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Corporate skullduggery Italian Film Festival USA will present “Palazzina LAF” at 6:30 p.m. on May 3 in Kresge Hall 1-515 at Northwestern University in Evanston. Based on a true story, the movie follows Caterino, a steelworker in Taranto, who is assigned to a special building at his workplace that’s secretly designed to psychologically break unwanted workers and force them to resign. For more, click here. A new take on an old tale Italian director Alain Ughetto uses claymation to tell the true story of Cesira and Luigi, a couple of Italian immigrants who in the 1920s escape poverty by passing …

Live Italian music returns to Chicago this month as international superstar Zucchero brings his Overdose d’Amore World Tour to the Copernicus Center on Thursday, May 16. “Zucchero’s live show is one of the most electrifying, upbeat and exciting Italian musical experiences we bring to Chicago,” says Ron Onesti, promoter of the Chicago show. “Everyone is dancing and singing along. It’s a great show for all ages!” Zucchero Forniciari has been selling out arenas all over the world since the 1970s and has sold more than 60 million records in the course of a 40-year career. Among his many honors are …