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For nearly seven decades, Tony Bennett has been belting our jazz standards and solidifying his status as one of the greatest performers of the 20th century. His resume can certainly attest to that: With over 50 million records sold and 19 Grammy Awards to his name, Bennett’s also somehow found the time to form the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts i...

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A popular Italian-American restaurant in the metro is fed up. The owners of Flip's Italian Restaurant say someone has been stealing art off their walls, leaving behind empty space and taking away collections with sentimental value. The owners said they feel insulted.    In a short period of time, four pieces of art have been t...

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By James Beaty Spaghetti and meatballs, arts and crafts, lots of music, the aroma of garlic and even helicopter rides — it's almost time for the Italian Festival. Those planning the 45th Annual Italian Festival have already started preparations, cooking up enthusiasm and much more.   Volunteers have been busy preparing Italian dishes s...

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By Bill Sherman The bones of Saint Maria Goretti, a popular Roman Catholic saint who lived a century ago in Italy, will be in Tulsa next week, part of a visit to 25 dioceses in 16 states. It is the first time the relic has been in the United States, and only the second time it has been out of Italy. Maria Goretti is the youngest saint in...

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by James Beaty   The Santa Fe Line is set to pull into the Italian Festival this week for a performance that will double as a homecoming concert for two of the band's members. While the group has been creating quite a buzz in Texas, the band always looks forward to returning to McAlester. That's because two of its members, Chuck Justice and...

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Last month, we told you about a popular Italian-American restaurant in the metro that was fed up because they caught one of their customers on surveillance video stealing art off their walls. This was at Flip's Win Bar and Trattoria.    The good news is the restaurant owners say they got their artwork back... They even posted the n...

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Piatta, che più piatta non si può. Glaciale con i blizzard dell'inverno e torrida con il sole dell'estate. Coltivata, in buona parte a mais. La pianura del Midwest, che si estende dal Texas al confine canadese attraverso l'Oklahoma, il Kansas, il Nebraska e i due Dakota è la parte degli Stati Uniti che i turisti italiani ed europei conoscono di men...

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Fabrizio Nava's first visit to Tulsa to coincided with the much-ballyhooed opening of the Woody Guthrie Center in the Brady Arts District. But Nava, the consul general of Italy in Houston, was in town for a different sort of celebration. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C., have designated 2013 as...

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This year's Italian Festival will be held a week earlier than usual — this Saturday and Sunday on May 14-15. Italian Festival Committee member Bobby Lenardo said volunteers decided to move this year's festival up a week to avoid conflicting with McAlester High School activities scheduled at the site the following week.   Those organizin...

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In Spanish, "mucho gusto" is a common phrase meaning "nice to meet you." In Oklahoma City, Pizzeria Gusto, 2415 N Walker Ave., is an uncommon pizza place whose acquaintance you'll be happy to make.   Owners Chris Lower and chef Kathryn Mathis have taken Oklahoma City's dining scene by storm with a succession of well-appointed, modern fast-ca...

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