The Chicagoland Italian American Professionals presents the first event of 2015! We will have a special guest joining us.   Francesca Parvizyar is a lover of the arts, an actress, the founder of "A Tribute to Giuseppe Verde" and has completely transformed her life. Her story is quite incredible.   Read more   Source: http:...

Dr. Anna Clara Ionta will lead participants on a journey to Italy without leaving the comfort of their own metropolitan area. Ionta sees it as "a unique opportunity to dive into the Italian language and culture." Knowledge of the Italian language at the intermediate and advanced level is needed.   Games and activities all conducted in Italia...

Maserati North America celebra quest'anno il centenario della sua nascita con iniziative in diverse città americane. Il programma, "100 anni di Maserati", prevede raduni ed eventi con il coinvolgimento di proprietari e appassionati delle celebri autovetture.   Prima tappa è stata Washington sabato scorso, 1° novembre: qui, un corteo di 100 M...

Fabio Sorano, owner of Letizia's Fiore in Logan Square, wants to open a "pasta college." That's why Sorano shuttered the cafe portion of his restaurant on Tuesday. They're no longer open at 7:30 a.m. and serving breakfast. Sorano and his mother will reconcept the front room into a retail space where they'll sell Letizia's signature pastas for home...

In the furnishings sector "Made in Italy" has always represented a guarantee of quality and excellence in terms of materials and craftsmanship, and this is exactly why the Italian industry will be exporting its products to the United States of America as a new frontier in international trade. Thanks to the collaboration of the Ministry of Economic...

Il 23 giugno prossimo i discendenti delle famiglie Pasquesi emigrati negli Stati Uniti d'America a fine '800 e nei primi decenni del '900 si ritroveranno per trascorrere una giornata a Pievepelago, il paese sui monti dell'Appennino modenese dal quale i loro avi sono partiti.   Il tradizionale incontro, che si svolge già da 25 anni, solitamen...

September 19, 2013 - Chicago Symphony Center - Concert starts at 8.00pm Music Director Riccardo Muti leads Giuseppe Verdi's powerful ballet from Macbeth in honor of the opera composer's bicentennial and rounds the concert off with the sunniest of Brahms's symphonies, which opens with horns rising like the dawn over brooding lower st...

Joe Caputo & Sons Fruit Market IGA has acquired four Dominick's locations in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, IGA said. Terms were not disclosed. The stores are located in the Illinois towns of Northbrook, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines and Elk Grove Village, and were taken over by Joe Caputo & Sons on Jan. 25. Conversion of the Northbroo...

Academy Award winning director Taylor Hackford will present "Louis & Keely 'Live' at the Sahara" at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago from March 27 through early May. The musical tracks the electrifying on-stage chemistry and tumultuous off-stage romance of Louis Prima and Keely Smith, who reigned as entertainment royalty in Las Vegas through...

"Rumore bianco" (White Noise) will be screened in Italian with English subtitles at 6:30 p.m. on June 3 in the Claudia Cassidy Theater on the second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Directed by Alberto Fasulo, the 2008 documentary focuses on the Tagliamento River — which flows through an isolated valley from the Alps...