Gateway Park hosts Italian festival
The Italian American Heritage Festival enters its second day in Gateway Park on Saturday. Italian entertainment and cuisine are highlights of the fourth annual celebration. "With more space than ever before, we have added additional entertainment acts, expanded our cultural exhibits, enhanced our activity offerings to include everyone in...
Sporting Kansas City turns down $1 Million offer from Juventus for Erik Palmer-Brown
Less than six months ago, Erik Palmer-Brown became the youngest person ever to sign with Sporting Kansas City in franchise history. The 16 year-old is now drawing some interest from abroad, as Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl reports: Sporting Kansas City has turned down a $1 million bid from Italian giant Juventus for 16-year-old defender...
WCCO Viewers’ Choice For Best Italian Food In Minnesota
Cossetta Alimentari is a downtown St. Paul institution. It's three sprawling floors of Italian breads, cheeses, pastries, pizza and — of course — pasta! But if you want to know the story of Cossetta, the writing is on the wall. Michael Cossetta opened his business more than 100 years ago, in 1911. Read more Source: http...
Now available! Tickets for the 9th Italian Film Festival
by Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis ICC Members & Friends! Tickets for the 9th Italian Film Festival are now available! We're proud to present eight films never before seen in Minnesota, and a celebration of acclaimed director Sergio Leone with a showing of his masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in the West. We are also...
Market celebrates 60 years of business
For 60 years, Valente's Deli Bakery and Italian Market has been a staple in the Westminster community. Known for its homemade Italian sausage and cannolis, Valente's isn't a place where customers are rushing in and out — it's a place where people are greeted by a friendly staff, including father and son owners Larry and Dino Valente who consider se...
Chef Jasper Mirabile celebrates Italy’s Carnevale with cannoli
I came across a poem today about cannoli, and I thought it was fitting for Carnevale. As you know, Carnevale comes 40 days before Easter, kind of like a last fling before Ash Wednesday. Let's just say it's one big party, a last hurrah full of rich foods and sweet desserts. Carnevale comes from the words "carne," which means meat, and "lea...
Italians celebrate Columbus Day parade in downtown Denver
by Elisabeth Hernandez Sabino Romano and his family hoisted Italian flags in the air as they brought up the rear of the Columbus Day parade on Saturday morning in Denver. Romano has been showing his support for the holiday at the downtown Denver event for at least 20 years, he said. "It's an Italian thing," Romano said. "Plus...
'The Light in the Piazza' brings a taste of Tuscany to campus
Wichita State University's School of Music and Performing Arts will present "The Light in the Piazza" as part of National Opera Week at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 29-31, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, in Miller Concert Hall. The romantic musical comedy, which won six Tony Awards, follows the story of two young lovers in 1950s Italy. Par...
Red Gravy, a modern Italian eatery, replaces Lucha Cantina downtown
By Matthew Schniper Following a nearly two-year run, Lucha Cantina closed its Colorado Springs location at 23 S. Tejon St. on New Year's Eve. Co-owner Chuck Holcomb says though he was making money, he's having better success in the Denver marketplace and wishes to focus efforts there, as well as on impending expansions elsewhere in the sta...
Broncos hire Chiefs’ Brock Olivo to be special teams coach
BY TEREZ A. PAYLOR The Broncos have hired away Brock Olivo to be their special-teams coach, a source told The Star on Thursday. Mike Klis of Denver 9 News reported it first. Olivo has been the Chiefs' assistant special teams coach for the last three years. He replaced Kevin O'Dea, who left Chiefs coach Andy Reid's staff in Januar...
Italian-American diner named one of the best drive-ins in the country
by Daniel Dentico The Dari-ette Drive-in, an old spot to get classic Italian diner food in St.Paul, Minnesota has been named one of the best drive-ins in the country by thrillist.com. The 1950's-style diner has been a staple on the city's east side for its inexpensive Italian-American menu, which includes pizza burgers, meatball sandwiche...
Columbus Park: A foodie’s ideal melting pot
BY Lou Jane Temple I guess you could say that Columbus Park is my true home in Kansas City. I lived there for 17 years, and though I've been gone from there more than a decade, when I drive down Fifth Street, heading east from the Rivermarket, I feel the familiar, sad, exciting twinges of great memories. Columbus Park has always been the...