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Dane is joined ‘on the road’ with the General Manager of Italian Village, Joe Deininger, to talk about celebrating 91 years for The Italian Village, Chicago specific Italian foods and their 21st Annual Ferrari Fest coming up this weekend. The Fest showcases 40 to 60 Ferrari’s in a family fun atmosphere with delicious Italian food. All money made at...

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CIAP (Chicagoland Italian American Professionals) #39 Presents: The 1st Annual Meatball Fest (September 16th @ Nonna D's - 7109 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402 - 11:30pm to 3pm). $40 for non-members; $20 for members. This is the event you have been waiting for! The 1st annual meatball fest. Homecooks wanted! Bring your homecooked meatballs and parti...

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A new bar and Italian restaurant, offering pizza and more, has opened up shop in the neighborhood. The new arrival to Lincoln Park, called La Roccia, is located at 1909 N. Lincoln Ave. in the old Bricks Pizza spot. Featuring red-and-white-checkered tablecloths and exposed brick walls, the new restaurant is in a cozy, underground space.Pasta dishes...

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July 15, 2018, marked the 85th anniversary of the first large-scale trans-Atlantic flight. Yet few Americans have ever heard of the event. One reason may be that Italo Balbo, a member of Benito Mussolini’s Fascist regime, spearheaded this trailblazing aerial trek. The world is grateful that Fascism has long since been cast into the ash heap of hist...

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In a neighborhood full of Italian options, chef Joe Farina is giving River North another with Victory Italian, a spinoff of his South Loop restaurant, Armand’s Victory Tap. Farina’s new restaurant opens on Monday at 434 W. Ontario Street. The former Rosebud chef described it as a neighborhood restaurant that gives River North a refreshing change of...

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When Eric Fosse and Glenn Deutsch teamed up to open Mino's Italian in Winnetka, they decided to create a restaurant they wanted to eat at. "We built this based on what we wanted," said Deutsch, a Winnetka resident. "We didn't mold this into what we thought would possibly satisfy every person. We found out a lot of people wanted that as well." Since...

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Artistica Italian Gallery, a family-owned importer of Italian home decor for over 28 years, announced that it has acquired the assets of New York-based Deruta of Italy, the oldest B2B distributor of hand-painted ceramics and majolica from the medieval hill town of Deruta, Italy, into the United States. Coinciding with Deruta of Italy’s 35th anniver...

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The great thing about pizza is that even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good. So, when a pizza is genuinely delicious, like the offerings at Danny Boys Italian Eatery, it’s something you want to eat again and again. This review wasn’t my first experience with Danny Boys—the Frank Sinatra themed restaurant has six locations around Northeast Ohio a...

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Follow Giovanni Aloi, Art Historian at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, on a tour of the most exciting modern and contemporary artists whose legacy and originality represent Italian art on the contemporary international scene. Tour limited to 25 people. Registration deadline: September 28th. Giovanni Aloi is an author, educator, and publ...

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Friday, September 28 at 6pm - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St, Chicago, IL. Chicago Premiere! Director Valerio Jalongo will be in attendance! Presented on the occasion of EXPO Chicago, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. A quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe through an audacious experiment conducted b...

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