Auburn CIAO group announces annual dinner honoree
The Cultural Italian-American Organization, of Auburn, will host its annual Christopher Columbus Testimonial Dinner Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Holiday Inn, 75 North St., Auburn. Cocktails will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by an Italian dinner at 6:30 p.m. and homemade limoncello and Italian dessert. This year's dinner will honor retiring sta...
Feast of the Seven Fishes in Asheville celebrates Italian tradition
Though rich foods and sweets tend to dominate the holiday season, at least one segment of the population celebrates with a marginally lighter meal. The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian tradition, brought here by Italian-Americans. As the name suggests, it's a seafood-heavy affair, one that pays homage to a Catholic custom of abstain...
Paolo Veronese. A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice
Paolo Veronese (1528–1588) was one of the giants of Venetian Renaissance painting. Though perhaps best known for his grand ceiling paintings and large Biblical feast scenes, Veronese and his workshop created altarpieces and smaller religious paintings for private devotion or collectors, as well as portraits, depictions of sensual narratives drawn f...
Ascoltavo le maree e ho ritrovato me stesso
di Claudia Vanni Perché i viaggi non sono solo tappe turistiche. Per alcuni finiscono per essere "banali trasferte immortalate con una bulimia di scatti fotografici", ma per altri sono "pellegrinaggi in un luogo dell'anima". E da queste spedizioni alla ricerca del sé, può nascere addirittura un libro: Ascoltavo le maree. "Sono arrivato pe...
Feast of Little Italy announces 2013 entertainment lineup
"Sounds from 60s, 80s, Broadway, Pop and Much More!" Jerry Somma, President of the Feast of Little Italy announces the bold entertainment lineup for this year's Feast taking place November 1st – 3rd in Jupiter's Abacoa Town Center. In its 11th year, the Feast of Little Italy continues to delight and surprise festivalgoers with a blend of o...
The Other Italy
"The Other Italy" Lecture Series and Wine Tasting"Sicily"February 24,"Umbria,"March 34:00 PMHilary's in Horrigan Hall, Bellarmine University$15 members, $20 guests per dateReserve your spot by calling 502.938.8830 or by clicking on the event link under "Upcoming Events".With the publication of Frances Mayes' best-seller Under the Tuscan Sun, Americ...
A little Italy in St. Pete — St. Petersburg Opera’s Neapolitan Festival and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
You know those Italian standards such as "O Sole Mio," "Come Back to Sorrento" and "Funiculì, Funiculà" — those tunes you hear everywhere, from TV commercials to movies to Italian restaurants to Looney Tunes cartoons? They all come from the heartfelt, seaside region of Naples, aka, Napoli (pictured above). If you have a soft spot for these...
Italian furniture maker opens North American HQ at Nussbaum Center
Europeo, an Italian furniture manufacturer, has opened its North American headquarters at The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship in Greensboro.Paolo Tomasi, the Europeo's vice president of North American operations, said the company plans to expand its market share in the Americas by "competing on style and quality" and the Nussbaum Center provid...
St. Thomas Church hosts annual Irish-Italian Festival Parade
Folks who are Irish or Italian, or who just like to have a good time, gathered in the Hub City this weekend to celebrate the culture of Italy and the Emerald Isle. The annual Irish-Italian Festival Parade made its way down W. 4th Street Saturday morning. It was led by a royal court, featuring Southern Miss president Dr. Rodney Bennet...
Andrea Bocelli gives intimate concert
by Lesley Abravanel Pomellato jewelry hosted a special fundraiser for Baptist Health South Florida at the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne Residences on Wednesday at which Andrea Bocelli sang for an hour for an intimate group of 75. Bocelli's mother was seen in the audience, patting her heart as she was clearly moved and emotional during his per...
Consul General: Italy Closes Trade Office but Reopens Dialogue With Atlanta
The Italian Trade Commission's Atlanta office was shuttered last year and the responsibility for Georgia brought back to the Miami office where it could be more efficiently operated, the nation's consul general told Global Atlanta. But that by no means indicates a lack of interest in Georgia and the five states and numerous Caribbean terri...
Italian drug company to buy Cary's Cornerstone Therapeutics
Cornerstone Therapeutics announced Monday that it is being bought by an Italian pharmaceutical company, ending the Cary drug marketing firm's five-year run as a publicly traded company. The acquisition values Cornerstone at nearly $300 million, double what the company was valued at 10 months ago. Chiesi Farmaceutici, which already owns 58...