CIAP #17: Networking Sicilian Style @ Casa Italia on September 22nd 6pm to 9pm.

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Networking Sicilian Style means great food, wine, people AND a presentation about the rich history, culture, food and wine of Sicily.  Casa Italia is Chicagoland's destination for Italian festivals, educational events and cultural experiences.  

(Casa Italia is located at 1621 N. 39th Street, Stone Park, IL 60165.  www.casaitaliachicago.org)
  • ​Event starts at 6pm and ends at 9pm.
  • Networking and bocce from 6pm to 7pm
  • Presentation on Sicily from 7pm to 7:30pm
  • Food and networking from 7:30pm until 9pm

Food includes:
  • ​Arancini - famous Siclian rice balls filled with tasty ingredients; you will have a ball eating these
  • Pane e Panelle - famous Sicilian street food found at the Vucciria Vecchia in Palermo, Sicily
  • Caponata - Delicious appetizer of eggplant, tomato sauce and other mouth watering seasonings
  • Baked Anellini al Forno pasta - this baked Sicilian pasta dish is about as delicious and famous as you can get.
  • Insalata al Camaci: salad as famous as the chef who prepares it
Dessert
  • Canolii - delicious tasty sweet creamy filled pastry shells that will bring back memories of the Arab influence in Sicily right in your mouth.
Wine
  • Nero D'Avola - the most famous Sicilian varietal served in copious quantities to quench your thirst while you eat the delicious Sicilian food
After Dinner Drink
  • Limoncello - tasty lemon flavored cordial that will remind you of the beautiful view of Taormina, Sicily
Presentation on the history of Sicily provided by:
  • Dr. Louis DeFilippi
Dr. DeFilippi has a strong interest in his family genealogy, having discovered more than 2,000 relatives, mostly from Sicily, with diverse ancestry including Egyptian, Norman (Viking), Albanian, Greek, Cypriot, and Swabian as well as Slave, Nobel, Jewish and Crusader backgrounds, amongst others. He has copies of Catholic Church baptismal and marriage records dating back to 1528, with ancestors born under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella.
  • Gianluca Butticè
Gianluca was born in Agrigento, Sicily, with a passion for inter-culturalism and traveling.  He lived in Sicily for over 25 years and then, as an hospitality worker, he moved to other Italian regions. Afterward, he decided to move to Canada first and then to the United States.

In Chicago he has pursued and obtained a degree in Hospitality Management and Occupational Psychology from DePaul University. Besides working as a travel planner to Italy, he teaches Italian and even Sicilian language from years. Sharing knowledge about his native language and culture is something akin to a mission for him.

His involvement with CIAP originated at the beginning of the year 2015 when he met Salvatore, the Executive Director of the organization, with whom he shares Sicilian roots. CIAP is a unique place for him and for you to celebrate the language, the culture, and all the great things “il bel paese” has to offer.
  • Dr. Kathryn Occhipinti
Dr. Kathryn Occhipinti is a radiologist of Italian-American descent who has been teaching the Italian in the Peoria and Chicago areas for about 10 years. During that time, she founded Stella Lucente, LLC, a publishing company focused on instructional language books designed to make learning a second language easy and enjoyable for the adult audience. 

Using her experiences as a teacher and frequent traveler to Italy, she wrote the “Conversational Italian for Travelers” series of books, which follow the character Caterina on her travels through Italy, while at the same time introducing the fundamentals of the Italian language and culture.