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In a city of about 7,300 restaurants and 2.7 million humans who are mostly creatures of habit, it’s easy to overlook the dining institutions among us. This was the case for me, a 26-year customer of the three-restaurants-in-one Italian Village, who rarely ventured outside of the subterranean chophouse La Cantina, nor beyond my usual cup of minestro...

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The Italian American Chamber of Commerce invites you to A conversation with Jean-Pierre Comte, president of Barilla America. Wednesday October 18th, 2017. 6:00pm panel discussion. Followed by a tasting of Italian recipes. Ciao Chicago - 1656 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 Join us, on Wednesday October 18th, for a business talk overviewing the ma...

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The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans is pulling out all the stops for its 2017 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Gala, honoring 10 local powerhouses from all walks of life. The event will take place on Nov. 11 at the Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont. Sharing the spotlight will be the following recipients: Renato Bacci; Gaetano Ciccone; Mari...

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A man charged with defacing a Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood also shouted obscenities as the statue's pedestal was defaced, prosecutors said Sunday. Kyle Miskell, 30, of the 2200 block of West 23rd Place, appeared Sunday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, charged with felony criminal damage to government pr...

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Lyric Opera of Chicago presents the harrowing story of a protective father, a lovestruck daughter, a predatory duke, and the terrible consequences of a curse in Verdi's Rigoletto. The new-to-Chicago production stars two world-renowned Ryan Opera Center alumni, Quinn Kelsey and Matthew Polenzani, in the opposing roles of the jester and the duke; and...

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When: Thursday, 19 October, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. RSVP HERE Come celebrate Italian Language in an evening featuring Italian delicacies and music. As part of the evening, the Observatory of the Italian Language in Chicago (OLIC), under the auspices of the Italian Consulate General of Italy, will...

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Central Illinois music lovers have a chance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to see an acclaimed pianist when the Effingham Noon Rotary Club, with support from the Effingham Performance Center and the Piano Network, welcome Italian pianist Francesco Attesti. Attesti will perform the Goldberg Variations of J.S. Bach at the Effingham Performance Center. Proceeds...

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When: Tuesday, October 17,  2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - Entrance: Free Have you ever noticed people speaking Italian in non-Italian films and wondered why? Italian crops up in all sorts of ways you might expect related to food, opera, Italy's glorious history and some you might not. Come along as we...

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When: Monday, October 16, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago - Entrance: Free. RSPV here. Born in the Romagnole town of Santarcangelo di Romagna in 1920, Antonio (Tonino) Guerra spent his long life of 92 years in joyful creativity that encompassed dialect poetry, prose fiction, civic initiatives, the pictori...

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It was just announced that Italy’s entry for the Oscar race will be a small, independent film made in the south. “A Ciambra,” directed by Jonas Carpignano with Martin Scorsese as one of the executive producers, takes place within a small community in Calabria. 14-year-old Pio Amato is in a hurry to grow up and follows his older brother Cosimo every...

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