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By Paul Gattis   The largest fast-food Italian restaurant chain in the U.S. is returning to Huntsville. Fazoli's announced plans Monday to open a franchise in the Rocket City in 2017. Fazoli's formerly had a location in Huntsville on Whitesburg Drive. The restaurant said Monday it had signed a franchise agreement with Nareshkumar a...

A vital link in Birmingham's history is being told at the city's most iconic landmark. For an exhibition titled "La Storia," Birmingham residents of Italian heritage have ventured into their ancestors' past to relive a time of fierce struggle and unwavering hope, of generations holding on dearly to their faith and values, while overcoming poverty...

by Rick Bonnell   The Charlotte Hornets agreed to trade the No. 22 pick in Thursday's NBA draft to the Sacramento Kings in return for veteran shooting guard Marco Belinelli, an informed source said. The deal cannot be formally completed until next month, when the NBA's new salary cap kicks in. But the two teams agreed that the Hornets w...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.  ...

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...

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...

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...