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Eataly, a global Italian marketplace, will open its new location at the King of Prussia Mall early in the new year. An exact opening date has not yet been announced. The sprawling, multi-level store will cover some 23,000 square feet of space at the mall. Eataly locations feature an on-site restaurant called La Pizza & La Pasta and numerous grocery...

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N.I.C.E. USA 2024 - 34th EDITION. New York: November 8-9-12. Philadelphia: December 6-7-8. N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) is a cultural organization founded by Viviana Del Bianco in Florence, with the aim of promoting contemporary independent Italian cinema worldwide through screenings and cultural events in Europe, Asia and the US.  "I like...

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Art Rooney’s name should ring a bell. He was the man who brought sandlot football to Pittsburgh’s Northside and eventually transformed a semi-professional team into the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty. Beginning with the Hope Harvey football team in the 1920s, Rooney was a player-coach, serving as quarterback while his brothers Dan and Jim played along...

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The 24th edition of New Italian Cinema Events presents three days of free screenings of new and original Italian feature films from Dec. 6 to Dec. 8 at the Penn Museum, 3260 South St. From the festival’s inception, organizers have chosen cutting-edge, thought-provoking cinema that presents fresh perspectives on the issues of the day. This year’s of...

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Old is new again at a staple Italian restaurant in Sharpsburg. Ranucci’s Trattoria is the newest restaurant in the borough, but customers who frequent the former CC’s Cafe Italian Cuisine can expect to enjoy the same neighborhood hospitality they’ve enjoyed since CC’s opened in 1995. Owner/chef Robert Volpe of the South Hills is fulfilling his life...

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On one green-thumbed hand, Truelove Seeds is about thoughtful and thought-provoking concepts like food sovereignty, cultural preservation, rematriation and sustainable agriculture. On the other, also green-thumbed, hand, the company is a way for co-founder Owen Taylor to connect with his Italian roots – and for so many of its customers to connect t...

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The cobblestone streets of Florence, Italy, are renowned for their larger-than-life architecture, one-of-a-kind art, sweet desserts, and sunset views over the Arno river. On a month-long trip abroad, juniors Madeline Bolger and Natalie Miller learned how crucial another facet of Florence was to the country’s economy — food. Traveling to Florence th...

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Starting at the age of 4, I’d walk with my grandmother daily, helping to pull her little cart to the corner store owned by a “paesan” from the “old country.” The shelves bursting with olives, sardines and brioschi towered over me as she encouraged me to help her pick out ingredients. It was an adventure I adored, sorting through all those breads an...

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Giacomo’s Italian Market and Grille on College Hill, a favored place by locals looking to grab a cheesesteak, has expanded to a second location. The owners of Giacomo’s opened their new shop at 4041 Penn Highway in Palmer Township, the site of the former Miller’s Paint & Wallpaper building, on Saturday. Owner Sal Famularo said that opening second l...

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Pittsburgh officials are allowing a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus to remain mostly uncovered as a lawsuit over the monument’s future stretches into its fifth year. The controversial monument that stands in Schenley Park was wrapped in plastic in October 2020 as it became the center of a legal battle over whether it should be removed....

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