Festa Italiana returns to Ybor City
The 17th Annual Festa Italiana Weekend presented by Marathon will take place in the historic Ybor City district from Thursday, April 3 to Sunday, April 6, 2014. The multi-day celebration will honor Italian culture and heritage by showcasing the finest cuisine from the Tampa Bay area's top restaurants and catering companies, exciting entert...
2nd annual Italian Fest in Downtown Boca
Saturday, February 25th 2017, 4-10 pm. Sanborn Square Park, 72 N. Federal Highway - Boca Raton, FL 33432. Tickets: www.downtownboca.org: THAT'S AMORE! Get ready for the 2nd Annual Italian Fest in Downtown Boca... Due to the overwhelming popularity of last year's event, this Italian Fest will be bigger and better. The festiva...
Celebrating the New Museum and Francesco Vezzoli at Art Basel Miami Beach
by Mark Guiducci The one trend curators and dealers seem to agree on this year at Art Basel Miami Beach is the welcome surfeit of pioneering female artists. At the convention center, Pace's all-female booth is anchored by Louise Nevelson's monochromatic black sculptures, while across the causeway the Rubell Family Collection is pr...
Join Friends of the Uffizi Gallery at Conde Contemporary Art Gallery in Coral Gables, Florida
Join Friends of the Uffizi Gallery at Conde Contemporary Art Gallery in Coral Gables, Florida for a Reception and Short Presentation- Saturday, June 25, 2016: The Valois Tapestries, Friends of the Uffizi Gallery's Current Restoration Project Eight sixteenth-century tapestries, collectively known as The Valois...
Through the eyes of a child: my Italian village
[This is the first of a series of columns that explores the world of adults from the eyes of a child] I was raised in an Italian village surrounded by four generations of loving and colorful relatives. I remember well our daily life. Grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, fourteen cousins and family friends always seemed right there...
Theater, dance, music highlight 41st Spoleto Festival USA
By Susanne M. Schafer Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky's sumptuous opera "Eugene Onegin," a concert by jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater and performance by flamenco dance star Maria Pages are just a few of the many highlights promised in this spring's 2017 Spoleto Festival USA. The internationally renowned Charleston, South Carolin...
Duke in Rome
Please note that this summer program is offered every other year. 2013 program dates May 14-June 14, 2013 * See the Program Schedule page for a more detailed itinerary, including information regarding travel to and from the program site. Duke University's Departments of Classical Studies, Art and Art History, and History...
A Bronx Tale comes to Ruth Eckerd Hall
A Bronx Tale, an original one-man show written for the stage and performed by actor Chazz Palminteri, comes to Ruth Eckerd Hall for one performance Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m. Well known for A Bronx Tale, Palminteri originally wrote the script for the stage and performed it as a one-man show in Los Angeles. Read more Sourc...
Miami: la Camera di Commercio Italiana nasce dal sogno di un toscano
Di Silvia Bulckaen Miami ha la sua storia toscana. Quasi una fiaba. Sembra infatti una novella la vicenda della nascita della Camera di Commercio Italiana a Miami. Una storia che va raccontata, per non perderne la memoria. C'era una volta un toscano che, nel suo girovagare attraverso i paesi più belli del mondo, sbarcò un bel giorno a Miami. Giova...
Italian Feast celebrates Italian heritage
Mangia! It's time for the third annual Italian Feast, quickly becoming a popular Summerville event. Last year's festival attracted approximately 5,000 people, according to event director and president of the Italian Feast board Jay Lombardo, and this year he's expecting about 7,000. Italian Feast kicked off in the spring of 2013. For...
La storia: Birmingham’s Italian community
If you were an early 20th century Italian immigrant living in Birmingham, chances are you came from Sicily. More specifically, you probably came from Bisacquino, a small Sicilian village near Palermo. Leaving family behind in Bisacquino was surely a gut wrenching decision, motivated by a desire to escape poverty and facilitated by agents canvassing...
Former Milford man gets Italian-American month passed into S.C. law
by Billy Shaner A former Milford resident now living in South Carolina appreciates his Italian-American heritage so much he wanted it officially recognized. With the help of legislators, Fred Nesta, who moved from Milford to Myrtle Beach six years ago, saw his efforts come fruition when a law was passed this year declaring October I...