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The one dish at Mona’s I can recommend without reservation might also be the menu’s greatest mistake. The dish is an appetizer of bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with Gorgonzola ($7.95), a two-bite haute bar snack guaranteed to win you a return invitation to the coolest Super Bowl party in town. Can you tire of the contrast from crisp to chewy to cream...

E' online l'edizione di dicembre del periodico "Italiano per piacere", diretto da Franco Giannotti a St. Louis, Missouri. In prima pagina il resoconto della scorsa riunione, condotta dalla docente della Wash U, Annelise Brody. Tra gli intervenuti anche Anna Di Palma Amelung, che cura inoltre un servizio in seconda pagina sulle "Storie di Romagna"....

Music director Rene Knetsch will conduct the Parker Symphony Orchestra and Legend High School's Cantores Choir in "Messa da Requiem," a masterpiece composed by Giuseppe Verdi, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Pace Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., downtown Parker. The concert will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Italian composer's birth. Guest solois...

Holy Rosary Church- 911 Missouri Ave, Kansas City 64106. Sunday, May 24 at the 11 o'clock mass is the Feast of Our Lady of the Audience. Refreshments will be served after Mass. We invite all parishioners and friends to participate at the special mass and the "shower of rose petals". Special blessings (some call them miracles) have be...

The 12th annual Italian Film Festival will feature free film screenings and lectures withItalian film directors. The screenings take place March 30 - April 24, with opening night being March 30 at theDetroit Institute of Arts' Detroit Film Theatre with Noi E La Giulia (The Legendary Giulia and other Miracles).   Weekend screenings conti...

What happens when you take 150 lbs of noodles and add 240 lbs of hamburger? You end up with a whole lot of spaghetti. That's what Duluth's Italian American Club is hoping for. Wednesday is their annual Spaghetti Dinner at American Legion, where they'll be putting on a giant Italian dinner for the public. The spaghetti sauce and real Italian m...

The ground will shake for visitors to Union Station's next big traveling exhibit, which will include a "4D eruption theater" to simulate the natural disaster that preserved the Roman city of Pompeii under volcanic ash.   The new traveling show is comprised of nearly 200 artifacts from the Naples National Archaeological Museum. It includes a...

The bust of Christopher Columbus that has presided over Pueblo's Mesa Junction since 1905 is a familiar local landmark. The bust and the pillar on which it is mounted are more than just a monument to the famous explorer credited with discovering America. It is a point of pride for Pueblo's Italian community.   Italian immigrants flocked to P...

Mardi Gras is in full swing my friends and it's all about King Cakes, Italian Carnevale pastries and Paczki for this chef. Yes, it's time to celebrate Fat Tuesday.   Celebrations began on Epiphany and culminate on the eve of Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for fat Tuesday and refers to the practice of eating rich fatty foods before...

by Wally Kennedy   I was a bit skeptical. Joe's Italian Grill didn't exactly get off to a good start. The restaurant, as you might recall, decided to take over the storefront that was occupied by the Great Wall Chinese Super Buffet at 2705 S. Range Line Road. Joe's put up a sign and was about to open, but decided to take down its s...

By Lisa Waterman Gray   Do you love Italian food? We do too, and that's why we dedicate ourselves to finding the best places to enjoy Italian cuisine in Kansas City. We've diligently scouted out the top eateries, and we've listened to our readers and their reviews of Kansas City restaurants.   We share the places that get great buzz a...

The University of Kansas seeks to fill a visiting assistant professor position (renewable to three semesters, subject to performance review), expected to begin as early as January 1, 2014 in the area of 20th/21st century Italian language, literature, culture, film or related field. This appointment is a non-tenure track, term appointment initially...