Close

Maserati North America today announced its January 2017 sales results, solidifying the luxury Italian automaker as the number one premium brand for year-over-year sales in the United States with an increase of 69.3 percent for January, compared with the same month in 2016. Maserati sold 889 units last month in the United States, up from 525 units i...

1079

Rome’s esteemed pizza-maker Gabriele Bonci will open a pizzeria in Chicago. Rick Tasman, president of Bonci USA, confirmed in an email from Rome on Friday that a lease has been signed for 161 N. Sangamon St., which he said is in the 900 West Randolph project in the West Loop. "We are so very excited about the opening," Tasman wrote, noting he is in...

1213

The authors of a book on Italian-American jazz musicians will give a presentation Feb. 11 at the Oak Park Public Library in honor of the centennial of the first jazz record. Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter, journalists, teachers and authors of "Bebop, Swing and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian American Experience," will share music, stori...

1042

Dal 1 gennaio 2017 si e’ operativamente avviata l'integrazione logistica dell’Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo presso l'ufficio di Chicago dell'ICE-Agenzia sito al 401 North Michigan Avenue.  La collaborazione prevede l'utilizzo, per la durata di 1 anno, dello spazio di circa 23mq - precedentemente adibito alle aziende italiane utilizzatrici del servi...

2532

When: March 14th at 6pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450What: Mountains and Seas: Romantic Geography - Registration at https://landscape-mountains.eventbrite.com. Free and open to the public. The third of a series of three lectures, given by art historian Giovanni Aloi, culminating in a guided tour of the Italia...

1033

Lake Forest High School students will perform Italian American Reconciliation, a folktale by John Patrick Shanley, premiered in 1988. Shanley also wrote the critically acclaimed film Moonstruck and the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, Doubt. Performances are at 7 p.m. on Thursday January 26, Friday January 27, and Saturday January 28 in...

1053

When: March 7th at 6pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450 What: Art in the Roman Empire, A series of Lectures with Sinclair Bell, Associate Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University Registration at https://pompeii.eventbrite.com - Free and open to the public. By exploring the art and architecture o...

1479

"The Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo's Masterpiece and More". A talk by Professor Judith Testa. February 22nd at 6pm. Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450. Registration at https://sistine-chapel.eventbrite.com The Sistine Chapel - the most visited religious site in Rome - is more than merely a setting for Michelangelo’s famous...

1332

In "Italian American Reconciliation," a comedy production at Lake Forest High School that starts Jan. 26, timing is important. "In a drama, its more about getting the characterization and the mood correct," said Gracie Stockton, a senior who plays Aunt May. "In a comedy, so much is about timing and beats and chemistry. You have to make sure the del...

1155

International pop superstar and winner of over 81 major awards including Grammys, World Music awards and Billboard Chart Toppers, Laura Pausini will return to Chicago October 23rd.   This very rare Chicago appearance comes at the hands of local entertainment pro Ron Onesti, who produces over two hundred shows annuall...

1641