Chicago Cubs‘ All-Star Italian American first baseman Anthony Rizzo was presented the 2017 Roberto Clemente Award at Minute Maid Park prior to the start of game three of World Series between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers on October 27, 2017. The Roberto Clemente Award, Major League Baseball’s prestigious award that recognizes sportsman...

The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Chicago Steering Committee today announced that Barilla will receive the HRC Corporate Equality Award at the HRC Chicago Gala on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at the Fairmont in Chicago. The award recognizes Barilla's exceptional growth and commitment to equality for the LGBTQ community.  "Barilla has made huge stri...

When: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan Ave - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Entrance : Free This lecture will focus on Pellegrino Artusi’s book Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well (La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiar bene). This cookbook, publis...

You know Gibson's, the steak guys. Or, as you'll soon know them, the pasta guys. Basically, as long as you know them, you should be fine. Because after sitting pretty since 2005, Gibson's is about to debut their first new Chicago restaurant, Gibson's Italia. Have a look around, won't you... They're not messing around with three floors of riverfront...

Some may find sacred music composer Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina's work challenging to sing but the Midwest Motet Society is up to the challenge. The Flossmoor-based chamber choir presents "Rome and Beyond: Paired with Palestrina" Nov. 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Park Forest to open its 2017-18 season. "A few years ago Emile Augustine, one...

When: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan, #1450 - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Entrance : Free Presented on the occasion of the 2nd Annual Italian Cuisine Week in the World. This exhibition explores the cookbook published by Pellegrino Artusi in 1891, entitled Sci...

In Hillside, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, is Mount Carmel Cemetery. In addition to being the final resting place of Al Capone, Dion O'Banion and other notorious Chicago mobsters, the cemetery is also the burial place of a woman named Julia Buccola Petta. While her name may not spring to mind as a part of Chicago history, for those intrigued b...

Nicolas Carone, who died in 2010 at 93, was a painter, sculptor, and beloved teacher of generations of artists. Megan Williamson, his student, has curated "Carone Centennial Chicago," one of five national exhibitions being produced to mark the centennial of his birth. The show features drawings, paintings, and a bronze statue that come from private...

Portillo’s made official on Monday morning what has been reported for months: The Chicagoland fast-casual restaurant is coming to Peoria. The company made the announcement in a full-page advertisement in the Journal Star as well as a news release confirming the site of the location at 4412 N. Rockwood Drive. The chain, known for its Chicago-style h...

How does that saying go, “If you’re eating well, you’re eating Italian”? For us, no truer words were ever spoken. Few can resist the temptation of ripe tomatoes, a multitude of meats, flavorful pasta and endless cheese! We were definitely not among those “few” last weekend. After a busy Saturday morning, we decided we were in need of a hearty, carb...