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by Kirstrin Roble   From roughly 1700 until his death in 1737, Italian luthier and crafter Antonio Stradivari produced more than 1,000 instruments, considered to be "bold and innovative" even in his lifetime. To call a Stradivarius bold and innovative today is an understatement.   The nearly 450 violins that have survived are consider...

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A Trip to Eataly: An Italian Food Lover's HeavenIf I could live anywhere, I'd live in Italy. It's warm and friendly, family comes first, and they live to eat and drink. The next best thing? Eataly — Chicago's Italian food megamarket. All things Italian in one city block.   I visited recently for the first time, and over the course of four da...

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Date: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - Monday, September 21, 2015 Hours: See description for performance times Site: Chicago Cultural Center & City Winery Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and ItalCultura In collaboration with: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/world_music_festival6.html   Pa...

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by Jonathan Jones   It's been a long holiday break that we at Visit Lake County have all been recovering from. However, before your friends at Visit Lake County took some much needed time to rest and relax, we had our company holiday lunch at Primo's Italian American Cuisine in Gurneerun by the Khayat Restaurant Group.   Twas a s...

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Visit the 40 booths serving arancini, manicotti, panini, gelato and other Italian specialties at the annual Taste of Italy on April 17, a fundraiser for the Italian Community Center. Admission and parking are free; tickets for food are $1.50 each or $10 for a book of seven. Except for fried calamari, which is two tickets, each food item can be had...

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To be completely transparent, I love Chicago. I wasn't born there, but I grew up in the city's northwest suburbs and returned to spend most of the '90s in Chi-Town, working for WGN-TV, then launching my own television show, "Culinary Travels With Dave Eckert." That stretch of seven short, amazing years allowed me to become completely immersed in Ch...

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You are cordially invited to attend Learn Italian - Open House at ItalCultura Thursday, June 27th, 20135:30 - 8:00 pm 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1405Chicago, IL 60611312-245-0652

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The Little Italy neighborhood in Chicago might be small, but it proudly holds onto its strong Italian heritage. Set between the two University of Illinois campuses near the west side, Little Italy once was the epicenter of the Italian community in Chicago.   Although the old neighborhood is now partly filled with college students, visitors c...

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Jim Milano, of Milano Monuments, and Trevor Behm, of Behm Monument & Granite Company, announced that Behm has joined Milano's family of companies. Behm's two locations, in Geneva and Madison, have become Milano affiliates.   "We're very excited to join forces with Behm Monument & Granite Company," says Milano. "They have a long histo...

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Harris Theater (205 E. Randolph, 312-334-7777) will transform its lobbies into an Italian marketplace at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 during its Chicago debut of "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell). Italy's Teatro Regio Torino is performing the final opera by Gioachino Rossini. The Italian marketplace pays homage to the composer, who was also a gourmet. Before the 7...

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by Teri Maddox   The timing is a little off, but Collinsville will celebrate the Italian Carnevale during this weekend's Italian Fest. "It's the Italian equivalent of the French Mardi Gras," said Wendi Valenti, director of Collinsville Chamber of Commerce. "It's not really Carnevale because that comes before Lent, but the theme is fun w...

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Beginning on Wednesday, the Michigan State University Opera Theater will open a four-performance run of the delightful comic opera, "The Elixir of Love" by Donizetti. Director of the company and stage director of this production, Melanie Helton, has asked Marcello Cormio to conduct the opera.   Cormio, whose long, wavy black hair fulfil...

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