Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts issues apology through team site for slur
After using a derogatory term referring to Italian-Americans during an MLB Network show broadcast at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts issued a statement of apology through the team's website Tuesday night. The statement was released unsolicited to the website's beat writer Tuesday night, with none of the other media out...
FC Bayern Munich, A.C. Milan to Meet in Chicago as Part of International Champions Cup
Relevent Sports, a division of RSE Ventures – a multi-national sports and entertainment venture firm with a focus on new technologies – announced today that Bundesliga leader FC Bayern Munich and Serie A power A.C. Milan will meet on Wednesday, July 27 at 8 pm CT at Soldier Field, Chicago, as part of the 2016 International Champions Cup and Audi Fo...
A taste of Italy in E’ville
Edwardsville High tennis coach Dave Lipe started the Edwardsville Futures pro tennis tournament in 2011. The opportunities opening from that decision have transcended the tennis courts. During that first year, a friendship formed between Lipe and Donato Campagnoli, an Italian tennis coach who entered a player in that inaugural Futures tournament....
Teatro dei piedi performing at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
Friday, January 20 - Sunday, January 22. Beverly Art Center, Blair Thomas & co., Istituto Italiano di Cultura/Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in association with Instituto Cervantes de Chicago present: Sonata for 4 feet Part mime, part contortion, Italy's Teatro dei Piedi (Theatre of Feet) stages characters whose stori...
Watch Italian soccer live
Eataly e' lieta di celebrare uno degli sport piu' amati dagli italiani, il calcio, offrendo la proiezione delle partite nella Birreria - il nostro gastropub. Dal 17 Gennaio, sara' possibile vedere da Eataly tutte le partite della serie A disponibili nell'orario di CST (partite serali in Italia). Unisciti ad Eataly e tifa la tua squadra del cuore!...
Norma by Vincenzo Bellini at Lyric Opera
January 28th - February 24th. Times vary. Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N Wacker Dr., Chicago (IL) If you're drawn to vocal acrobatics, Bellini's Druid priestess Norma will thrill and astonish you. The absolute pinnacle for any prima donna with the technical prowess, sumptuous voice, and dramatic fire to master its perilous cha...
Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage - Fawell and Park BoulevardsGlen Ellyn, IL 60137 - BELUSHI PERFORMANCE HALL | TICKETS $43–$60MARCH 13, 2015 Birbiglia has taken the country by storm with his fresh, brilliant, and hysterical stand up comedy. In "Thank God for Jokes," the award-winning comedian, author, and filmmaker...
Runners make a splash
While most people gathered around Courthouse Square were dining on pasta and elephant ears at the Italian American Heritage Festival, a large group of runners ran off the calories in the 30th annual Pizza Splash 5k. Source: http://www.tribtoday.com/
Pisaroni opens vocal festival in style with Italian song
by John Y. Lawrence The Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago's fifth annual Collaborative Works Festival began Wednesday night with a solo recital by Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, accompanied by pianist Craig Terry at Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University. Although the series as a whole is titled "American Spirit" and the remaining t...
The best Italian actor (Toni Servillo) you don't know — yet
by Michael Phillips When the Italians say "cinema," it sounds better than when the Americans say it. CHEE-nay-ma. Doesn't that sound better? Born in 1959 and widely considered to be his nation's greatest stage and screen actor, Toni Servillo is seven hours ahead of us in Chicago, Skyping from his kitchen at home in Caserta, in the...
L’Italia, il Mogliano e il rugby negli Stati Uniti: la storia di Luis Stanfill, il giocatore di football troppo lento
Un ragazzo americano, all'apparenza come tanti. Un'infanzia trascorsa a Sacramento tra i campi di basket e baseball, calcio e pallavolo, con il football americano conosciuto a scuola e che sembrava ormai essere diventato la sua nuova realtà. "Ero un buon giocatore – ricorda -, aggressivo e intelligente, anche se non molto veloce". La linea di difes...
State wrestling champ Vinny Scaletta
Imagine the Chicago Cubs winning 41 out of 43 to start the season, or the Bears losing only two games over three-and-a-half seasons. Now, you have an idea of the monumental accomplishment of Ridgewood High School senior Vinny Scaletta, a hard working wrestler with the heart and grit of a pro. Wrestling in the 220 lb. weight class, Scaletta capture...