Shelby County residents share history of Italian American ancestors
By Ginny Cooper McCarley When Alabaster resident Mary Ann Tudisco's grandmother, Maria Monte Piazza, arrived at the Port of New Orleans in 1907, she carried a single trunk containing all of her belongings from her life in Sicily. The trunk is one of many artifacts found at the Vulcan Park and Museum's exhibition, La Storia: Birmin...
Feast of Little Italy celebrates Italian heritage, family, community & unity
Thousands came out to attend the 14th Annual Italian festival, Feast of Little Italy. The 3 day event and celebration held at the Abacoa Town Center November 4, 5 & 6th. The mission of the festival is to help educate and showcase Italian traditions and culture. It was also dedicated to encouraging the importance of unity, family and co...
Italian American Parade to step off Tuesday in Spanish Springs Town Square
Villagers are encouraged to claim their seats early for the Italian American Parade set to step off at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spanish Springs Town Square. Among the acts appearing in the parade will be the Villages High School Band, the '57 Chevy Golf Cart Club, the Villages Twirlers and Drum Corps, the Village Cheerleaders, Clown Alley 179, the...
Anderson County to host International Festival with Italian flair
By Frances Parrish Beverly Childs, executive director of the Anderson County Museum, took a trip to southern Italy in October, and now she is helping bring a slice of Italy to Anderson through the International Festival. Childs, a festival committee member, remembers walking through doors of Catholic churches in Italy and seeing the e...
"Feast of Little Italy": Food, Family, Culture, Tradition, Music & Family Fun in Abacoa
The 14th Annual Feast of Little Italy presented by Arrigo Fiat of West Palm seeks to unify the community again. As we celebrate Italian Heritage Month, we look forward to all of the national and local Italian and Italian American performers appearing on the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Stage November 4-6, 2016. This November as Americ...
ARANCIO (e non solo): intervista a Emanuele Pettener
Emanuele Pettener è nato a Venezia, ma vive negli Stati Uniti dal 2000 dove insegna lingua e letteratura italiana alla Florida Atlantic University. E non è un caso che il suo nuovo romanzo, "Arancio" (Meligrana, 2014), sia ambientato proprio in Florida. Un estratto del libro è disponibile qui... Ne approfittiamo per discutiamo con l'autore...
Antonello Pileggi President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community
Antonello Pileggi has been elected President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community (MSIC). Officers of the MSIC will be Vice President Fabio De Furia (Consorzio Roma Ricerche), Secretary Alessia Fornoni (Director and Chair of the Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center at the University of Miami) and Treasurer Ant...
The Florida Keys History & Discovery Center shows The Rose Tattoo Nov. 4
by Jill Zima Borski The Florida Keys History & Discovery Center in Islamorada features The Rose Tattoo for November's Midweek Matinees. Movies are shown in the new state-of-the-art 4K theater on the first Wednesday of each month. This first year will feature movies made in or about the Keys, and will include a historical introduction by the Di...
Attend the Columbia Italian Festival and Bocce Tournament and Stay at Nearby Hilton Garden Inn Columbia SC Hotel
The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Columbia SC (Northeast) offers convenient accommodations to guests attending the 6th Annual Italian Festival and Bocce Tournament. The free event will take place September 28, 2013 at the historic Robert Mills House and Hampton-Preston Mansion, located at 1616 Blanding Street in downtown Columbia. Sponsored by the So...
Vasanello sbarca in Florida
Vasanello sbarca in America, per la precisione in Florida. Qualche tempo fa, infatti, il sindaco Antonio Porri ha ricevuto a nome suo e di tutta la cittadinanza, le chiavi della città di Fort Myers, una ridente cittadina nella contea di Lee che conta oltre 60.000 abitanti. La consegna è avvenuta direttamente dalle mani di Joe Mazzola, un a...
Italian festivals in Charlotte
This is a busy weekend in the Charlotte area for local Italian festivals. We will be at the 19th Annual St. Philip Neri Italian Festival in Fort Mill from 11am-8pm on Saturday so please come see us! This is a significant source of revenue for our club so we really need your support! Then, on Sunday, the 9th Annual St. Anthony Festa Italiana is at...
Dinner theater coming to Cape
Cape Coral citizens may no longer have to cross the river to enjoy dinner theater thanks to a joint venture between a local club and an acting troupe. The Cape Coral Italian American Club and the Sand Flea Players have partnered to present two productions in the coming months, with future shows planned depending on the response from the community....