Jerry Viviano of Overland Park is host of the Viviano Benefit Variety Show, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Viviano also works full-time in sales for Sysco. This year's show, which benefits Don Bosco Center, is at 6 p.m. Nov. 22 in Rose Theatre at Rockhurst High School. Tickets are $25 and include an Italian dinner; call H...
READ MOREThank you Robert for sharing with us your wonderful pictures of this year's Feast of Our Lady of the Audience (May 24th). Each year devotees gather at Holy Rosary Church in Kansas City, Missouri to celebrate the Feast of the Madonna dell'Udienza, patroness of Sambuca, Sicily. Festivities included live music, refreshments and the highly ant...
READ MOREby Coreen Savitski Randolfi's is bringing Southern Italian inspired cuisine to the Delmar Loop. "We wanted to go with kind of classical Italian with some modern touches," explained Michael Randolph, Randolfis' Chef/Owner. Chef Randolph keeps the menu 80% approachable and 20% inventive. "If you wanted to come in and get a...
READ MOREBy Sara Shepherd Megan Jones first saw a picture of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in a high school history textbook, but moved on after being told they wouldn't be on the test. As a sophomore at Indiana University, assigned to write about something in the university's rare book library, she came across the intriguing figures again. Thi...
READ MOREby Joyce Smith On the Saturday before Christmas — one of the busiest nights of the year at the Northland's Cascone's Italian Restaurant —partner Jimmy Cascone still stopped to reminisce with longtime customers. One customer who had been celebrating the season with his family there for decades forgot to make reservations for his pa...
READ MOREby Susan Smith-Harmon Every community has that one terrific restaurant that's the "go to" place for a special night out. It's that place with the linen tablecloths, elegant ambiance, good service, good wine, and terrific food. For Brentwood residents, that's Frank Papa's Ristorante at 2241 South Brentwood Blvd., just south of I-64. ...
READ MOREEco Stylish Home, LLC (ESH), announced today their newest collection of high quality ceramics. The Melograno ceramic Italian handpainted dinnerware and pottery is now available for purchase. Termed the Melograno Umbria Collection, the items are sure to dazzle and captivate. Located in central Italy, Umbria is a renowned region for hand crafted cer...
READ MOREBy 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...
READ MOREWhen 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). "...
READ MOREby 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...
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