Two longtime local leaders of the Italian American War Veterans' Ladies Auxiliary have risen to positions of prominence. Angela Rinaldi (right, in photo above) was elected to the post of national president in August at the national convention in Las Vegas, and Mille DiGilio (left) was elected state president in September at the state conventio...

The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church will celebrate 122 unbroken years of devotion to the Blessed Mother from July 9 to 12. Festivities will culminate on July 12 with a 9 a.m. Solemn Mass in Italian in the church, a procession to a noon field Mass and a second procession featuring traditional festa music. A street festival will run from July 9 t...

On Tuesday, November 3 at 11 a.m., Franc D'Ambrosio will bring his world renowned singing voice to Freedom Hall in a tribute to Veterans titled "I'll Be Seeing YOUZ." This show features the lovely and lively tunes made popular during WWII. Franc takes his audience on a nostalgic walk through the popular music of WWII with his rich tenor voice and a...

When: February 7th at 6pmWhat: The Art of Desire: Gender and Sexuality in the Roman Empire, drugs series of Lectures with Sinclair Bell, medications Associate Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois UniversityWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, cialis 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL First Lecture. Registration at https://art-...

Serata "Porte aperte" oggi, giovedì 17 gennaio, all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago.   A partire dalle ore 17.30, la sede di ItalCultura, al 500 di N Michigan Ave, Suite 1405, consentirà a chiunque sia interessato di apprendere il programma delle Winter Session Classes che inizieranno il 22 di gennaio. Si tratta di corsi di lingua it...

Da oggi e fino al 16 febbraio sarà possibile presentare in Consolato le liste dei candidati alle elezioni dei Comites del 17 aprile nelle 24 circoscrizioni in cui sono state reindette.   Si tratta, come noto, delle circoscrizioni di Vienna, Liegi, Lione, Nizza, Atene, Dublino, Oslo, Lisbona, Edimburgo, Praga, Bucarest, San Marino, Madrid, Ba...

by Jack Morrissey   If you are in the mood for some authentic fine Italian cuisine, make sure you check out Angeli's Restaurant located at 1478 East Chicago Avenue in Naperville. They are open 7 days a week. Dine 4PM to 9:30PM Monday through Thursday, 4PM-10PM Friday and Saturday, 11AM to 9PM on Sunday.   Angeli's opened its door...

When: February 14th at 6pmWhat: The Pastoral: Underneath the Surface of Idyll, advice Journey in the Landscape of Italian Art, click Despite appearances, in art, a landscape is never just a backdropWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450, Chicago, ILRegistration at https://landscape-pastoral.eventbrite.com   The...

di Erika Facciolla   L'eccellenza del 'made in Italy' in fatto di sostenibilità e innovazione tecnologica sbarca in America e precisamente nella città di Chicago dove è stata recentemente inaugurata la 'West Cermak Street', già soprannominata 'la strada più verde d'America, grazie anche alla particolare miscela di cemento 'mangia-smog' prodo...

by Steve Dolinsky Of all the antipasti on the large menu at the new Siena Tavern in River North, there is one item that stands apart for its harmony of sweet, salt and fat. It was discovered on the team's research trip to Italy. "It's called cocoli and it's just some warm, kind of toasty bread with prosciutto di Parma, stracchino cheese and they j...