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The Order Sons of Italy in America, Grand Lodge of Illinois and Wisconsin awarded its first Columbus Patriot Award to Thornton Township Supervisor Frank Zuccarelli at its 90th Columbus Day banquet on Oct. 11 at the Villa Brunetti in Franklin Park, Ill.   The Columbus Patriot Award demonstrates the American spirit of can do, where the individ...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to the screening of "18 IUS SOLI". The strange case of citizenship in modern Italy by Fred Kuwornu   A documentary about ethnicity, national identity, and multiculturalism in contemporary Italy by Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker Fred...

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Labriola Ristorante & Café (535 N. Michigan Ave.), the next step in the evolution of the Labriola brand, lands on Chicago's most famous avenue in early 2015. The newest venture from acclaimed Chicago baker Rich Labriola, offers three distinct experiences within one space: a full-service Italian restaurant helmed by Executive Chef John Caputo (f...

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by Jeff Ruby   A smart restaurateur knows which way the wind is blowing, when to cut his losses, and how not to mix his metaphors. Billy Lawless knew that Henri, his superpolished salon across from Millennium Park, never felt right for the location.   So he replaced it with Acanto, a casual Italian trattoria that is cheaper, warmer, a...

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First and foremost a lawyer as well as a leader of our Italian-American community in the Chicago area, Peter N. Silvestri serves as a role model for our nieces and nephews, sons and daughters, cousins and others from our community who aspire to be successful in the legal field and/or the political arena.   I first met Pete more years ago tha...

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Giuseppe Giacosa was a playwright who turned to writing opera librettos, penning three Puccini classics — La Boheme, Madam Butterfly and Tosca — before he died at age 49. He also traveled and wrote a book, "Impressioni d'America," visiting Chicago just before the World's Columbian Exhibition . He was taken, as all visitors were, by the industr...

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di Vincenzo Arcobelli   Il Presidente Onorario del Comitato Tricolore per gli Italiani nel Mondo ,Filippo Foti ci lascia. Il 4 Maggio C.A. all'eta' di 105 anni il presidente onorario del CTIM Statunitense ,Filippo Foti, si e' spento . IL CTIM si unisce al dolore della Famiglia ed esprime il piu' profondo cordoglio.   E' stat...

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The Justinian Society of Lawyers swore in its 2015-2016 officers in May. Pictured from left are Cook County Circuit Judge Regina Ann Scannicchio, secretary; Natalie M. Petric, treasurer; Vincent R. Vidmer, third vice president; Michael F. Bonamarte IV, second vice president; Frank A. Sommario, first vice president; and Jessica T. DePinto, president...

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On Monday, Nov. 9, U.S. Air Force veteran William "Billy" Castellano gave a riveting power point presentation of his time in the Middle East to a capacity crowd at the Italian American Veterans Museum. Billy told his story of how a boy from Galewood knew he wanted to follow in his family's tradition of service to the United States military,...

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Venetian cuisine. On November 12, Contessa Enrica Rocca will demonstrate the joys of Venetian cooking through the creation of cicchetti, or traditional Venetian canapés, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at La Scuola di Eataly Chicago's "Chef's Kitchen" (43 E Ohio St).   Rocca's presentation will not only touch upon the basics of Northern Italian coo...

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