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Italy's leading ensemble on the world music circuit, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino returns Stateside for a series of Fall concert dates. Running from September 29th through October 10th, stops along CGS's 2016 mini-tour include Midwest performances at the Madison World Music Festival, Legion Arts (Cedar Rapids, IA) and Minneapolis's Cedar Cultural...

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The 17th Street Farmers' Market is set to become a hub of Italian culture, when the 10th Annual Original Richmond Italian Street Festival takes over on September 27 and 28.   Proceeds from the festival, which will include food, cultural exhibits, a "Sauce and Gravy" contest and a meatball-eating contest, benefit The Faison School, VCU's Ital...

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When I first visited Olli Salumeria's processing facility, the only person I saw stuffing sausages was owner Olivierio "Olli" Colmignoli. Tall, handsome and with a distinct Italian accent, Colmignoli wore a white chef's jacket and expensive olive-green jeans.   He was adding a bottle of Sangiovese to a batch of ground pork before loading the...

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The Shops at Willow Lawn are turning into a mini-dining hub with such spots as American Tap Room, Zoës Kitchen, Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar, Duck Donuts and, soon, Family Meal. Travinia, which opened in August, serves "contemporary American Italian cuisine," and the Willow Lawn restaurant is one of 13 locations across the Carolinas, Fl...

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Standing at the end Boulevard, next to the tennis courts at Byrd Park, is the first statue of Christopher Columbus erected in the South. In the early 1920s, Richmond's Italian-American community – about 1,000 strong – wanted to gift a statue of their kinsman to their adopted home.   The residents hoped city officials would add a Columbus sta...

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Leonardo LoCascio Selections (LLS), a member of The Winebow Group and America's leading importer of premium Italian wines, has announced that it is the exclusive U.S. importer of Il Marroneto, the highly acclaimed Brunello producer led by owner and winemaker Alessandro Mori. Il Marroneto joins a portfolio that represents more than 50 wineries throu...

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by Marissa Hermanson Chef Mike Isabella's name isn't foreign to foodies. The D.C.-based chef and cookbook author has starred on a little TV show on Bravo called "Top Chef." And now, his food is right here in Richmond.   Isabella's Italian-inspired restaurant, the first of which opened in Washington's Chinatown neighborhood in 2011, serves u...

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Historic Richmondtown was painted red, white and green for the first annual Rome Through Richmondtown festival on Staten Island.   The festival was presented by Borough President James Oddo and served as the replacement for the annual Columbus Parade, which had seen an attendance drop in recent years. Oddo went the way of a festival to exten...

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by Scott Wise   The statue of Christopher Columbus erected where Boulevard hits Byrd Park in Richmond was vandalized on Columbus Day. A message left with the Richmond Department of Public Works about the Columbus statue vandalism has not yet been returned. Monday was Columbus Day and the words "lies" and "genocide" painted on the Columb...

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The temperature was in the mid-40s and the chill breeze made it feel colder even with the sunshine, but at Ralph's Italian Ices, patrons were lined up for their first taste of the season.   It just goes to show you, it does not take a hot summer day for Staten Islanders thoughts to turn to pina colada, rainbow and mango ices. It just ta...

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