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One of Kansas City’s favorite festivals, Festa Italiana, the unique celebration of Italian traditions and Italian-American culture, will be May 30- June 1, 2025. This longtime local ethnic festival draws visitors from across metropolitan Kansas City and beyond. Enjoy an amazing assortment of Italian food favorites, great entertainment on the main s...

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A new documentary about Kansas City covering Columbus Park history — formerly known as the North End — has begun production. It will focus primarily on the Little Italy community, which formed in the North End, the development of Guinotte Manor housing development, its name change to Columbus Park and its eventual evolution to the neighborhood it i...

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The Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) proudly announces that Jac Caglianone has been named the organization’s official ambassador. This partnership highlights Caglianone’s commitment to growing the game of baseball within the Italian American community and supporting the IABF’s mission to provide opportunities for players of Italian herit...

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What is the Feast of Seven Fishes? It’s all in the name. Simply put, it’s the Italian American tradition of eating fish in place of meat on Christmas Eve day. It’s comparable to Thanksgiving in its dinner party grandeur and features, you guessed it, seven different kinds of seafood. Maybe the dinner consists of one fish prepared seven ways or a sev...

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The Kansas City Chiefs defense is one of the better units in the league, and while the players deserve their flowers, one of the main reasons is Steve Spagnuolo's influence. The 64-year-old is known around the league as one of the most brilliant defensive minds, winning four Super Bowls as the defensive coordinator. Under his tutelage, the NY Giant...

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RB SRL — a maker of a broad range of components for hunting and shooting ammo, along with ammunition containers for the military/defense market, and that serves customers in more than 50 countries — announced its $16 million investment in the Kansas City site Thursday. The company, operating as RB America Corp., pledged to bring 163 new jobs to the...

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Italian food is one of those specialties that it seems like just about everybody loves. Really, when you combine cheese, tomatoes, pastas, and breads, nothing can go wrong. We're lucky enough to have some pretty amazing Italian restaurants in Kansas, but if you want the best of the best, a visit to Garozzo's is a good bet. This family-owned restaur...

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Italian citizens are informed that, in collaboration with the Honorary Vice Consul, a ‘Passport Day’ is scheduled for June 25th 2024 at the Honorary Vice Consulate’s office in Kansas City for the acquisition of biometric data for the purpose of issuing an Italian passport, without the need to go to the Consulate General’s office in Chicago. Italian...

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Neighborhood joint, approachable food — that’s the message coming from Bret Springs and Zach Marten about The Wise Guy, their new Crossroads bar and restaurant. “Casual red-sauce Italian,” Springs said, “and a relatively aggressive happy hour.” “Pizza, pasta, martinis, cocktails,” Marten said. “You could do a date here, but the game’s on TV too.” T...

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In many ways, opening Osteria Bianchi was all about a homecoming for Josh and Kelly Bianchi. For one, Kelly is a Kansas City native, so the return here seemed like the right fit for their family after the glitz of Las Vegas. The American Italian restaurant is also a return to some family roots: Josh’s grandmother is from Sicily, and the restaurant’...

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