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If Italian family traditions begin at home, then so, too, should Italian family business ventures. While Lewis Affetto was only 16, he helped his father, Bernard, with tax work he did out of their residence in Chicago’s Galewood neighborhood.   “I’d do bookkeeping for family businesses and some simple tax returns,” recalls Lewis Affetto, who...

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Nothing warms the Italian heart like great food and music, especially when it includes dancing outdoors on a warm summer night. And that's exactly what Casa Italia is offering at its second annual Ballo Sotto le Stelle.   Slated for Aug. 21 at Casa's Festival Center, the event will include a sumptuous family-style feast followed by dancing t...

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Il dato è impressionante ma la molteplicità degli eventi offre un panorama assai variegato della cultura italiana nel mondo sotto i più diversi aspetti in occasione dell'"Anno" negli Stati Uniti. E naturalmente non poteva mancare anche nel Michigan un omaggio al sommo Dante ed alla sua Divina Commedia. Un'opera vista attraverso un prisma che la res...

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This summer will mark Sebastian Maniscalco's fifth appearance at the Just for Laughs festival but whereas his past appearances have been limited to sets at the Ethnic Show, the Relationship Show, and various galas, this time he'll be presenting his hour-long one-man show, Aren't You Embarrassed? at Le Gesù Theatre until July 26.   "It's good...

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Date: Thursday, November 05, 2015. Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Organized by: WWI Museum - Kansas City, MO. In collaboration with: https://supportinganally.eventbrite.com "Supporting an Ally: American Forces in Italy, 1918" a lecture by Jonathan R....

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New prose and poetry by three Italian-American writers.   Friday, March 22, 2013 in the Florentine Room   7:00 p.m. Pizza, Refreshments, Light Snacks – 7:30 p.m. Poetry Reading   Judith Valente was a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, People Magazine, Chicago Public Radio, and, currently, PBS-TV. Sh...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in ChicagoSilvio Marchettiis pleased to invite you to the presentation of Webs of Desire and Violence: Power Politics and Sexual Politics in Three Works of Florentine Renaissance Art a lecture by Judith Testa

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Every month Eataly brings its guests closer to a different region of Italy through its food, wine and culture. Throughout the month of November Eataly will be featuring the region of Umbria with a series of classes focused on wines and traditional dishes from this region.   Cooking with fresh herbs is at the heart of Italian cuisine. In Umb...

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Aubry Bozzano and Sofia Console were crowned Miss Illinois United States and Little Miss Illinois United States respectively at a March pageant at the Copernicus Center in Chicago. The daughter of Anthony and Sherry Bozzano, 28-year-old Aubry lives in Chicago and manages integrated marketing campaigns for clients at a downtown ad agency.   "...

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On Sept. 2, board members and foundation trustees of the Columbian Club of Chicago presented Thomas Regan, S.J., dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Arthur Lurigio, Ph.D., senior associate dean for faculty, College of Arts and Sciences of Loyola University Chicago, with a check to complete the club's $50,000 pledge to support the creation of a...

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