You are cordially invited to attend PARLIAMO ITALIANO - The first Networking event of the year. Meet new members and enjoy a taste of Italian wines & appetizers. RSVP today TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 - Starting at 6:00pm at DalTile Showroom 316 W. Hubbard St. - Chicago, IL IACC Members $15 ...
READ MOREThe Comitato Tri Colore Italiane nel Mondo is inviting the entire community to bring its Italian flags and take part in the Festa della Repubblica on May 31 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in Chicago. Chicago's celebration of the unification of Italy will begin with an 11 a.m. Mass, followed by a procession with the Sicilian Band of Chicago t...
READ MOREYou are cordially invited to attend Open House Thursday, April 11th, 2013 5:30 - 8:00 pm ItalCultura at the Italian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1405
READ MORECarb-loaders of Chicago, we've got some bad news. Though work on the city's first outpost of Olive Garden was initially set to begin over the summer, the project has been delayed, DNAinfo Chicago reports. As a result, Chicagoans will have to wait until at least next spring to enjoy the "ample portions and relaxed ambiance" for which the n...
READ MOREItalian architect Pier Carlo Bontempi will receive the 2014 Richard H. Driehaus Prize from the University of Notre Dame at a ceremony to be held on March 29 (Saturday) at the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium in Chicago. Bontempi's award-winning international work includes a block recovery plan in Parma's historical center, as well as the...
READ MORE2015 will mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri in 1265, and the 31st year since the first Lectura Dantis Newberrania. This lecture examines Dante’s description of the shape, motion, size, color, and configuration of the three giri (“rounds”) of the Trinity in Paradiso 33.115-120, in order to envision what the Pilgrim...
READ MOREby Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer Monday is Columbus Day, a holiday that Chicago has celebrated with a parade since 1868. Italians have brought a rich culture to the city, along with such luminaries as Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, sportscaster Harry Caray, activist Florence Scala, actors Joe Mantegna and Dennis Farina. And there's much mor...
READ MOREItalian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT)Chicago, IL. "Dante and the Limits of the Law", a book presentation by Professor Justin Steinberg, University of Chicago with the participation of Emanuele Coccia, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris"Dante and the L...
READ MOREby Leonard F. Amari This month we highlight the distinguished career of prominent lawyer, litigator and government leader James P. Montana. Montana's father, James Sr., was also a lawyer, highly respected attorney and community leader, truly beloved and well known and a moving force for decades in the successful growth of the 97-year-old J...
READ MOREOn the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day,the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Silvio Marchetti,is pleased to invite you to "The Thread of Memory - projects and experiences on the memories of the Holocaust in Saluzzo and the Province of Cuneo" with the participation of Paolo Allemano, Mayor of Saluzzo, Sandro C...
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