You are cordially invited to attend PARLIAMO ITALIANO - The first Networking event of the year. Meet new members and enjoy a taste of Italian wines & appetizers. RSVP today TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 - Starting at 6:00pm at DalTile Showroom 316 W. Hubbard St. - Chicago, IL   IACC Members $15 ...

The Italian American Society of Peoria will hold its 83rd Annual Italian Summer Festa on Sunday August 12, from 12:00 noon to 7:00pm at Hickory Grove Park inNorth Peoria. (Hickory Grove Road off Knoxville Ave, follow signs). The Summer Festa Picnic is a long-standing family event held by the Society every year since its founding in 1929 as a time...

The Comitato Tri Colore Italiane nel Mondo is inviting the entire community to bring its Italian flags and take part in the Festa della Repubblica on May 31 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in Chicago. Chicago's celebration of the unification of Italy will begin with an 11 a.m. Mass, followed by a procession with the Sicilian Band of Chicago t...

Spicing Addison's entertainment scene will be the Little Italy Fest-West from Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 9 with 12, featuring former lead singers from power rock bands Journey and Boston, entertainers from New York and Las Vegas, homemade Italian food specialties, carnival rides and children's activities. The smell of garlic and the sounds of S...

You are cordially invited to attend   Open House   Thursday, April 11th, 2013 5:30 - 8:00 pm   ItalCultura   at the Italian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1405

Carb-loaders of Chicago, we've got some bad news. Though work on the city's first outpost of Olive Garden was initially set to begin over the summer, the project has been delayed, DNAinfo Chicago reports. As a result, Chicagoans will have to wait until at least next spring to enjoy the "ample portions and relaxed ambiance" for which the n...

Italian architect Pier Carlo Bontempi will receive the 2014 Richard H. Driehaus Prize from the University of Notre Dame at a ceremony to be held on March 29 (Saturday) at the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium in Chicago.   Bontempi's award-winning international work includes a block recovery plan in Parma's historical center, as well as the...

2015 will mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri in 1265, and the 31st year since the first Lectura Dantis Newberrania.   This lecture examines Dante’s description of the shape, motion, size, color, and configuration of the three giri (“rounds”) of the Trinity in Paradiso 33.115-120, in order to envision what the Pilgrim...

by Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer   Monday is Columbus Day, a holiday that Chicago has celebrated with a parade since 1868. Italians have brought a rich culture to the city, along with such luminaries as Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, sportscaster Harry Caray, activist Florence Scala, actors Joe Mantegna and Dennis Farina. And there's much mor...

Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT)Chicago, IL. "Dante and the Limits of the Law", a book presentation by Professor Justin Steinberg, University of Chicago with the participation of Emanuele Coccia, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris"Dante and the L...