February 15 Opening of the Photo exhibition "People of the world"
The Dante Alighieri Society of Miami presents "Peoples of the world", a photo exhibition by Marco Rocca, former Consul general of Italy in Miami. Most of the pictures were taken in Peru, Spain, Panama and Miami, where he was posted during his 40-year diplomatic career, and of course in Italy, his native country. The exhibition will open on...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s So.F.Ter Group Building First U.S. Compounding Facility
Italy-based plastics compounder So.F.Ter. Group has announced plans to build its first plant in America. The new business, based in Lebanon, Tenn., will be dedicated to the production, development and sale of engineering plastics based on polyamide, polypropylene, thermoplastic elastomers, and other advanced solutions for the U.S. market, the compa...
Ciao Il Circolo Amici!
by Paul Finizio As you may have heard through our last few blasts, there is an exciting week of events taking place on Worth Avenue which has put Il Circolo on the map, not only locally, but nationally as well. Featured in this month's issue of Town & Country Magazine, Italian Week Palm Beach - Worth Avenue Edition will hold some of th...
Mayor, residents visit Italy to sign Sister City agreement
Hendersonville Mayor Barbara Volk and Vice Mayor Marinella Franzetti of Verbania, Italy, signed agreements Sept. 23, to become official international sister cities. The signing ceremony took place in City Hall in Verbania, with about 50 people attending. Representatives from Hendersonville Sister Cities board of directors and official...
Nanni performs ‘Italian Favorites’ at Schorr
Local tenor Steven Nanni will perform "Italian Favorites" at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage in Johnson City at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Binghamton audiences may know Nanni from his work with Binghamton's Downtown Singers, Catskill Choral Society, Catskill Symphony, the Summer Savoyards, Tri-Cities Opera and local churches. &n...
2014 Annual Brunch & Leonardo Lecture
Called "the most thrilling art discovery of our time," the saga of Leonardo da Vinci's lost work, the Salvator Mundi, is an intriguing tale. The poignant oil painting, which depicts Christ making the sign of the blessing, was last recorded in the collection of King Charles I in 1649. And then it seemed to have vanished. That is, until it w...
Local kids lend voices to Spoleto opera — in Italian
by Christina Riley In early February, more than two dozen area youngsters auditioned for a children's chorus. They arrived with nursery rhymes, patriotic songs and familiar numbers from "Shrek" and Disney movies. Less than four months later, 13 of them are performing a little-known Giordano opera score. In Italian. At the Spoleto Fest...
Italian filmmaker Roberto Ando talks about influences
Filmmaker Roberto Ando is one of Italy's most distinguished artists. A Sicilian by birth, his work, in both cinema and literature, is influenced by his associations with the great novelist Leonardo Sciascia and the movie director Francesco Rosi, among others. His latest movie, the comedy "Viva La Liberta" ("Long Live Liberty"), which is ba...
Italian-American Profiles of Success: Frankie Caravello
Since he was 21, Frankie Caravello has had a love and a passion for saltwater aquariums. The 2nd generation Italian-American from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has always been into saltwater coral and fish. An aquarium is something he can look into and just get lost in—to him, it's another world and just seems to wash all the problems away. Frankie,...
Spoleto Festival USA Unveils 2015 Poster by Italian Artist Ugo Nespolo; Kicks Off 5/22
A bright and bold poster designed by Italian artist Ugo Nespolo was unveiled by General Director Nigel Redden as the official 2015 Spoleto Festival USA poster today. Nespolo is the set and costume designer for Spoleto Festival USA's production of Francesco Cavalli's opera Veremonda l'amazzone di Aragona, which will have its American premiere-and fi...
Celebrating Family and Friends
April 3, 4 pm/7 pm in CDT. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen - 712 W Brookhaven Cir, Memphis 38117. Celebrate family with all your friends. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen is hosting an event sponsored by Rena Chiozza, Bill Lucchesi and the UNICO Memphis Chapter Foundation where the proceeds go to the Columbus Statue Relocation Project.&...
Miller & Martin attorney named new honorary consul general of Italy in Atlanta
The Italian Republic tapped Miller & Martin attorney Ryan Kurtz as the new honorary consul general of Italy in Atlanta. Kurtz has worked closely with the Italian Consular Office in Atlanta for a number of years, the law firm noted. In 2013, he organized an event for the Italian Ambassador to the United States with the help of th...