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One of the world's greatest artists is coming to Phoenix. OK, not the artist himself, but one of his works. Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester will be on display at the Phoenix Art Museum starting on Saturday.   Jerry Smith is curator of American and European Art to 1950 and Art of the American West at Phoenix Art Museum. Leonardo da V...

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I rarely eat in Italian restaurants. Raised on basic Italian fare, I'm put off by menus featuring chicken parmigiani and "gourmet" versions of pasta fagioli (peasant food, made with white beans and macaroni in a watery tomato broth, but invariably Italian-­Americanized with veal and a half­-dozen vegetables in the pretentious "Italian" diners that...

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Arrivano dal Canada, Ohio, Arizona, Michigan per un corso full immersion sulla Cucina italiana, fra tradizione e innovazione.   E' il primo gruppo di studenti dell'Art Institute, prestigioso gruppo di college che annovera 50 sedi negli Stati Uniti e in Canada con più di 70mila studenti di cui oltre 14mila frequentanti l'indirizzo cucina (Int...

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Two 20 years old Italian scientists, Massimo Cappelletto and Davide Zilli who just one year ago got their diploma at the ISIS "Arturo Malignani" Institute of Udine, reached the second award in the category Energy and Transportation at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the most famous scientific award for high school students fro...

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By Becky Bartkowski "I use the same approach to clothes as I did when I designed buildings," the late Gianfranco Ferré once said. "It is basic geometry: You take a flat form and revolve it in space."    This hyper-technical, detail-oriented approach the Italian architect turned designer employed is evident in Phoenix Art Museum's prese...

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By Dave Lumia   Hall of Fame broadcaster Joe Garagiola died Wednesday morning following an unparalleled career in baseball spanning from his playing days in the 1940s to his role as a D-backs broadcaster on FOX Sports Arizona through 2013. Garagiola had a nine-year Major League career before gravitating to the broadcast booth, where his...

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This is part two of our interview with Joey Maggiore of Cuttlefish in Scottsdale. The seafood restaurant opened late last year and features an oyster bar (complete with Vespa seating) and a menu of coastal Italian cuisine.   Today, we're talking about the two new restaurants Maggiore plans to open around Scottsdale this year. Be sure to go b...

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by Damien Alameda    The Phoenix Regional Sports Commission (PRSC) has announced its 2014 class of inductees for the 44th Arizona Sports Hall of Fame. This year's Induction Ceremony will honor Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club founder Arthur J. Martori; Phoenix International Raceway entrepreneur Emmett "Buddy" Jobe; three-time Paralympic Whee...

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And this year's inductees to the Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame are...... Gio Osso of Virtu Honest Craft for Chef of the Year. Osso, who's known for his modern Italian cuisine, beat out an illustrious group that included Charleen Badman of FnB, Mel Mecinas of Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, and Justin Beckett of Beckett's Table a...

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Originally from Northern Italy—Veneto to be precise—author Maria Grazia Swan came to the United States as an adult. She lived in other European countries as a child, so the only thing that had her concerned was the ocean in between. Oh, and here's a secret she shared —she doesn't know how to swim!Today, Maria has two grown sons and grandsons, who b...

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