The Culture of Secrets
Note: Slate is proud to publish two of this year's winners of the Scholastic Writing Awards, honoring the best teen writers in the country. This piece, which was part of a gold-medal-winning portfolio, is by Anthony DeSantis, a senior at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. AnthonyFrom the Latin Antonius. I nev...
Avviso di assunzione di impiegato a contratto
Si comunica che si terra' un concorso per l'assunzione di un impiegato a contratto da adibire ai servizi di collaboratore amministrativo nel settore della traduzione e interpretariato presso il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Miami. Per maggiori informazioni si prega di cliccare qui. Fonte: http://www.consdetroit.esteri.it &nb...
Bellissima! Italian design icons to guest star in Nashville
The exhibition, titled 'Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance 1945-1975' at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, will be dedicated to the tailor-made automobiles, design studies and motorcycles that were designed and manufactured in Italy from 1945 to 1975. Back in 2013, guest curator Ken Gross held a spec...
3 2 1…goooo! registrations for Miami are now open!
Time has come registrations for Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia Miami-Coral Gables are now open! There is also a special dicscount for the fastest ones: register by June 5 with the MIAMI13 code and get $15 discount for any registration, but the $80 one.Registering before Wednesday, June 5 (23.59 EST) with the Top Registration (using the MIAMI13 code) you...
Italian eatery, wine bar and market coming to downtown Winston-Salem
by Catherine Carlock Quanto Basta, an almost 5,000-square-foot Italian eatery, wine bar and market created by Spring House executive chef Tim Grandinetti, is coming to Winston-Salem's downtown. Fourth-generation restaurateur Tim Grandinetti will be the restaurant's chef and co-owner with business partner Lynn Murphy. Exclamations of...
Italian Film Festival USA to screen at University of Memphis
Less than two months after the end of the Rhodes College Tournées French Film Festival and some five weeks after the Memphis Jewish Community Center's Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival comes another annual movie event with an international perspective, the Italian Film Festival USA at the University of Memphis. ...
Missoni Breaks Ground on First Branded Residence in Miami
Italian fashion house Missoni is known for their colorful designs, whether on apparel, accessories or home goods. Now they are adding that world famous colorful aesthetic to the Miami skyline with the launch of Missoni Baia. The 57-story luxury condominium tower developed by hotel magnate Vladislav Doronin and his OKO Group, is directly on...
Off the eaten path: Vincenzo's Pastaria survives and thrives in south Fort Myers
by Annabelle Tometich The pizza starts with a 50-pound dough ball, made from a precise recipe John Bongiorno has taped to the kitchen wall at Vincenzo's Pastaria. The dough, enough for about a half-day's worth of pies during peak times, is kneaded then portioned into rounds for the south Fort Myers restaurant's 14-, 18- and 22-inc...
Fashion brand Prada opens first store in Orlando
Prada opens its first store in Orlando, USA, in the prestigious 'The Mall at Millenia'. Designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi, the new retail space occupies a total surface of 370 square meters on one level. As reported in fibre2fashion.com, the store offers the women's collections of ready-to-wear, leather goods, accessories and footwear as well...
LIDI Ristorante on a mission to bring the Italian culinary soul to Daniel Island
by Deidre Schipani The culinary latitude and longitude has shifted on the corner that chef Ken Vedrinski originally established as a restaurant. Red-and-white checkered tablecloths have replaced the racing silks of Siena; the cuisine of Tuscany is pre-empted by that of Apulia, Campania and Sicily. Ristorante LIDI, the current resident, pro...
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Annual Champagne Brunch
You are cordially invited to attend the Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Annual Champagne BrunchSunday, February 15, 2015 - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Palm Beach County Convention Center650 Okeechobee Boulevard - West Palm Beach, Florida FEATURINGFrom a Docent's Perspective - The Uffizi Gallery BRUNCH CHAIRPERSONSRobert Silvani & D...
Taste Of The Town: La Fontana, Doral’s Newest Authentic Italian Eatery
Welcome to La Fontana, Doral's newest authentic Italian eatery straight from Venezuela! Did we say Italian food from Venezuela? Yes we did! La Fontana was founded in South America in 1980 by an Italian restaurateur, who moved there 25 years ago. Levin De Grazia is the son of the original founder. "Everything started in Venezuela with my fathe...