CTIM parteciperà con una delegazione guidata dal rappresentante Carlo Vaniglia alla prossima parata del Columbus Day che si svolgerà a Chicago il 9 ottobre. “Ci uniremo – si legge in una nota – assieme alle altre organizzazioni italo americane ed Associazioni Italiane ed ai Rappresentanti dei Comites che credono nei valori della difesa delle tra...
The end for Milwaukee's 'little pink church' — in 1967
For more than 60 years, the "little pink church" was the spiritual heart of Milwaukee's Italian community. But the church — Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Catholic Church, 419 N. Jackson St. — was also in the path of "progress," a dangerous place to be in Milwaukee in the 1960s. Built in 1904, the church was the center of Italian Catholic life in the T...
Italian is a language spoken by dubbers, a lecture on Italian language and cinema by Caterina D’Amico
When: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 At 7:30 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy - Organized by : Italian Cultural Institute - Entrance : Free Italian cinema relinquished Italian literary language back to the shelf. Its role as a guardian of the language was handed to television, where Italian films in which dialect is prominent are still excluded from program...
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro comes to MOA on Saturday to open his bakery
Carlo’s Bakery, the New Jersey setting for the TLC series “Cake Boss,” will open its first Midwest location at Bloomington’s Mall of America on Saturday; it will be the 21st location for the traditional Italian bakery. Signature treats include cannoli, lobster tail pastries, cupcakes and more. The bakery on Level 3’s Culinary on North will have a 7...
Ashtabula's Sons of Italy celebrates a 'cent'anni'
Terry Guerriero does what generations of Italians in Ashtabula have been doing for 100 years — he joins his paisans at the Sons of Italy. Sons of Italy Lodge No. 1169, a group of descendants of Italian immigrants, is celebrating its 100 year anniversary next month. "We enjoy the camaraderie and we help the Italian Americans in the community," said...
Prof. Roberto Tartaglione's workshop for Michigan and Ohio
On Saturday, September 23, a group of Italian language teachers of Michigan and Ohio schools and universities took part to Prof. Roberto Tartaglione's workshop. The linguist Roberto Tartaglione is the creator of the portal ScudIta (http://www.scudit.net/mdindice.htm), a useful resource for teachers of Italian language, and the author of numerous gr...
Historic Cincinnati family barbershop reopens its doors
A historic family-owned barbershop in Garfield Place opened its doors again Friday. Two younger generation Cincinnati brothers teamed up to keep the family business alive. The Fausto Ferrari Barbershop on Garfield Place has been around since the 1920s. Tony and Austin Ferrari decided they wanted to keep the tradition going. “As kids we grew up in t...
The Godfather, Anthony Rizzo, lays down new law in Cubs clubhouse
Javier Baez broke the code of silence when he mentioned to reporters the latest thing for a Cubs team that designed a Party Room for their state-of-the-art clubhouse at Wrigley Field, turned Jason Heyward’s Rain Delay Speech into World Series mythology and interviews each other in the dugout for pretend TV segments after hitting home runs. “He does...
For devotees of Saint Padre Pio, a chance to connect as relics come to Chicago
During his lifetime, the beloved Roman Catholic priest and friar known as Padre Pio was believed to levitate, heal the sick, read minds and bilocate — the power to be in two places at once. Since his death in 1968 and his canonization in 2002, believers say at least two of those gifts endure. Through prayer, the faithful still believe Padre Pio wil...