FIU Global Indigenous Group starts petition to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day
by Ceylin Arias Columbus Day is less than a month away and although it's no longer a day students get off from school, it has always been regarded as a day to honor Christopher Columbus' discovery of America on Oct. 12, 1492. Since its establishment as an official federal holiday in 1937, making it 79-years-old, the celebration was in...
Helmut Lang, Theory and Natuzzi Italia headed for Miami’s Design District
Two more tony fashion brands are coming to Miami's Design District — the first Helmut Lang store in South Florida and a Theory store — as well as Italian furnishings retailer Natuzzi Italia. Metro 1 said Wednesday that it has brokered two retail lease agreements for the stores, totaling more than 10,000 square feet. Read more &nb...
Vhernier opens second U.S. location in Design District
Vhernier, the Italian jewelry brand, has chosen Miami's Design District to open its second location in the United States. The new store, at 140 Northeast 39th Street, in the Palm Court Plaza, opens Tuesday. Vhernier is leasing its 600-square-foot space from Craig Robin's Dacra, the development firm that is spearheading the transformation o...
Gala promotes Italian heritage through food, wine and history
What's happening: Festa Della Vecchia Italia Mark your calendar: March 8 at 6:30 p.m. Where: The Breakers Palm Beach, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach The details: Il Circolo's 39th annual anniversary gala will celebrate all that's classic Italian and Italian-American culture. Guests will enjoy Italian style food, wine, dances, instruments and histo...
Ciao! Italian 'hand speak' to be focus of special MSU event
Luca Vullo, an internationally recognized Italian linguist, is bringing his popular nonverbal communication workshop to Mississippi State. Free and open to all, his Jan. 21 presentation is part of the 2015-16 Distinguished Lecture Series of the classical and modern languages and literatures department. The university's communication department...
Feast of the Seven Fishes at the Italian Table
At The Italian Table, 2359 Frankfort Ave., will host nightly Feast of the Seven Fishes dinners Dec. 19–23. Each meal will feature fish or seafood prepared seven different ways. "The whole idea of having seven fish is an Italian-American thing from the Northeast, where a majority of immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries came from the coasta...
Eataly signing at Miami’s Brickell CityCentre: report
Mario Batali's Italian-themed food market Eataly is one of the first stores to sign for retail space at Swire Properties' $1.05 billion Brickell CityCentre site in Miami, exMiami reported, citing unnamed sources. Eataly has a 50,000-square-foot space – including a rooftop garden and restaurant – in the Flatiron District in Manhattan, and is op...
Miami: innovazione e tecnologia per far crescere il Made in Lazio in America
"La Florida può rappresentare un'incredibile volano di crescita per la comunità scientifica italiana e per le PMI del Lazio ad alto tasso di innovazione. Consolidare la nostra presenza in questo territorio, significa presidiare in modo stabile la porta d'ingresso per i mercati del Centro Sud America, incrementando così la competitività dell'intero...
Simply Italian Great Wines: Il vino italiano protagonista a Miami con la CCI
La Camera di Commercio Italiana nel Southeast degli Stati Uniti è partner ufficiale della 5a Edizione di "Simply Italian Great Wines", che si terrà a Miami l'11 febbraio prossimo. La manifestazione vedrà la partecipazione di circa 40 espositori italiani e di numerosi importatori, distributori, ristoratori, sommeliers e media specializzati presenti...
Lakewood Ranch's Festa Italiana to feature more Italian food Saturday
by James A.Jones Jr. Festa Italiana organizers promise the annual Lakewood Ranch festival will be "more Italian" this year through the addition of Italian food and drink offerings. "People wanted more options on food, and more Italian food," fest Chairman Ed Tulski said. This year a dozen food vendors will offer everything fr...
Renzo Piano tra terra, cielo e mare
Espressione di un'ideale tensione tra terra e cielo, l'Eighty Seven Park è il primo edificio residenziale ideato da Renzo Piano negli Stati Uniti, collocato al limite di Miami Beach, a nord del parcoNorth Shore Open Space su Collins Avenue. Contraddistinto da un design fluido che unisce in modo equilibrato architettura, design e paesa...
Southern ingredients meet Italian techniques at Le Farfalle
The giant wheel of parmigiana-reggiano at the center of a Le Farfalle dining room makes the point: Italian cooking traditions are at the core of this new restaurant from New York City restaurant scene vets Michael and Caitlin Toscano. But while the cheese hails from Italy, many of the dishes it's plotted to complement are local to the Lowc...