On a cloudless day you can see North Africa from Sicily where the arid landscape is filled with paddle-shaped cactus and seems more Maghreb than Italian. A big flowering cacti is potted in an enormous clay vessel on the patio at Sciuri Bakery Café. Pronounced “shuri” and meaning “flower” the cafe anchors a small strip mall on Miami Beach and specia...

Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society, held its 42nd anniversary gala at the Breakers on March 18, 2018. La Bella Figura as it was titled, is an expression meaning making a good impression. As pointed out in Bishop Barbarito’s letter to the organization, “Whether it was going to church, going to school, visiting relatives or friends, we had to d...

The water glistens in the warm afternoon sun as striking multi-deck yachts glide past the terrace. Sipping a cool glass of rosé and relaxing with this view can resemble the ambiance of charming Italian villages that dot the famed lakes in the north. Named after one of those towns and inspired by our Fort Lauderdale waterways, Oria Osteria Terrazza...

Adriana Trigiani is no stranger to Naples audiences. She is the only speaker to make two appearances at the Nick Linn Lecture Series. On Monday, March 26, she'll make it three. The best-selling author, scriptwriter and director is the final speaker of the series' 15th year. She follows Dorothea Benton Frank, Christian Baker Kline and Gregg Hurwitz....

Every Friday for 30 years, the smell of homemade spaghetti sauce has wafted through the neighborhood behind Choctaw Plaza on Racetrack Road. That’s how long members of the Joseph B. Franzalia, Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge #2422 have been hosting an all-you-can-eat pasta dinner in the metal-sided building on the block-long South Drive. But this...

Stop by Mackle Park and see firsthand how bocce’s popularity has continued to grow each year. There you may find a group of residents who play every single day year round, when the Marco Island weather permits. Luckily, living in paradise allows for many days of outdoor fun playing bocce at Mackle Park. In addition to the Italian-American Society o...

Sulla scia del successo riscosso ai saloni di Fort Lauderdale e di Miami, Ferretti Group torna negli Stati Uniti con una straordinaria flotta per il Palm Beach International Boat Show 2018. Il salone, in programma dal 22 al 25 marzo, si conferma come un appuntamento imperdibile per il settore. Ferretti Group esporrà 8 modelli, tra cui Custom Line N...

This week, Roberta's, the popular restaurant and pizza shop based in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, will fire up its oven in Miami's Design District for the last time. Following a successful six-month run in Miami, the pop-up will close Wednesday, March 21. After a short break, Roberta's will relocate to Ultra Music Festival in Bayfront Park, wh...

Fincantieri has launched Fincantieri Services USA, which will be a national hub for all services and after sales activities on the group's cruise ships and forms part of its US business development strategy, the Italian shipbuilding giant said on Friday. Fincantieri Services USA "will become a reference point for American shipowners in the US servi...

Miami’s Argentine king of meats and emapanadas is taking on pizza — again. Graziano’s, which is well-known from Miami to Weston for its restaurants and specialty markets, has opened a pizza shop, Lucia Pizza, in South Miami. The pizzas are Neapolitan style, with a thin, crispy crust, and topped with ingredients from the Graziano’s markets. The pies...