Coperta, a Highly Anticipated Italian Restaurant, Opens in Uptown
Brother-sister business partners, Paul and Aileen Reilly, the duo behind Beast + Bottle, are opening are opening the doors of their new Uptown eatery, Coperta, today at 5 p.m. A casual, large format concept, Coperta took shape after the siblings traveled through Southern Italy last summer, exploring regional specialties and quaint village hospitali...
MSSU Italy Semester Exhibition runs from August 22 through September 6
The Italy Semester photo exhibition "Un.It Unescoitalia: The World Heritage Sites in the Work of 14 Photographers" will be delayed by several days due to a delay in shipping the exhibition from the Miami Dade Public Library in Florida to Missouri Southern State University. The exhibition will open on Thursday, Aug. 22 (instead of Monday, A...
Maserati completely redesigns 2014 Quattroporte luxury sport sedan
A Maserati vehicle is not something most see on the daily commute to work. Born in Italy and arguably some of the finest crafted automobiles in the world, Maserati vehicles can be elusive to American shoppers - except those that live in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Recently, the Italian automaker reminded the world that it is...
Lyric Opera of Kansas City scores a big win with Rossini's, 'The Italian Girl in Algiers'
The Thursday evening final dress of Gioachino Rossini's romp of an opera, The Italian Girl in Algiers, convinced a lot of area students that opera is not just a fuddy-duddy bunch of screaming. Great voices, fantastic production values, constant business going on all over the stage makes audience members fearful of looking away, even to blink. &nbs...
Sons of Italy awards 18 students
There was plenty of heart and just as much “soul” Saturday as the Sons of Italy Lodge 2738’s 16th Scholarship Awards and Citizen of the Year Gala drew more than 400 patrons to the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center. The night’s theme was “We Honor Our Italian Ancestors from New Orleans,” a nod to the fact that many Sicilian immigr...
Taste the Regions/Cities: Roma
Join us as we continue to showcase Italy's regional richness and diversity in our popular series "Taste the Regions". For the first appointment of our Fall term, we will discover Roma, the capitol of Italy and a perennial favorite of tourists the world over. Thursday, October 15th, 6:30 to 8:30 PM, ICC instructor and Rome native Mirella He...
The Whole Scoop on Paul Reilly's Coperta
by Andra Zeppelin Paul and Aileen Reilly, siblings and partners extraordinaire at Beast + Bottle, are finally ready to unveil details of their upcoming restaurant, Coperta. Until a recent chat, the two have kept the particulars of the new Uptown restaurant under wraps. The chef chatted with Eater to share everything from design to...
Author to present his book on Italian-American women – Saturday, March 14
The Edith Wheeler Memorial Library will host a free talk by Anthony Riccio, author of Farms, Factories, and Families: Italian American Women of Connecticut, on Saturday, March 14, from 1 to 2 p.m., in the library’s Ehlers Meeting Room. Riccio’s presentation will focus on the roles of Italian-American women who, after immigrating from south...
A Night In Ancient Pompeii, Thursday, November 17, 2016
Union Station is hosting an exhibit on Pompeii starting on November 18, 2016 and running until next Spring. Kansas City is the first city in the United States to host this traveling show, which will be comprised of nearly 200 artifacts from the Naples National Archaeological Museum, including the famous plaster casts of those who could not escape t...
Italian Buffet is Next Monday at Iowa Lakes
Students at Iowa Lakes Community College are preparing an Italian 'feast' for the annual all-you-can-eat Italian Buffet Monday, Oct. 28. Students involved in the Emmetsburg Student Senate and the Hotel and Restaurant Management program assist in the preparation and serving of the food. Tickets are available from the students working the event...
Rigoletto-Opera For Everyone!, Thursday Evenings
Start: 07 May 2015 5:30 PM. End: 28 May 2015 7:30 PM Location: Hennepin Center for the Arts Building, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 502, Minneapolis, MN 55403Spaces left: 10. Registration: Members – $135.00 (USD) Become an opera expert, and learn more about the familiar Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. ICC na...
Charlie Gitto’s Downtown St. Louis – Restaurant Review provided by St. Louis Restaurant Review
Charlie Gitto's Downtown St. Louis – St Louis Restaurant Review published a review on February 15, 2015 about Charlie Gitto's three locations, On the Hill, From the Hill and at Hollywood Casino. We obtained information for our review that helped us understand the family and the business structure. It appears that the situation could create...