Tony Guerriero announces candidacy for Dearborn 19th District Court Judge
Tony Guerriero will be a candidate for the position of Dearborn 19th District Court Judge this fall. He was raised in Dearborn's south end on Salina Street. Guerriero is a first generation Italian American. He holds a bachelor's degree from the School of Management at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He went to night school at Wayne State...
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Migration Network of the Social Science History Association (SSHA)Conference in Chicago, IL 2013: "Organizing Powers"38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History AssociationDate and Location: Chicago, November 21-24, 2013Submission Deadline: February 15th, 2013Conference Theme: "Organizing Powers"We are now accepting conference submissions for...
Symposium: Giulio Paolini and photography in postwar Italian art
February 6, 11 AMIn celebrazione dell'acquisizione della Apoteosi di Omero, una installazione del 1971 dell'artista concettuale Giulio Paolini, parte della stagione Photography Is, rinomati studiosi discuteranno di Paolini e dell'arte italiana del dopoguerra. Gratuito con ingresso al museo. To celebrate the inaugural presentation...
Leonardo: The Flight of Birds & Flying Machines
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago In collaboration with: http://davinciflight.eventbrite.com Join us for the second of three lectures about Leonardo da Vinci by Daniele Macuglia, Universi...
Italy opens comics mecca in Chicago
Without a doubt, comics have emerged as a much-loved 21st-century art form. Could it get any better? When native Italians apply their mastery and artistic acumen to the task, there can only be one answer — and you don't need Superman to skywrite it for you. Better still, a successful Italian school that trains future comic book artists and storytel...
115th Feast of the Assumption brings food, faith, fabled past to Cleveland's Little Italy: A Guide
You're just as likely to hear the broken English of an exchange student as that of an Italian immigrant. And the neighborhood is home to more cappuccino-sippers than stonemasons. But no place in Cleveland has retained the historical look and Old World charm more than Little Italy. No festival bridges tradition and change more than Lit...
An Empire for Our Time: Cinematic Appropriations of Ancient Rome
The spectacular story of Rome's origins, expansion and fall have provided Hollywood screenwriters with a rich storehouse of material to mine over the course of the 20th century. Some topics, such as gladiators or Caesar and Cleopatra, remain perennial favorites, while other themes, such as Roman daily life, have been given new attention, e...
Columbus Day Parade in Chicago
by Lou Rago Dear Friends and members, just a reminder. The 2015 Columbus Day Parade is right around the corner. We will be celebrating this national legal holiday on Monday, October 12 with a spectacular parade beginning a 12:30 on State Street at Wacker, Chicago. For those of you who can not attend, our good friends at ABC chan...
Announcing Little Miss Italian American Pageant 2016!
The pageant will take place on Saturday August 6th, 2016 on the Festival Grounds at the Gambino State (next to the Culture Tent). The pageant will host two groups: one for ages 5-8 and one for ages 9-12. Contestants will be judged on Speech, Stage Presence, and Prepared Questions. Look for more information on our website, GRIAA.org If your...
Presentation of "Eva Sleeps" by Francesca Melandri
When: Monday, October 24th at 6pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 On the Occasion of the 16th Annual Italian Language Week in the World, Bestselling Novelist Francesca Melandri will present "Eva Sleeps" (Eva dorme, Mondadori, 2010), published in English by Europa Editions, 2016 Translated by Katherine Gr...
Celebrating Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th anniversary
The Tuesday Musicale of Detroit is proud to present A Verdi Opera GalaCelebrating Giuseppe Verdi's 200th anniversarySunday May 5, 2013 at 3:00 P.M.Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church,211 Moross, Grosse Pointe Farms 48236
Parducci The Man Who Made Detroit Beautiful
Detroit Area Art Deco Society. Saturday, June 11, 2016 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT) Join the Detroit Area Art Deco Society as we closeout Detroit Modernism Week with our premier viewing of the Official 2016 FREEP Film Festival selection "Parducci, The Man Who Made Detroit Beautiful. When architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci arrive...