Italian firm plans $56 million wind project in central Iowa
An Italian company says it has reached an agreement to build a $56 million wind farm in central Iowa with the capacity to generate 30 megawatts of energy. Building Energy SPA said its subsidiary, Building Energy Wind Iowa, will provide $23 million of the project cost, with Capital One Bank kicking in $33 million. Read more ...
Rita's Italian Ice scoops first of 20 Minnesota locations
A Pennsylvania-based Italian ice franchise with more than 600 stores in 23 states opened its first Minnesota location in Eagan this month. Rita's Italian Ice is made of ice and fresh fruit and available in 65 flavors. The company also makes cream ice (they frown upon calling it ice cream), frozen custard, milkshakes, custard cakes and gela...
UNICO's Microbrew Festival at Zona Rosa - Saturday, August 16
Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM2014 marks the 6th annual UNICO Microbrew Festival at Zona Rosa. All thirsts will be quenched with more than 75 unique brews from a wide variety of regional and national breweries. This year, we will have good showing from new, local breweries and home brewers! The event will take place in t...
Chef Gina Stipo brings Ecco La Cucina to Kansas City
Kansas City has become a "hot spot" for guest chefs and food artisans the past three to four years. Buddy Valastro, Ferran Adrià, Dario Cecchini, John Besh, Rachael Ray, Roberto Donna, Bryan Voltaggio ... The list is endless and I can go along for five more paragraphs to be honest with you. This past week another chef passed through K...
Italian ice shop with drive-through comes to Stillwater Lucky’s station
Gasoline customers at Lucky's on Greeley Street in Stillwater now get more than fuel when they fill up. They also get a few bites of a treat that's new to the St. Croix Valley — Rita's Italian Ice. "We're giving it away free with every gas customer," Lucky's owner Scott Stevens said. "People don't like to buy gas. ... Now I've made gas a l...
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A spectacular example of ancient Roman sculpture will be on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City from June 22 through Sept. 29 in Kirkwood Hall. The Fauno rosso, a red marble sculpture of a satyr (also called "faun"), was given to the Capitoline Museums in 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV. It was commissioned by Hadrian, the great empero...
Italian Film Festival 2013
The volunteers of the ICC's 5th Annual Italian Film Festival are thrilled with the extraordinary artistry and quality of this year's film lineup! Now that the films are selected and the dates set, the next and most important step is ensuring that as many people as possible see these movies! That said, the film committee extends a warm invitation t...
Colorado Classics: Frank Palmeri, longtime high school P.A. announcer
by Irv Moss Over a span of 57 years, Frank Palmeri dropped more names than a well-connected gossip columnist. He didn't deal with rumor or innuendo. Any name he mentioned was verifiable. His focus was on sports, and he knew the players and officials on the Denver sports scene. Palmeri became a well-known figure at most of the...
Sebastiano 'Yano' Falcone, 90, had strong ties to Sicilian heritage, Italian community
Sebastiano "Yano" Falcone worked hard to build a strong base for his family in his new home in Omaha, but he always held on to his Sicilian roots. Falcone was a lifelong member of the Santa Lucia Festival Committee, serving from 1946 until his death Sunday. He was 90. Read more Source: http://www.omaha.com
Review: Randolfi's Has Amazing Food. But Is St. Louis Ready for It?
By Cheryl Baehr Our server at Randolfi's insisted that we try the sweetbreads Parmesan, and we were exceptionally glad we heeded her advice. Of course sweetbreads aren't bread and they aren't particularly sweet, as I imagined the father behind me telling his perplexed five-year-old — instead, they're the delicate glands from the thymu...
Campiello, Fine Italian In Eden Prairie
By Jason DeRusha In a low-profile, strip mall surrounded by Eden Prairie corporate headquarters, D'Amico's Campiello Restaurant has been quietly creating great Italian food for more than twenty years. "It's an institution," executive chef Chris Dmochowski said. "D'Amico has a really good knack for running really good restaurants, a...
New Italian restaurant to open on Broad Street
by Greg Bischof Nearly 14 years ago, Zapata's Mexican restaurateurs traveled north from Shreveport to carved out a wedge of business in Texarkana, Ark. And now some Italian restaurateurs are doing the same. Verona, a soon-to-be Italian fine dining restaurant, recently took up residency at 212 East Broad St.—the for...