CSO's Muti says he'll take boat to Chicago concert
A monthlong celebration of rivers by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra culminates this weekend when Italian conductor Riccardo Muti travels by boat from downtown Chicago to Chinatown. The CSO's "Rivers" festival has sought to highlight the importance of rivers on culture.Muti will board a boat Sunday afternoon on the Chicago River with members of CSO...
BEL CANTO FOUNDATION Proudly Presents the 40th Anniversary Gala!
Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 5:30 PMMonastero's Ristorante & Banquets - 3935 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL Featuring: *A Tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Baritone Tito Gobbi, the Godfather of the Bel Canto Foundation, given by his daughter Cecilia Gobbi, Guest of Honor from Rome*A Salute to the Bicentennial of Gius...
Annual Abruzzese Salami and Sausage Making Extravaganza
by Sandra Tornberg More than 35 years ago a tradition was started by the late Giulio and Connie Badia. They opened their home to about ten paesani for the purpose of making sausage, salami, and prosciutto in the Abruzzese tradition. Back in those days they started out with one hundred pounds of pork meat, and eventually worked the...
Rosati's celebrates 50th anniversary, new Schererville location
Rosati's Pizza in Schererville may have a new location, but there's nearly a century of tradition behind the name that began in Coney Island, New York and then Chicago's Taylor Street. The name goes back to the 1890s when Italian immigrant Ferdinand Rosati opened a New York restaurant. The family later moved to Chicago where in 1927 Ferdinand's so...
La comunità italo-americana a Milwaukee: storie di successi oltreoceano
Alcune settimane fa vi ho parlato del fatto che a Milwaukee non esista una Little Italy, dove si ha la sensazione di essere in Italia perché si sente parlare solo italiano come a Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco o anche Pittsburgh. In città però la presenza italiana è quanto mai vivace. Il centro della vita della comunità qui da mo...
Super Bowl Party at the Italian American Club of Livonia
The IACL will host their 18th annual Super Bowl Party from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. A bocce tournament starts at 10 a.m. with cappuccino, espresso and sandwiches available for participants. A buffet starts at 5 p.m. featuring chicken wings, homemade pizza, sausage with peppers, pasta with marinara, salad, dessert and a cash bar. Tickets include...
Sfida architettonica made in Italy al ‘Chicago Tribune’
by Barbara Minafra Nel 1922 il "Chicago Tribune" lanciò un concorso internazionale per la progettazione della sua nuova, prestigiosa, sede. Per il giornale, fondato nel 1847 e destinato a diventare il principale media del Midwest e l'ottavo quotidiano statunitense per diffusione, fu un'abile mossa pubblicitaria: affermarsi come op...
Nico Osteria is a YES
I knew I was going to like Nico. And not just like it, love it. I have been wanting to dine here since it opened nearly two years ago, and I finally made it to Nico on Monday, for lunch, with my Dad. The L-shaped dining room is perfectly decorated, with subtle colors, mixed seating with cushioned chairs, comfy booths and tables. ...
Art Institute adds painting by 16th century Italian master
The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired a newly rediscovered work from a 16th century painter. The painting is titled "Christ Carrying the Cross." It was painted by Italian master Sebastiano del Piombo (seh-BA'-stya-noh del PYOHM'-boh) between 1515 and 1517. The museum announced Thursday the painting's addition to its Italian High Renaissanc...
The sisterhood behind the Italian Festival cookies
When Roma Lodge presents Italian Festival at Downtown's Festival Park next weekend, it will carry on a cultural celebration that has been part of our community for nearly 40 years. And helping Roma Lodge continue that tradition is another local lodge whose name might not be as familiar — the Vittoria Colonna Lodge #1355. Founded in 1925, V...
Festa Italiana hosts Italian recipe contest
Festa Italiana invites home cooks to enter their favorite easy-to-prepare Italian recipes in the festival's inaugual Chef's Choice Recipe Contest. A committee will select the top five, and those participants will be asked to present their dish to a judging panel at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20 in the Cucina Showcase at Festa Italiana. The panel includes...
Teolis Singers to present “A Musical Fusion”
Michael Teolis Singers, founded and directed by Italian American composer Michael Teolis, will present "A Musical Fusion: Africa and the West," on May 2 at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature original compositions by black composers of the western hemisphere, including two female Chicagoans, Lena McLin, and the late Margaret Bonds. Spirituals, gosp...