Italian Festival: When everyone hails from the old country
The 115th Annual Italian Fest was in full swing Saturday afternoon at the Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming. The fest was put on by the St. Rocco-St. Anthony's Society, an organization originally formed to aid and support Italian Americans. The event offered fun for the entire family with bingo and an inflatable courses for the kids to...
Festeggia il Carnevale / Celebrate Italian Carnival
Eataly e' lieta di celebrare il Carnevale di Chicago! Il 15 di Febbraio, dalle 4 alle 6 p.m., il negozio offrira' una celebrazione dedicata ai piu' piccoli: la Festa di Carnevale dei Bimbi! Condividi con Eataly questa festa colorata e divertente, arricchita da maschere e dolci tradizionali! Le mascherine sono le benvenute! Ingresso libero! ...
Italian Film Festival USA Metro Detroit to take place April 1-26
The 2015 Italian Film Festival USA Metro Detroit will take place this April 1 through April 26, 2015. Special appearances will be made by directors Paolo Zucca (L'arbitro/The Referee) and Rolando Ravello (Ti ricordi di me?/Remember Me?), who will discuss their films with audiences after their screenings. Admission for all events is FREE an...
Lauretana fest finds new home in Niles
The Feast of Maria SS Lauretana has travelled a long and winding road from the narrow streets of a small Sicilian town to the open arms of a north suburban shopping center. The journey has been centuries in the making, and the path has been strewn with challenges but paved with faith. "Our feast has been celebrated for hundreds of years in Sicily...
Biscotti's Italian fare worth the fall drive to Ohio
By Jennie Geisler Hutchison I live in Conneaut, Ohio, and treasure every time I've made the 10-minute drive to Biscotti's Restaurant. Those all-too-rare trips promise exquisite food bordering on (OK, full-on) indulgence. The Italian bread is hot and soft. The salads, with a powerful balsamic dressing, delight. This time,...
Danny's scores on Italian dishes, Chicago pizza
by Ryan Duvall It's not rocket science. When I visited Danny's Italian Grill, the newest Italian eatery in town, in the Washington Square shopping center on North Clinton Street, it only made sense that the Italian offerings were what shined brightest. Danny's has an extensive menu with a definite Italian flair, but there als...
L’olio Italiano si presenta a Chicago: task force per il mercato USA
Conto alla rovescia per "The Olive Oil Conference", che vedrà la partecipazione dell'Agenzia ICE nell'ambito del programma the Extraordinary Italian Taste, dedicato al mercato degli Stati Uniti. L'Agenzia ICE, assieme all'intero tavolo di Filiera dell'olio extra vergine di oliva italiano, saranno i protagonisti della conferenza che si terrà a Chica...
New program in Chicago for the teaching of Italian language and culture
The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago, cultural office of the Italian Government, is pleased to announce a new program developed for the teaching of Italian language and culture. Beginning on Tuesday, January 22nd 2013, the official program of Italian language and culture courses in Chicago will be offered by ItalCultura, an independent non-pr...
Celebrating Our Veterans – Finishing the Story Lecture
Memorial Day is Monday, May 27 but we will celebrate our veterans early. Join us to hear Casa Italia Genealogy Manager Jennifer Holik talk about Finishing the Story, and learn how you can tell the stories of your soldiers who died in service. What you will learn can also be applied to those who came home after the war. After the lecture enjoy light...
Le Eccellenze Italiane Del Biotech Negli Usa Con Ice
Nell'ambito delle azioni promozionali a sostegno del comparto delle biotecnologie, l'ICE - Agenzia, in collaborazione con l'associazione di categoria Assobiotec, organizza una partecipazione collettiva alla BIO International Convention, che avrà luogo a Chicago, presso il centro fieristico McCormick Place dal 22 al 25 aprile 2013.
Festa Italiana tells visitors how to cope with freeway closure
Next weekend's full closure of the I-94 westbound and eastbound will cause massive delays for thousands of Wisconsin drivers, but fear not: Festa Italiana is still on. Organizers for the city's biggest Italian heritage festival, which runs next July 18-20 in Maier Festival Park, said that the event will not be affected by the closures for...
Cleveland Museum of Art offers glimpse of mechanized sound world with Futurist noise intoners
Part of their vision came true. Music did indeed come to be made by machines. What they didn't get right: the kind of machines that would make it. In fact, the Italian Futurists of the early 20th century had something quite different in mind. What they imagined weren't exactly the iPods or synthesizers of today but rather something mo...