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Un rappresentante del Consolato Italiano di Chicago sarà a Minneapolis per facilitare il rilascio dei passaporti biometrici per i cittadini italiani residenti nel Minnesota o Western Wisconsin. La visita del rappresentante avverrà venerdi, 19 febbraio p.v. dalle 9,00 alle 14,30 nella sede dell'Italian Cultural Center a Minneapolis. Le visite a...

With his mop of gray hair and a red instrument case, Nando di Modugno could be mistaken for a classic rock guitarist on tour.   Then he opens the case, revealing a classical guitar. He removes the instrument and begins plucking a tune. Instead of the frantic buzz of rock and roll, di Modugno weaves a graceful melody, his fingers running up a...

The familiar melodies of Giuseppe Verdi filled the historic opera house July 11 on opening night of Central City Opera's 2015 summer festival. It was a dressed-down audience for the 83rd season opener, as the Yellow Rose Ball and presentation of the flower girls took place earlier on June 27 instead of the traditional opening night formal affa...

The World Premiere of DaVinci & Michelangelo: Titans Side by Side Original Museum Theatre Performance will make its debut at the Glitter Dome Event Center in the RINO Arts District of Denver, CO beginning with an evening performance on November 27th, 2015 at 7:30pm and playing selected matinee and evening performance through December until New...

The Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association proudly presents Trio Settecento for the final concert of its 2012-2013 season. Imagination, vigor, technical polish and historical insight have made the Trio's performances appealing to audiences and critics alike. The Ames program is entitled "An Italian Sojourn" featuring 17th and 18th century m...

Join us on Monday, October 21, 2013, and meet Italian American author, Deborah Stevens! Deborah has recently completed her first novel, a fiction thriller, entitled " The Serpent's Disciple". The book's springboard is derived from the 1978 event in which Pope John Paul I was about to release a list of y within the Vatican who belonged to an illega...

by Michael Stavola   Among the events at Festa Italiana in the Frontenac on Saturday, none is more anticipated than the food sampling, where patrons can try a diverse range of food. Despite the Italian undertone, the event will have a variety of cultural food, passed down from early settlers to Southeast Kansas. Proceeds from the event,...

Who: Order Sons of Italy in America, Cabrini Lodge, No. 2826 What: OSIA Cabrini Lodge's scholarship awards When: May 17 Where: Our Lady of the Meadows church hall   Highlights/honorees: The Cabrini Lodge's 10th annual scholarship awards presentation included an Italian dinner, dessert and drinks. Scholarship recipients were Sarah Lira, Ma...

By Emily Younker La dolce vita is coming to Missouri Southern State University. The university's themed semester this fall focuses on Italy and will feature about 50 events, including guest speakers, lectures and presentations, films, concerts and theatrical shows, and readings.   "The goal was really to incorporate something for everyone,...

È stata inaugurata ieri, 29 gennaio, presso il Kansas City Convention Center di Kansas City, nel Missouri, la Fiera Internazionale AG Connect Expo 2013, una delle più importanti manifestazioni fieristiche di tutto il Nord America per il settore della meccanizzazione agricola. Organizzata dalla AEM (Association of Equipment Manufacturers), associaz...

A taste of la dolce vita is at the St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis this weekend as the seventh annual Italian Film Festival takes to screens with works from new talents and cinematic titans. Additionally, WCCO-TV’s most Italian news anchor, Frank Vascellaro, will be kicking festivities off with a gala at the nearby Aster Café, complete with...

Founding Father George Washington's noble visage — and wig. Thomas Jefferson's vision of expansion — and an invisible cracked lip. Abraham Lincoln's focus on preserving the Union. Theodore Roosevelt's target of national unification — and individual ruggedness. The life expressed in the granite faces at Mount Rushmore National Memori...