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EVENTI ITALIANI A CHICAGO E DINTORNI
CHICAGO EVENTS
NOVEMBRE - NOVEMBER 2015
NOVEMBER 1
REMEMBRANCE MASS
Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii
Ph. 312 421 3757

NOVEMBER 4
REGIONAL COOKING CLASS (UMBRIA)

CASA ITALIA (Stone Park)
Ph. 708 345 5933

I CICERONI
DINNER AND CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN 
Jim & Pete's (Elmwood Park)  
Ph. 708 562 7915

NOVEMBER 5 @6pm 
"SUPPORTING AN ALLY: AMERICAN FORCES IN ITALY, 1918"
"Aiuto a un alleato: forze armate americane in Italia, 1918"
Jonathan Casey, archivista e direttore del Museo della Prima Guerra Mondiale di Kansas City, parlera' del ruolo dell'esercito americano in Italia negli anni 1915-1918.
Ingresso libero e gratuito.

Jonathan Casey, Archivist and Edward Jones Research Center Manager of the WWI Museum in Kansas City, will speak about the role of the American Army in Italy at the time. Free and open to the public. Reservations kindly requested

Italian Cultural Institute
https://supportinganally.eventbrite.com 
NOVEMBER 6
FALL CONFERENCE
American  Association of Teachers of Italian-Midwest 
Ridgewood High School (Norridge)  
Ph. 847 718 5400

ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION  
"A THANKSGIVING FULL OF SOUL"
boutique, dinner and fashion show. Proceeds to benefit One Step at a Time camp for children with cancer  
Drury Lane Oakbrook   
Ph. 630 616 8466

NOVEMBER 7
VETERAN DAY 
sock hop featuring the Bronx Wanderers
ARCADA THEATRE (St. Charles)
Ph. 630 962 7000

DINNER DANCE
Congregazione di San Rocco di Potenza
 Manzo's Banquets (Des Plaines)
Ph. 773 551 2604

ITALIAN AMERICAN POLICE ASSOCIATION
Dinner dance honoring Joseph Martucci  
Alta Villa Banquets (Addison)  
708-268-1495

DINNER DANCE
Societa' SS Crocifisso di Cimina  
Porretta's Banquets (Chicago)
Ph. 847 57 -8230
NOVEMBER 8
CONCERT OF ITALIAN OPERA
featuring Vocal Scholarship Winners
(Stone Park)
Ph. 708 345 5933

NOVEMBER 9
U.S. AIR FORCE VETERAN WILLIAM CASTELLANO
Italian American Veterans Museum 
discusses his journey from Galewood to Afghanistan
Ph. 708 338 0690

NOVEMBER 11 @6pm
CONCERT BY THE MARZI - ZANCHINI DUO
Presentato dall'Istituto Italiano di Cultura, il concerto del duo nasce dal desiderio di far conoscere la musica di artisti famosi tra cui, Piazzolla, Sollima, Trovesi e tanti altri. Ingresso libero
 
Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute, the concert of the renowned duo stems from the desire to present to the audience the music of know famous artists like Piazzolla, Sollima, Trovesi and others . Free event
www.mariomarzi.net

Pianoforte Foundation
1335 S Michigan Avenue
NOVEMBER 11 @6pm
THE CTBUH LECTURE BY STEFANO BOERI  
In occasione della prima Chicago Architecture Biennial, Stefano Boeri, un architetto di Milano con pubblicazioni diffuse, professori a universita` note e socio del 2015 Milan Architecture Expo Advisory Board, terr� la lezione CTBUH, che fa parte del IIT Architecture Chicago's Dean's Lecture Series.
Aperto al pubblico

As part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial programs, Stefano Boeri, a Milan-based architect who has been widely published, has taught at leading universities, and is on the 2015 Milan Architecture Expo Advisory Board, will deliver the CTBUH Lecture as part of IIT Architecture Chicago's Dean's Lecture Series.
 
Center Core at S. R. Crown Hall
IIT College of Architecture, 3360 South State St.      
 

NOVEMBER 11 @ 2pm
"FROM THE ASYLUM TO THE HEIGHTS: DISABLEMENT, FOLLY, LOVE, MYSTICISM IN THE POETRY OF ALDA MERINI"
"Dall'ospedale psichiatrico alle vette: disabilita', follia, amore e misticismo nella poesia di Alda Merini". Luca Badetti, dottorando in "disability Studies presso l'Universita` dell'Illinois a Chicago terra' una conferenza sulla poesia di Alda Merini.

Luca Badetti, PhD candidate in Disability Studies at UIC, will give a lecture on the poetry of Alda Merini.

University of Illinois at Chicago
308 Grant Hall
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NOVEMBER 11 From 12:00 to 1:30pm 
PIZZA PARTY FOR KIDS
 
La Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi e Eataly vi invitano a partecipare ad una divertente lezione di pizza per i bambini. Prepareremo la pizza che porteremo a casa; per pranzo assaggeremo la pizza di Rossopomodoro e come dolce pizza alla nutella! $40 a bambino. Parte del ricavato sara' devoluto al progetto della Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi. I bambini di eta' compresa tra 2 e 5 anni dovranno essere accompagnati da un adulto, mentre i genitori dei bambini di 5-8+ anni potranno lasciare i bambini a La Scuola e venirli a prendere alla fine della lezione.

Join the Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi and Eataly for an interactive pizza-making lesson: make your own pizza to take home, then enjoy tasty pizza from Rossopomodoro and a nutella pizza for dessert! $40 per child.  Part of the proceeds will directly support the creation of the Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi. Please note that all children 2-5 years old, will require parents' assistance to participate in this class. 
Parents and guardians of children aged 5-8 are welcome to drop off their children at La Scuola and pick them up after class. To register click here.
NOVEMBER 11 @6pm
"THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTOR ACTIVITY AND ORGANIZED EXTRACURRICULAR SPORTS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT."

Sotto gli auspici del Consolato Generale d'italia, il CONI organizza un simposio sull'importanza dell'attivita' motoria nello sviluppo del bambino. Relatori : Prof. Linda Pagani, Universita' di Montreal e Prof. Lydia Lewis-Brandt, Near North Montessori School di Chicago.
 
Under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago CONI (the Italian Olympic Committee) organizes a symposium on the importance of motor activity and organized extracurricular sports in child development". Speakers: Prof. Linda Pagani, Montreal University, Prof. Lydia Lewis-Brandt, Near North Montessori School di Chicago

National Italian American Hall Sports of Fame (www.niashf.org)
1431 West Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60607
NOVEMBER 11
BIG NIGHT DINNER 
Amici Naperville area Italian American Club
Ph. 630 369 0575

Frank Sinatra Jr. performs "SINATRA SINGS SINATRA, AS I REMEMBER IT " 
Arcada Theatre  
Ph. 630 962 7000
NOVEMBER 13 - DECEMBER 18 
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION : "HAPPENCHANCE".
Monday - Friday: 10-1pm and 2:15 - 5pm
Mostra fotografica: "Happenchance. Le fotografie della seconda Guerra Mondiale di Alfonso Carrara. La campagna di guerra in Italia"
Ingresso libero e gratuito

Photographic exhibition : "Happenchance, World War II photographs by Alfonso Carrara, 1942-1945: Italian Campaign"
Free and open to the public. Reservations kindly requested

Italian Cultural Institute
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NOVEMBER 13
PASTA PARTY FUN NIGHT
Italian American War Veterans Post 2
Alta Villa (Addison)
Ph. 630-941-4700
NOVEMBER 14
CONCERT FEATURING MASTER  piccoloist NICOLA MAZZANTI
Chicago Flute Club 
Hilton Chicago O'Hare (Rosemont)  
chicagofluteclub.org  

VETERANS DAY MASS    
Italian American War Veterans   
Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii (Chicago)
Ph. 773 728 3733

NOVEMBER 18
ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Ciao Italia Club 
Elmhurst Public Library
Ph. 630-279-8696
www.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org  
NOVEMBER 19 @ 6pm
"BEFORE NEOREALISM: ITALY'S FORGOTTEN CINEMA" 
Proiezione del documentario "Prima del Neorealismo: il cinema italiano dimenticato" di David Lee Morea. Seguira' un dibattito con il regista e con Alberto Zambenedetti, professore di cinema presso l'Oberlin College.
Ingresso libero e gratuito

Screening of the documentary "Before Neorealism: Italy's Forgotten Cinema," the most comprehensive feature-length English-language documentary on Italian cinema during Fascism, by David Lee Morea. A discussion with the Director David Lee Morea and Alberto Zambenedetti, Professor of Cinema Studies at Oberlin College, will follow. Free and open to the public. Reservations kindly requested
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NOVEMBER 21
DINNER DANCE HONORING UMBERTO "TONY" TURANO
Comboni Missionaries 
Porretta's Banquets (Chicago)
Ph. 708-354-1999 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS DINNER HONORING RON ONESTI AND SONNY NICOTERA    
Italian American Executives Of Transportation
Alta Villa Banquets (Addison)
Ph. 630-825-9816
NOVEMBER 22
HOLIDAY BAZAAR AND HOMEMADE BAKE SALE 
Mazzini-Verdi Ladies Club
Mazzini-Verdi Club (Franklin Park)
Ph. 708-366-8435 
  
HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE AND BAKE SALE   
Shrine of our lady of Pompeii
(Chicago)
Ph. 312-421-3757

NOVEMBER 29
LUNCH WITH SANTA
Shrine of our lady of Pompeii
Ph. 312 421 3757
 
CELEBRATING GALILEO

In occasione del 400esimo anniversario della lettera di Galileo a Cristina di Lorena granduchessa di Toscana, la Loyola University Chicago, in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale di Chicago, l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura e ItalCultura, presenta una serie di eventi:
  
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Galileo's Letter to Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Loyola University Chicago, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, the Italian Cultural Institute and ItalCultura, will present a series of events:

NOVEMBER 4 @7:30pm
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
concerto dell'Orchestra della Loyola University
Sinfonia 41 "Jupiter" (Mozart) Sun Music IV (Peter Sculthorpe, premiere americana)
Movimenti scelta da "The Planets Suite" (Holst) e da "Star Wars" (John Williams).

Symphony 41 "Jupiter" (Mozart Sun Music IV (Peter Sculthorpe, US premiere)
selected movements from The Planets Suite (Holst) and selections from Star Wars (John Williams).
 

Mundelein Center Auditorium
 
NOVEMBER 13  @8pm
CONCERT BY MR. JOEL SPEARS AND CHAMBER CHOIR OF LOYOLA
Concerto del Maestro Joel Spears e il Coro per musica da camera della Loyola University.
Il Maestro Spears eeguira' un programma di musica per liuto composta da Vincenzo Galielei, padre di Galileo, di Michelangelo Galilei, fratello di Galileo, Michelangelo, e di Galileo Galilei stesso. Il Coro eseguira' il salmo "In exitu Israel", musicato da Vincenzo Galilei, madrigali di Monteverdi, opere di Caccini e altre composizioni contemporanee italiane.

Mr. Spears will perform lute music composed by both Galileo's father, Vincenzo, and brother, Michelangelo, as well as by Galileo Galilei himself. The Chamber Choir will perform Vincenzo's setting of the Psalm, "In exitu Israel", madrigals by Monteverdi, works by Caccini, and other contemporary Italian compositions.
 

Skowronski Music Hall

NOVEMBER 13 @ 7:30 pm (OPENING NIGHT) /NOV14, 19, 20, 21 @ 7:30pm/NOV 15, 22 @2pm
Rappresentazione della commedia "Galileo" di Bertolt Brecht ad opera del Dipartimento di Arte e Spettacolo della Loyola University Chicago, sotto la direzione del regista teatrale Mark E. Lococo.
 
Production of Bertolt Brecht's play, "Galileo," by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of Loyola University Chicago under the direction of Mark E. Lococo, Director of Theater.

NOVEMBER 14-15 @12.00
Il Dipartimento di danza presso la Loyola University di Chicago presenta lo spettacolo di danza "De Motu" della coreografa Sarah Cullen Fuller, composto sulle "Variazioni Goldberg" di Bach.

The Dance Program of Loyola University Chicago presents De Motu ("On Motion"), choreographed by instructor Sarah Cullen Fuller, as part of the Inaugural Dance Senior Solo Showcase. Choreographed to Bach's Goldberg Variations.
 
The Palm Court, 4th Floor, Mundelein Center

 NOVEMBER 18 @8pm
Dimostrazione di esperimenti di Galileo Galilei e di telescopi del passato e del presente da parte del Prof. Asim Gangopadhyaya del Dipartimento di Fisica della Loyola University. 

Demonstration of selected experiments of Galileo Galilei and of telescopes of the past and present by Prof. Asim Gangopadhyaya of Loyola's Physics Department;

NOVEMBER 19 @3pm
Conferenza annuale John Cardinal Cody Chair in Theology del Prof. George Coyne, gia' Direttore dell'osservatorio vaticano. "Dove sono stati andati i cieli? Galileo, la scienza moderna e la Bibbia."

Annual John Cardinal Cody Chair in Theology Lecture by Prof. George Coyne, S.J., former Director of the Vatican Observatory. "Where Have the Heavens Gone? Galileo, Modern Science, and the Bible."
 
 
Coffey Hall - McCormick Lounge
 
NOVEMBER 20 from 9am- 12 noon
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AND ADVANCED GRADUATE SEMINAR"COSMOS, PAST AND PRESENT: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION OF GALILEO'S LETTER TO CHRISTINA OF LORRAINE"
Tavola rotonda e seminario
"Il cosmo passato e presente: una discussione interdisciplinaria della lettera di Galileo a Cristina di Lorena"
Partecipanti: Padre George Coyne, ex direttore dell'Osservatorio Vaticano, attuale McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy presso il Le Moyne College di Syracuse; Prof. Mauro Pesce, Professore Emerito di Storia della Cristianesimo presso l'Universita` di Bologna e autore di "L'ermeneutica biblica di Galileo e le due strade della teologia cristiana" (2005); Dott. Dennis McCarthy, ex Direttore del Consiglio d'Amministrazione di tempo presso l'Osservatorio Navale di Washington D.C., e autore di "Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics" (2009); Dott. Asim Gangopadhyaya, ex direttore del Dipartimento di Fisica e attuale vice-decano di programmazione e risorse presso la Loyola University; Dott. John McCarthy, l'ex presidente del dipartimento di teologia e autore di articoli su Galileo e il sacro.
 
Presenters: Fr. George Coyne, S.J., former Director of the Vatican Observatory, currently McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY; Professor Mauro Pesce, Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity at the University of Bologna and author of "L'ermeneutica biblica di Galileo e le due strade della teologia cristiana" (2005); Dr. Dennis McCarthy, former Director of the Directorate of Time at the Naval Observatory in Washington D.C., and author of "Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic ysics" (2009); Dr. Asim Gangopadhyaya, former chair of the Physics Department and currently Associate Dean for Planning and Resources at Loyola;
Dr. John McCarthy, former chair of the Theology Department and author of articles on both Galileo and the concept of the sacred.
 
Coffey Hall - McCormick Lounge
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