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The Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian, term position, for the 2015-2016 academic year, with an option to be renewed. Completed PhD by August 2015 preferred, ABD considered.   Native or near-native proficiency in Italian required. Generalist with abilit...

As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the local communities and later for Americans nationwide.   Italian Immigrants came to Wyoming in the late nineteenth a...

A harpsichord that entertained the elites of Italy in the mid-1500s has been restored by a South Dakota museum and will soon bring its sound to 21st-century ears. The National Music Museum in Vermilion, which acquired the instrument in 2009, worked with Chilean-born musician Catalina Vicens, who specializes in historical keyboards and percussi...

by Mark Antonation   The neighborhood many are calling LoHi these days hasn't always been the epicenter of hip, destination dining out. Before Old Major, Uncle, Williams & Graham and Highland Tap & Burger set up shop, the area was a modest, heavily Hispanic neighborhood with a few old Victorians and Denver Squares rising over stretch...

While enjoying Orsetto the other evening I stated emphatically, at least a few times, "I want to eat here every night." I could be exaggerating, but not by much. Partners Joshua Governale and Fred Peightal have given the whimsical pig of Cafe Genevieve a stylish new bear brother at Orsetto. What a delight. The location on Center Street now shines....

By Carie Canterbury For more than 65 years, Merlinos' Belvedere has served the community and visitors from across Colorado and neighboring states its fine Italian cuisine, famous "Belvedere" salad and gourmet homemade desserts. The restaurant continues to offer the same fine steaks, seafood and entrees, but owners Mike and Cathie Merlino are shak...

By Tony and Sarah Nasello We normally begin a new year with a super-healthy dish, but after nearly a week of battling post-Christmas stomach and cold flus, all our little family wanted was some comfort to ring in the New Year. Thank goodness for Giovanni's Comforting Pasta Bolognese.   Our 12-year-old son, Giovanni (or Gio), created this re...

Major League Soccer All-Star coach Peter Vermes, whose day job coaching Sporting Kansas City, did not look like a man who had just watched his squad lose a game 3-1. Partly it was because it was an all-star game, but mostly it was because his city came through with shining colors Wednesday during the All-Stars' 3-1 loss to Italian team AS Roma...

Sunday, february 8 at 1.30 pmGarozzo's Ristorante - 526 Harrison St, Kansas City 64106 **Please make sure to R.S.V.P. by phone or email ([email protected]). The Club is responsible for 90% of R.S.V.P.'s even if you don't show up.**   Ciao paesani! We have scheduled our next meeting for Sunday, February 8th. This will be a combination of...

Italy-based Building Energy, a multinational company operating as Global Integrated IPP in the renewables industry, is building its first wind energy project, located north of Des Moines, Iowa. The company has begun the second phase of construction for the 30 MW, $55 million project, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2016, accord...

By Jim Holland Running a successful restaurant, Michelle Peregrine believes, is like planning a party at your house every day. "It's a lot of details," said Peregrine, who knows quite well about pulling off such festive events as owner and manager of Botticelli's Ristorante Italiano in downtown Rapid City for the past 16 years.   "If you c...

By Kelly Dean Hansen "Rigoletto," Giuseppe's 1851 score based on a play by Victor Hugo, is the quintessential 19th century Italian opera. It has so many elements associated with the genre at its finest that even Verdi never again quite achieved such a synthesis.   Its musical and dramatic scope set a new standard for the composer and for th...