Si è appena concluso a Chicago l'ottavo convegno della Confederazione dei Siciliani del Nord America. Ospitati dall'ARSA (Associazione Regionale Siciliana in America) presso Casa Italia, sono intervenuti i vari rappresentanti membri dell'organizzazione, provenienti dalla California, Canada,Connecticut,Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey,...

by Valeria Fanelli    Music lovers get ready for an exciting performance Italian way! On Saturday, Feb. 21, Pizzeria Da Nella will host a special music event that will feature a selection of songs from one of Italy's most popular singer-songwriters, Pino Daniele.   From 9:30 to 10:30 p.m., blues player Breezy Rodio will honor th...

La Camera di Commercio Italiana Americana di Chicago ha il piacere di annunciare che ha stretto un accordo di collaborazione con l'Associazione Americana dei Tour Operator, International Travel Promotion Council (ITPC).   ITPC raggruppa i Tour Operator più importanti degli USA che gestiscono la movimentazione di oltre l'80% del flusso turist...

On the Occasion of the 14th Annual Italian Language Week in the World, presented under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy, The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to the presentation of "The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini".   Presenta...

Il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Chicago sta organizzando tre diverse missioni in Colorado, Missouri e Minnesota per l'acquisizione delle impronte digitali dei connazionali che hanno bisogno di rinnovare il passaporto.   In attesa di conoscere le date, il Consolato annuncia che la prima missione di terrà a Denver a fine marzo; seguirà, a met...

The Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization one-upped itself at this year's Honor & Hope Gala, bestowing 20 scholarships at $2,500 each, plus an additional $35,000 in grants to two military veterans and three families with medical hardships, for a grand total of $85,000.   Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, who was mad...

by Laura Giacalone   Considered the Oscar of Italian design, as well as an authoritative barometer of the state of the cultural debate on industrial design itself, the Compasso d'Oro award is the major acknowledgement of Italian design and enjoys a high reputation throughout the world, so much so that London's prestigious Phaidon Press has s...

Late this fall, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's company will open a Chicago Eataly (43 E. Ohio St., no phone yet), only the second U.S. location for the market-and-restaurant chain. (There are nine in Japan and eight in Italy, where they are still called Eataly, and not Eatalia, to answer your question.)   The 63,000-square-foot, two-floor...

Organizzato in collaborazione con ICE Agenzia, si svolgerà presso 33 supermercati Mariano's di Chicago e dintorni. Per celebrare il lancio della "Tavola Italiana Due", alcuni dei supermercati Mariano's organizzeranno dimostrazioni di cucina e degustazioni con Chef di Chicago ispirati dalla cucina Italiana.   An exclusive partnership with the...

Dr. Victoria Ursitti of Arlington Heights was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Dental Society, a professional association of over 7,000 members. She was installed into office at the Society's Annual Session at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling.   Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Ursitti received her Bac...