Italian Automobiles On Display This Weekend!!
Join Us for the 26th Annual Automezzi Benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Ferrari of Denver Presents a Celebration of Italian Motoring. Let's celebrate 26 years of Italian Motoring in Colorado together on the beautiful grounds of the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival. All Italian marques and designs are welcome to display i...
Dave Passanise is honored by the Italian Club of St. Louis with The Italian Heritage Award
On October 19, Dave Passanise, owner of Maestro Screen Printing, accepted the Italian Heritage Award in a gracious speech to family, friends and club members at Favazza's Banquet Center. His inspirational words gave everyone insight into Dave's philosophy on life, and the principles that guide him. In Dave's words: "Now, why am I here...
Hot Spot for Fresh Italian at a Great Price – Tavolo V
By Susan Smith-Harmon Some neighborhoods are quietly idyllic, others buzz with energy. The Loop hums with excitement. The stretch of Delmar Blvd from between The University City lions at Trinity and the MetroLink Station at Des Peres is teaming with interesting shops and restaurants. That's why it was named "One of the Ten Great Streets in America...
Lidia Bastianich says Kansas City needed her restaurant
When Lidia's Kansas City opened in the Crossroads 15 years ago, there had never been a restaurant in the former railroad freight house (there are now three), and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich (the proprietor of Felidia, Becco, Esca and Del Posto restaurants in New York City) had never opened a location outside New York (she now has two). "...
Aspen mayor, officials to visit Abetone
City leaders will visit Italy later this month to see if a ski village there is a good fit for the Aspen Sister Cities program, and they also plan to visit multiple bike-racing towns to gather ideas for the USA Pro Challenge. Aspen Mayor Steve Skadron will join three other city officials Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 on the trip to Abetone, an Italia...
Owner of popular KC restaurant battered in clash with armed robber
by Shannon O'Brien A popular Midtown restaurant was robbed and the owner ended up in the hospital on Tuesday. Police say a man followed the owner into the store and attacked him, then got away in a yellow cab. For 13 years, Franco Cupini has owned the restaurant and says he has never had any trouble until Tuesday. "I am lucky...
Nina and Pinta sail up the Mississippi for tours in Grafton this weekend
by Joe Millitzer Replicas of the Nina and the Pinta will be in Grafton this weekend. The ships could be seen passing by the arch in St. Louis Thursday morning. They were travelling from a Kimmswick, MO. The ships are on an educational mission. They travel all over the United States to show people what kind of vessels were used dur...
DeRusha Eats: Cossetta’s Italian Empire
It is Little Italy in the heart of downtown St. Paul. Cossetta's is an institution. "Italian sausage is what we're famous for," said Dave Cossetta, the fourth generation of Cossettas running their self-named Italian food emporium. Dave's great-grandfather came to St. Paul from Calabria, Italy and opened a tiny grocery market in 1911. ...
Loan for rare MU-Italy art project covers shipping, insurance costs
In September, MU and the Italian government announced an agreement for a loan of 249 vessels of previously unstudied black-gloss pottery from the Capitoline Museums in Rome to be examined by MU students and scholars. It was the launch of an extremely rare project, as Italy had done only temporary international art loans in the past. ...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian position - KS State Univ
The Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian, term position, for the 2015-2016 academic year, with an option to be renewed. Completed PhD by August 2015 preferred, ABD considered. Native or near-native proficiency in Italian required. Generalist with abilit...
Recipes From America’s Italian Communities – Part 9
As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the local communities and later for Americans nationwide. Italian Immigrants came to Wyoming in the late nineteenth a...
Harpsichord sounds from 1500s' Italy now playing in US
A harpsichord that entertained the elites of Italy in the mid-1500s has been restored by a South Dakota museum and will soon bring its sound to 21st-century ears. The National Music Museum in Vermilion, which acquired the instrument in 2009, worked with Chilean-born musician Catalina Vicens, who specializes in historical keyboards and percussi...