Prepare yourself for Italian Carnevale at Rebecca's authentic Italian bakery! Bring your mask if you wish and learn about this tasty Italian tradition while making from scratch typical Carnevale treats: Chiacchere and Castagnole.   Raised and trained in Italy, pastry chef, Asse will guide you through the process and tasting, which will be ac...

Join us as we learn about Italy's bounty – frutta, verdure, formaggi e salumi – available at Whole Foods. Discover the names, the origins and products' usage in today's Italian cuisine in a fun and relaxed environment. On Sunday, October 4th, 2:00 – 3:30 PM, Italian native Mirella Heimpel will lead a small group through the store aisles and fi...

Il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Chicago sta organizzando tre diverse missioni in Colorado, Missouri e Minnesota per l'acquisizione delle impronte digitali dei connazionali che hanno bisogno di rinnovare il passaporto.   In attesa di conoscere le date, il Consolato annuncia che la prima missione di terrà a Denver a fine marzo; seguirà, a met...

Studying famous opera pieces, will effectively help you build new vocabulary, as the memorization of the music facilitates the memorization of the words. Please join ICC native Italian instructor, Mirella Heimpel, to discover Italian opera, and learn more about Italian cultural heritage. Mirella will be the guide as students discover Verdi, and le...

Share in the fun, including Wonderful Italian Self-Serve Dinner Plate- Chose from Mostaccioli or Chicken AlfredoSilent Auction- All kinds of wonderful prizesGames- Our famous 'Wall of Wine' and a new game called 'Barrel of Booze'   Slide Presentation- Due to popular request, a slide show will be displayed of Italian service men and wome...

On Friday, April 24, the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota, and the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul, will bring to Minneapolis, Professor Noa Steimatsky, of the University of Chicago, for a screening and discussion of her film, "Refugees in Cinecitta". Professor Steimatsky completed the film in collabor...

by Jonathan Maze Shortly before opening time earlier this week at Piada Italian Street Food's newest location in a Minneapolis suburb, the entire staff gathered at the front counter for a meeting.   To Chris Doody, the fast-casual chain's founder and CEO, who was at a table in the dining area, the meeting illustrates one of the unseen effor...

by Jess Fleming   Monello, the new coastal Italian restaurant in the Hotel Ivy in downtown Minneapolis, is a lot of things. It's modern -- but it's also rustic. It's fine dining -- but it's also more casual than La Belle Vie, the last employer of its chef, Mike "YC" DeCamp.   It's a great place to hang out with a friend and...

Join us as we continue to showcase Italy's regional richness and diversity in our popular series "Taste the Regions". Each time, native experts introduce us to a different Italian region or city presenting its history, geography and culinary traditions in an informal and fun format. For the first appointment of 2016, we will discover Puglia, t...

Lunedì 1° dicembre 2014, Mapei ha ricevuto il Transatlantic Award 2014, ritirato da Giorgio Squinzi, per l'acquisizione di GRT - General Resource Technology Inc., azienda americana attiva nel settore degli additivi per calcestruzzo, con due siti produttivi a Minneapolis e a St. Louis, che le consentirà di aumentare la propria posizione strategica s...