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Another Italian restaurant will fill the space left by Pasquale's in downtown East Dundee. Dino Mondelli, who operates Dino's Pizza and Pasta in Lake in the Hills, is leasing the site at 310 N. River St., to open LaTavola Ristorante & Pizzeria. Pasquale's Pizzeria & Delicatessen shut its doors last month after about a year in busi...

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I would never have expected one of the most enjoyable Italian restaurant experiences I've had in Chicago to take place inside Symphony Center.   Yet there I sat in Tesori, digging into wood-grilled octopus on a bed of smoky cannellini beans with pancetta, looking around to find not the senior set you might expect, but a diverse crowd of peop...

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Si svolgerà sabato 5 aprile a Chicago, presso Casa Italia, al 3800 di Division Street, l'ottava conferenza della Confederazione dei Siciliani del Nord America (CSNA).   Alla manifestazione sono invitati a partecipare, oltre alle autorità diplomatiche e istituzionali, i parlamentari italiani eletti all'estero, i rappresentanti di Comites e Cg...

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Please join an international gathering of cultural organizations for a multimedia, multilingual evening of poetry, music, film, and theater in celebration of Valentine's Day.   Suzanne Petri will emcee and provide English language love poems amidst performances co-presented by multiple Chicago cultural institutions.   Read more  ...

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The Upper Midwest As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the various regions of the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the townspeople and later for Americans nationwide.   Detroit The growth of...

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Frank Cicero is a trial and appellate lawyer. He has tried and argued a wide variety of civil and criminal matters in courts at all levels in the United States as well as in international arbitrations and litigations. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including The American College of Trial Lawyers and the Società di Studi Valdesi....

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by Frank Mathie   When we think of Nativity scenes or mangers, we usually think of small religious settings under the Christmas tree. But ABC7 Eyewitness Reporter Frank Mathie says the Art Institute of Chicago has gone big time with this ancient sacred story.   As always, the Art Institute of Chicago is all decked out for the holidays...

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In the early 60s the ailing Italian countess Amalia Mani Mocenigo was ordered by her doctor to adopt a diet we might today label Paleolithic. In short, she wasn't to eat cooked meat.   So while she was visiting the legendary Harry's Bar in Venice, proprietor Giuseppe Cipriani did what any resourceful, self-respecting member of the hospitalit...

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Bellini. Botticelli. Titian. Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums celebrates the richness of Italy's artistic legacy.   It features religious paintings of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, along with secular Neoclassical and genre paintings of the nineteenth century-with the principal artistic centers,...

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by Valeria Fanelli    There are presently 1,000,000 young people who were born in Italy, speak Italian fluently, have studied in Italian schools and have lived in Italy all their lives, yet, they are not entitled to Italian citizenship.   The Italian Cultural Institute will bring attention to this controversial topic by showing a...

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