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The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans is pulling out all the stops for its 2017 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Gala, honoring 10 local powerhouses from all walks of life. The event will take place on Nov. 11 at the Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont. Sharing the spotlight will be the following recipients: Renato Bacci; Gaetano Ciccone; Mari...

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A man charged with defacing a Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood also shouted obscenities as the statue's pedestal was defaced, prosecutors said Sunday. Kyle Miskell, 30, of the 2200 block of West 23rd Place, appeared Sunday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, charged with felony criminal damage to government pr...

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Lyric Opera of Chicago presents the harrowing story of a protective father, a lovestruck daughter, a predatory duke, and the terrible consequences of a curse in Verdi's Rigoletto. The new-to-Chicago production stars two world-renowned Ryan Opera Center alumni, Quinn Kelsey and Matthew Polenzani, in the opposing roles of the jester and the duke; and...

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When: Thursday, 19 October, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. RSVP HERE Come celebrate Italian Language in an evening featuring Italian delicacies and music. As part of the evening, the Observatory of the Italian Language in Chicago (OLIC), under the auspices of the Italian Consulate General of Italy, will...

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When: Tuesday, October 17,  2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - Entrance: Free Have you ever noticed people speaking Italian in non-Italian films and wondered why? Italian crops up in all sorts of ways you might expect related to food, opera, Italy's glorious history and some you might not. Come along as we...

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When: Monday, October 16, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago - Entrance: Free. RSPV here. Born in the Romagnole town of Santarcangelo di Romagna in 1920, Antonio (Tonino) Guerra spent his long life of 92 years in joyful creativity that encompassed dialect poetry, prose fiction, civic initiatives, the pictori...

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It was just announced that Italy’s entry for the Oscar race will be a small, independent film made in the south. “A Ciambra,” directed by Jonas Carpignano with Martin Scorsese as one of the executive producers, takes place within a small community in Calabria. 14-year-old Pio Amato is in a hurry to grow up and follows his older brother Cosimo every...

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For Wendy Snyder, La Grange resident, Brookfield native and popular radio personality at WGN Radio AM720, life isn't as much about a box of chocolates as it is a spaghetti sauce she makes from scratch. It's a family recipe, but one that includes ingredients from multiple family members, shared, sampled and perfected over time in that way that famil...

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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...

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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...

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