Italian Leather Handbags Designer Elegance by Tasee Braces for New York Fashion Week
Atlanta Leather Handbag Designer Elegance by Tasee has supplied the women of Georgia with high quality clutches and purses for years. When we asked the designer, what will make the handbags a success at New York's Fashion Week, she replied. "It's simple... our handmade Italian Leather Handbags will last a generation, without costing women thousands...
Italian America Foundation Gala
The Consul General of Italy – Miami, Adolfo Barattolo, was a special guest at the recent Gala Dinner held at the Hilton Inn and sponsored by the Naples Italian American Foundation. Other guests included Italian Trade Commissioner Giancarlo Albano and Collier Commissioner Donna Fiala. Four local professionals of Italian heritage who were ho...
Ciancia Annual Christmas Party
Saturday December 13, 2014 – Time: 6:30 p.m. This month Ciancia hosts the greatest and most attended event of the year: la Festa di Natale. Come celebrate with us the most cherished holiday in Italy, and take a chance to support our club's activities. Our committee is making a great effort to make this into a memorable party. Our...
Italy Under the Stars 2013 Location Featured in the Voice Tribune
Pan-roasted brussels sprouts in a Bourbon hoisin sauce with dried cherries.We live in the age of the chef-driven restaurant. Across the nation and around the city, chefs have become outside personalities, featured on stage, screen and TV. Louisville has been no exception to this principle, with our top chefs turning up on Food Network, competing in...
15th-century Italian manuscript returned to Italy
A 15th-century Italian manuscript illustrated with gold leaf that was stolen from Italy 25 years ago will be returned to that country after it was found in Florida. The manuscript is a framed, single page taken from a prayer book in Turin, Italy. The calligraphic script is in Latin, and there's a small, colorful portrait of Saint Lawrence,...
Custom House Museum announces newest exhibition " Very Well Then, Go Ahead"
The Custom House Museum announces the opening of its newest exhibition, Very Well Then, Go Ahead, with a wine and cheese reception on Friday, January 24 from 5:30PM-7:00PM. The exhibit featuring photography and mixed-media by Italian visual artist Alice Pedroletti, is part of her research and archival project in which she explores the hist...
Italian Festival kicks off weekend of fun, food and culture at Market Common
For the 21st year in a row, the Italian Festival kicked off Saturday at Market Common. The festival runs until eight p.m. Saturday and features a heritage booth, kids entertainment, crafts vendors and, of course, lots of food. Some of the items on the menu include pizza, sausage, meatball sandwiches and pasta. Organizers explained th...
Nelle valli valdesi del North Carolina, una Little Italy tutta particolare
Anche in North Carolina esiste una "piccola" Little Italy. Il suo nome è Valdese ed è stata fondata nel 1893 da un gruppo di valdesi arrivati nelle Blue Ridge Mountains dalle valli piemontesi, in particolare dalla Val Pellice. In seguito all'editto di emancipazione emanato da Carlo Alberto nel 1848, le comunità valdesi ebbero la necessità di cerca...
Nada’s Italy: “Tours for people who don’t go on tours”
CHARLOTTE, March 2, 2013 – When Nada Vergili (www.nadasitaly.com) left her home in Florence, Italy she had no idea what an entrepreneur was, much less that she would soon become one.It began simply enough. Amore brought Vergili to the United States for the second time in her life. In the mid-80s she lived in Orlando, Florida for six years during wh...
Spoleto Festival USA begins 40th season in South Carolina
The 40th season of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid tributes to the men who established the internationally known art festival and remembrances of the nine people fatally shot in a city church last year during a Bible study. Hundreds gathered under a bright sun in front of City Hall as Mayor John Tecklenburg lauded former Mayor Joe Rile...
LED acceptance is vital to Marelli's U.S. growth
Lindsay Chappell PULASKI, Tenn. -- Chrysler, Fiat and Alfa Romeo are not the only brands Sergio Marchionne wants to advance in North America. There's also Magneti Marelli. The Italian supplier is far from a household name in the U.S. auto industry. But the big century-old maker of lighting and powertrain parts wants to change that -- and qu...
Dinner and a show: Italian American Club plans July 4 blast
The Italian American Club is hosting a patriotic dinner and show for the Fourth of July. The "God Bless America From Sea to Shining Sea" Tour of America will take place from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. July 4, with an All American Buffet planned for 5:45 p.m. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. After the show, the party will move outside, where attendee...