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Our Good Vibes feature spotlights websites, blogs, videos and podcast from around the world that celebrate Italy’s inimitable spirit. If you have a favorite online offering you’d like to share, send it to info@franoi.com. For more, follow us on Facebook. Geraci channels early rock greats with this pot boiler Harkening back to the days of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, Anthony Geraci leads this group of top East Coast musicians on a journey back to in time to good old rock ’n’ roll with this rendition of “Hand You our Walking Shoes.” Laying down a boogie-woogie beat on piano, …

Rising vocal stars Some of Chicago’s best young singers will perform Italian arias and art songs by iconic composers at the 50th anniversary edition of the Italian Cultural Center at Casa Italia’s Vocal Scholarship Awards Dinner and Concert. The event will start at 2 p.m. on Nov. 1 in the Casa Italia Community Center and feature a wine and cheese reception, concert and dinner. At press time, scholarship commitments have been made by the LiPuma and Turano families, Fabrizio and Elizabeth Devetak and the Italian American Executives of Transportation. Italian Cultural Center Librarian Dominic Candeloro will receive a Lifetime Achievement …