Dieci giorni all'insegna della cultura italiana e dell'amicizia tra Italia e Stati Uniti per la città di Chicago. A partire da ieri sera, la "capitale" del Midwest celebra infatti il 2013, Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Usa con tre concerti del Maestro Riccardo Muti, direttore della Chicago Symphony Orchestra, dedicati al compositore italiano Gi...

Anche in questo primo scorcio di 214 l'Italia resta al centro dell'attenzione degli operatori turistici americani. Sulla scia del successo ottenuto nel 2013, Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Usa, si protrae anche nei primi mesi del 2014 l'attività di co-marketing già pianificata dall'Enit in collaborazione con l'ITPC (Italian Travel Promotion Coun...

Welcome to the CIAP's 9th event titled: "Living La Dolce Vita on Taylor Street". Come network, mingle, learn bocce, and enjoy amazing Italian food from RoSal's on Taylor Street, wine and Limoncello. In addition, you will have a chance to learn about the history of the Taylor Street neighborhood from Kathy Catrambone, the executive director, of the...

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!...

Stefano Boeri: "In tutto il mondo viene premiato un nuovo modello di vita, nella natura ma in città" Dopo il premio internazionale di Francoforte e i successi in Cina, il Bosco Verticale di Boeri Studio ottiene un grande riconoscimento negli USA.   Il prestigioso Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat promosso dal Illinois Institut...

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...

Chicagoans of all ages flocked to the city's historic Little Italy on the weekend to celebrate their Italian pride at the 7th Annual Taylor Street Festa Italiana.   The four-day event attracted more than 50,000 people to celebrate the history and heritage of Chicago's Little Italy – a place where many Italians migrated to and settled at the...

by Peter Frost   A less-buttoned-up spinoff of celeb chef Fabio Viviani's Siena Tavern is set to open this summer on Restaurant Row. As previously reported by Crain's, Bar Siena, an 8,000-square-foot, 180-seat Italian restaurant/pizza bar/doughnut shop is working toward a summer opening at the corner of Randolph and Green streets, with...

Spending every summer of his childhood in Sicily convinced Antonino Bondi that he wanted a career somehow related to Italy. He never pictured himself as a teacher in those days, but he has realized his dream in a classroom. Bondi, 31, the son of parents who immigrated from Sicily to Chicago in the 1970s, teaches Italian 2, 3 and 4 in northwest...

The Eatalian experience just got better. La Scuola Di Eataly Chicago opened Wednesday at the Ohio Street Italian food mecca. The school offers 90-minute classes about Italian cooking and techniques, with up to 50 students per class. Hands won't be for cooking in the class, but they'll certainly be for eating as students will be able to sample...