Even among opponents, Charlie Crist’s pick for No. 2, AnnetteTaddeo, gets respect
The Miami-Dade County Republican Party leader quickly summed up the opposition's greatest strength. "The best asset that the Miami-Dade Democratic Party has is Annette Taddeo," Nelson Diaz, chair of the local GOP, said during a spring good-government seminar arranged by the Miami Dade College faculty union. "As the Democrat chai...
Acclaimed tenor to make Vero debut
Acclaimed tenor Michael Amante to share talent with his newly adopted hometown. Fans call opera virtuoso Michael Amante "the people's tenor." He has earned that sobriquet thanks to his down-to-earth manner and versatility – he sings everything from high opera to Broadway, rock and gospel tunes. You could also call him an operatic...
Spaghetti Run at Italianfest to honor Lauren Hill
In late 2014, the nation was captivated by Lauren Hill, the 19-year-old Mount St. Joseph University basketball player who bravely battled but ultimately was taken by a rare form of brain cancer. Newport's Italianfest is inaugurating a new event this year: the Lauren Hill's 5K Spaghetti Run, to raise money for cancer research and care. ...
14th Century Painting Depicts Limb Transplant That Occurred 1,500 Years Ago
Researchers say they have found the earliest representation of transplant surgery in a painting that depicts a scene from somewhere around the 5 th century AD, at least 1,400 years before modern medical practitioners first theorized transplantation. The 14 th century painting, which is in the North Carolina Art Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, U...
A Night in Roma – Fort Lauderdale
Stroll down the re-creation of Mulberry Street and enjoy an array of fare from local restaurants, beer and wine bars, live entertainment, and a bocce ball tournament, at the 3rd Annual "A Night in Roma" benefitting the Tony Segreto Athletics Scholarship Fund. Individual tickets: $100. June 10 at Nova Southeastern University's Arena at the Don Taft...
Springs designer creates Italian monument to veterans
A Coral Springs architectural designer created a monument to honor the Checkertails of World War II. The 325th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Force, with three squadrons assigned to it, was nicknamed the Checkertails because of the black-and-yellow checkered pattern on the tails of the aircraft. The Checkertails escorted bombers from L...
Carlos Museum Celebrates Year of Italian Culture
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced 2013 as the "Year of Italian Culture" in the United States. Atlanta arts institutions have joined in the celebration and will host events throughout the Fall that highlight everything from Italian music to Renaissance and Baroque images of Rome to Italy's best exports, wine and design. Harmonie Univ...
Sarasota County Commission candidate: Paul Caragiulo
Paul Caragiulo sometimes thinks it is a little improbable that he ever wound up in public office. There is so much about politics that he doesn't like. He has been seen lingering in the Sarasota City Commission chambers, after everyone else has left a meeting, fuming at how a public policy debate became derailed by personal arguments. He could ha...
30th Annual Food Festival
The Italian American Civic Association of Vero Beach will be hosting its 30th Annual Food Festival on Friday, Feb. 27, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, 11a.m. - 9 p.m., and Sunday, March 1, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Freshly prepared traditional Italian dishes will be offered at family friendly prices. Live entertainment includes the Tarantella...
Annual Reunion Exhibition, Closing Ceremony & Reception Jan. 21, 2017
Following an annual tradition that has continued for forty-seven years, Cortona program alumni will gather for a reunion on January 21, 2017 in the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in Athens. Student & faculty works produced in Cortona during the 2016 Spring, Summer, and Fall programs will be on display in the Dodd...
Spoleto Festival USA offers largest program for 37th season; performances to start Friday
From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city. The internationally known arts festival, founded by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, will open its 37th season Frida...
Rebirth of Rome. Echoes and origins: interwar italian design
For its fall 2013 exhibition season, on the occasion of the Year of Italian culture in the US, The Wolfsonian–Florida International University presents a program of independent though interrelated exhibitions, entitled Rebirth of Rome, that examine the aesthetics of dictatorship in interwar Italy September 27, 2013 (opening) - Miami Beach -&n...