Club hopes to bring a little more Italy to Tampa Bay
by Jeff Berlinicke Jack Provenzano is very, very Italian. His heritage is in his blood and in his heart — and he wants to share it with other Italians throughout Hillsborough County. He is the president of the newly formed Italian American Club at the Northdale Recreation Center. It is open to everyone — even to non-Italians — and mee...
Order Sons of Italy hosts Aaron Caruso event to benefit Special Olympics
By Whitney Hill The Order Sons of Italy in America Grand Strand Lodge 2868 and the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center will be hosting "An Evening with Aaron Caruso" on September 19th to benefit the Special Olympics. Aaron Caruso studied voice in Italy and New York and toured with Joan Rivers as her opening act across the United S...
Get a discount on tickets to Miami Lyric Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ at the Colony
by Christine Dolen No doubt about it, taking in an opera can be expensive. But Miami Lyric Opera has patron-friendly ticket prices and is offering an even better deal for its July 11-12 performances of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre. If you enter the code mlo20 online or mention it when you order, you c...
Labor Day social and barbecue dinner in Naples
The Naples Italian American Foundation invites members and guests to a Labor Day social and barbecue dinner on Monday afternoon, Sept. 7, at club headquarters, 7035 Airport-Pulling Road. Bocce (weather permitting), bridge, mah jongg and poker will be played, and pulled pork and all the trimmings will be served. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Cos...
Feast like an annual family reunion
While guests consumed more than 500 plates of spaghetti at the 41st annual Feast of St. Joseph, many caught up with friends or sang along with classics from the 1950s to the 1970s. The March 19 event at the Sons of Italy Lodge benefited the MacDonald Training Center. The late Al Noto Sr. started the tradition, and his family, friends,...