Join Mr. Fix-it, Lou Manfredini, as he embarks on a new broadcast series, On the Road with Lou, a bi-monthly live remote held at various locations throughout the Chicagoland area. Solve your latest do-it-yourself problems and have the chance to win great prizes, courtesy of Siding-1 Windows-1 Exteriors!   Lou's next broadcast will be on Satu...

The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to "An Empire for Our Time: Cinematic Appropriations of Ancient Rome", a lecture by Professor Sinclair Bell, Northern Illinois University. Thursday, June 12th at 6:00 pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. A reception will follow.   Read more...

di Emanuela Zuccalà   Sbarcavano a Ellis Island, sotto la Statua della Libertà, con le valigie colme solo di sogni. Li abbiamo visti in tanti film, i quattro milioni di italiani emigrati negli Stati Uniti fra Ottocento e Novecento, ma non sapevamo che tra loro si nascondessero dei musicisti sopraffini.   Mandolinisti, cantanti, pianis...

Those looking forward to the opening of the new West Loop Italian restaurant Formento's (925 W. Randolph St., 312-690-7323) but who are short on time will still be able to enjoy a taste of Italy thanks to the restaurant's new grab-and-go counterpart, Nonna's.   Set to open Tuesday, Nonna's will offer its own casual Italian-American dishes su...

by Dominic Candeloro   As you might have read in the Fra Noi, our project has achieved the $500,000 mark that triggered a match by the Loyola University Chicago. I am absolutely delighted that we have launched this permanent project that will preserve and promote the history and culture of Italians in the US. We are now in phase II of the pr...

The complete 80 minute version of ATCTC is available on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeikaWQCyo   And They Came to Chicago traces the 150-year history of Italians settlement in Chicago, from early arrivals who laid the foundation for burgeoning Italian enclaves to the Italian American contribution to politics and labor, the ar...

C'è chi ne ha seguiti 20, chi 40 e oltre. C'è chi è alla sua prima volta e non lo nasconde, con il bollino first timer incollato al badge.   Sono i powwowers italiani – chiamiamoli così – quelli che il 5 aprile sono volati a Chicago, nell'Illinois, per la 46ª edizione dell'IPW-International Pow Wow. Una task force di 45 operatori leisure e M...

by Ashok Selvam   It's a big day for the Stefani family as Mad Social finally opens, allowing Gina Stefani to branch out in the West Loop. Take a tour of the space here, as Stefani teams up with chef Mariela Bolanos and takes the torch as Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants' first new spot in 14 years.   Stefani's Italian heritage and...

Città: ChicagoPaese: STATI UNITIPeriodo di svolgimento: 01/06/2013 - 30/06/2013Descrizione: La Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest organizzerà un seminario, ideato per i manager di ditte Italiane che stanno valutando l'ingresso e/o lo sviluppo delle proprie realtà aziendali negli Stati Uniti, sarà mirato ad approfondire la conoscenza delle...

Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 - Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: IIC Chicago In collaboration with: https://happenchance.eventbrite.com   Carrara, an Italian-American architect-artist-poet-photographer, documented the ex...