Puccini’s TOSCA at Casa Italia in June!
Main Street Opera and Casa Italia proudly present......Puccini's TOSCA! Full Dinner and Opera on Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Festival Center at Casa Italia – 6:30 p.m. 3800 W. Division St., Stone Park, IL 60165 Tickets (including sit down dinner) $50 Per Person in Advance $60 per per at the door. Limited Reserved Seating Click...
Piccolo Teatro di Milano: Inner Voices
Chicago Shakespeare joins the Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago to commemorate the Year of Italian Culture in America. First written and performed in Milano in 1948, Inner Voices tells the story of a man who dreams the murder of a friend so vividly that he believes the crime has actually been committed b...
Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, under financial cloud, to be sold
By David Roeder and Fran Spielman The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, operating under a financial cloud, is in line to be sold. Whether the deal assures the museum's future remains to be seen. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has a part of the transaction, and its goal is to keep the place open. The museum's pending sale...
The 6th Rocky Marciano Amateur Boxing Tournament - February 12, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Featuring 8 Exciting Bouts With Special Guest RAY "BOOM BOOM" MANCINI Former Lightweight Champion Elected To This Year's International Boxing Hall Of Fame Class! TICKETS AND TABLES MUST BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE AND INCLUDE – FOOD, BEER, AND SODA. INDIVIDUAL TICKETS (GENERAL ADMISSION STADIUM SEATING) - $100 Read more Sourc...
Meet more than 140 Italian business leaders at the IACC Midwest Golf Outing 2015
Join a network of over 140 of the most prominent Italian business leaders in the Midwest for a day of golfing, networking and fun. In addition, the event will include exclusive games and prizes, Beat the Pro, great Italian food and wine, and an exclusive tasting of Sambuca Molinari, Peroni Beer and Italian Buffalo Mozzarella. Don't miss o...
Intonarumori – Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners
This week-long event features both historic and new compositions on reconstructions of the legendary Intonarumori, or 'orchestra of Futurist noise intoners,' created by Italian Futurist artist Luigi Russolo. These extraordinary instruments, lost by the early 1940s, were rebuilt from the original blueprints by composer/musicologist Luciano Chessa, f...
Italian Day at Clippers Baseball
After the huge success of the last three years, the CIC have been approached again by the Columbus Clippers and asked if we would be interested in hosting the fourth annual Italian Heritage Night at Huntington Park this summer. With our desire to raise the profile of Italians in the Columbus community, foster camaraderie between Italians i...
Muti to stay at Chicago Symphony Orchestra until 2020
Italian conductor Riccardo Muti said Monday he will extend his tenure as the musical director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through 2020. The famous maestro from Naples has thrilled audiences in Chicago since his arrival in 2010."Chicago is my home away from home, and I am very glad it will continue to be so," Muti said in a statement. ...
Culture galore at Casa Italia!
The second half of Casa Italia's summer camp will feature several cultural presentations that are free and open to the public. Main Street Opera will present "Rita" by Gaetano Donizetti at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13. In this domestic comedy, Rita, believing her tyrannical first husband, Gasparo, to be drowned at sea, marries the meek Bep...
Amanda Beagle's “Italian-American Songbook”
Former Miss Ohio, professional AEA actor, international cruise ship entertainer and recording artist, Amanda Beagle, is returning to her roots with a hometown performance celebrating the "Italian-American Songbook." Amanda Beagle debuts her latest show and recording at Leo's Banquet Center in Warren, OH on Friday, September 30th at 6:30. The event...
Mecurio comes to Fat Fish Blue: “Daily Show” writer brings stand-up comedy act to Toledo
For a guy who works in Hollywood, it seems like it might be a bit of a shock to the system to be playing the Toledo area right as some of the most bitterly cold days of the year begin. But for comedian Paul Mecurio — who will appear at the Funny Bone at Fat Fish Blue in Perrysburg from Thursday, December 12 through Saturday, December 14 — such cold...
Italian Film Festival USA Announces Spring 2015 Season
In its 4th year, The Italian Film Festival USA of Indianapolis from April 24 - May 3, 2015. Admission is free. Indianapolis residents can glimpse Italian culture through the local premieres of six current Italian films. The films, three dramas and three comedies, are shown in Italian with English subtitles and are open to the public. All movi...