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A bright and bold poster designed by Italian artist Ugo Nespolo was unveiled by General Director Nigel Redden as the official 2015 Spoleto Festival USA poster today. Nespolo is the set and costume designer for Spoleto Festival USA's production of Francesco Cavalli's opera Veremonda l'amazzone di Aragona, which will have its American premiere-and fi...

April 3, 4 pm/7 pm in CDT. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen - 712 W Brookhaven Cir, Memphis 38117. Celebrate family with all your friends. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen is hosting an event sponsored by Rena Chiozza, Bill Lucchesi and the UNICO Memphis Chapter Foundation where the proceeds go to the Columbus Statue Relocation Project.&...

Auburn Public Theater is looking to two familiar faces — two familiar, heavily made-up faces — to lead off its first Summer Theater Series.   Running June 9 through 26 at the downtown Auburn theater will be "The Calamari Sisters' Clam Bake." The show follows the bickering Italian siblings through the staging of a summer picnic.   Read...

by Lisa Petrillo   Nestled in the heart of Coconut Grove, Spasso is a charming, rustic, authentic Italian restaurant. It was opened about seven months ago by chef and co-owner Gaetano Ascione who, throughout his career, has prepared special dishes for VIPs including Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. "Spasso means entertain...

The Italian Republic tapped Miller & Martin attorney Ryan Kurtz as the new honorary consul general of Italy in Atlanta. Kurtz has worked closely with the Italian Consular Office in Atlanta for a number of years, the law firm noted.   In 2013, he organized an event for the Italian Ambassador to the United States with the help of th...

What was once a rundown lot catty-cornered from the Belmont Hotel is now a strip of "luxury" apartments plopped next to a handful of eateries and shops.   At first pass it looks like just another real estate mogul's wet dream, but on closer inspection, Sylvan Thirty, as it's un-creatively labeled, is becoming a place for neighbors and foodie...

DeRomo's Gourmet Market & Restaurant plans to go all out in celebration of its second anniversary in business at Promenade at Bonita Bay. Right in time for Italian Heritage Month, the Italian Feast will run 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15.   Enjoy Italian cuisine along with an Italian beer and wine bar. The cost is $20 for adults a...

Miami, Florida - March 06, 2013With the success of 2012's Italian Culinary Experience events, Casa Vinicola Zonin USA is thrilled to kick off this year's series on March 12th with a local favorite, Eating House restaurant located in Coral Gables, FL.

By Carol Saunders Jerry Somma, president of the "Feast of Little Italy," has announced the bold entertainment lineup for this year's event taking place Nov. 1 to 3 in Jupiter's Abacoa Town Center.   In its 11th year, the "Feast of Little Italy" continues to delight and surprise festival-goers with a blend of outstanding performances this ye...

by Martin J. Reed   For everyone in southwest Shelby County who's been anticipating the opening of Joe's Italian Crossroads Café in Montevallo, the wait will soon be over. The popular Alabaster eatery's new location focusing on takeout is opening Monday at the intersection of Highway 119 and Shelby County Road 22 in north Montevallo, sa...

The Lowcountry has no shortage of cultural festivals, and yet two years ago a group of area residents felt something was still missing. "We have every festival imaginable in the tri-county area, but there was no Italian festival," said Teri Lupinacci.   And thus the Lowcountry Festa Italiana, LLC was born. The nonprofit organization exists...

by Stephanie Marks Martell   La Fornarina is an unassuming restaurant nestled in Stonecrest Village shopping center where Italian street chef Santi Arria is working magic with flour. Arria, owner of the La Fornarina restaurant in Messina, Italy, since 1986, is pursuing the American dream at the La Fornarina in Tega Cay, which opened in...