Jarett Andretti fulfills father's goal to get team to Rolex
Jarett Andretti carved his own path in motorsports alongside his father, where the two began in sprint cars with aspirations to build a bigger program they could take to the next level. John Andretti and his son eventually set their sights on sports cars and building a program that would someday race in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. They got serious abo...
Italy in Transit: symposium
This professional and academic meeting is held every year in Winter-early Spring, the best time to be in Florida. Our guests are invited to share their research about Italy, seen as a fluid space where identities cross and new encounters are shaped. It is a symposium. We stress the Greek root syn: together. Speakers aim to commit to the whole progr...
Paolo Banchero at no.2 in latest ESPN Mock Draft
Italian/American prospect Paolo Banchero is listed at no.2 in the latest edition of the ESPN NBA Mock Draft. Duke's big man is right behind Gonzaga unicorn Chet Holmgren, who's currently the no.1 prospect in Jonathan Givony's mock draft. Banchero is averaging 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game so far this season, shooting 51% from the...
Italy Expo 2022
Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 5:30 PM – Sun, Feb 6, 2022, 6:00 PM EST. Sons of Italy Lodge, 3315 West Lemon Street, Tampa, FL. Have you ever visited a “Piazza”? In Italy, a PIAZZA is the downtown meeting hub for people, a place to go for shopping, taking a stroll, having a snack at a café, for seeing and being seen. With Italy Expo 2022, the Italian piazza is...
Cirque Italia making a splash in Brandon
From the outside, it looks like a regular circus tent, but when you step inside, you’ll be greeted by the sights and sounds of a 35,000-gallon water tank. It’s the centerpiece for Cirque Italia, now performing in Tampa Bay. “Really to get this kind of entertainment you need to go to Vegas or New York,” said performer Morgaine Rosenthal. For the pas...
Joey & Maria’s Comedy Italian Wedding Hits the Stage
Joey and Maria are getting married! Again! Screenwriter and actress Darlyne Franklin has returned with her interactive play, Joey & Maria’s Comedy Italian Wedding, in which an over-served nonna (grandmother) makes a scene and audience members participate in the tarantella (traditional wedding dance). Franklin, a longtime local resident, brought the...
Candice Guardino's Hit Show ITALIAN BRED - THE THEATRICAL COMEDY Comes to Boca And Delray in February 2022
In Italian Bred - The Theatrical Comedy, actress/singer/storyteller Candice Guardino effortlessly slips in and out of multiple family characters as she reminisces about her childhood. The show, which has received rave reviews wherever it has played, will have its Florida premiere performances at the Mizner Park Cultural Center on February 24th, and...
Traveling Italian water circus comes to Savannah
The first and only traveling Italian water circus in the United States has rolled into Savannah for the weekend. Cirque Italia is performing its new show for 2021 on Thursday through Sunday in the parking lot across from the Macy’s at Oglethorpe Mall. Attendees will enter the big blue and white ten to see a pirate adventure show about the Ringmaste...
Paolo Banchero, No. 5 Duke knock off No. 1 Gonzaga in thrilling battle
The battle between the two best players in college basketball, and perhaps the sport’s two best teams, didn’t disappoint late on Friday night. If we’re lucky, the contest in Las Vegas was just a preview of what will make for a tremendous deep NCAA tournament battle come March. Potential top draft pick Paolo Banchero and No. 5 Duke held on to knock...
Joey and Maria get married in Naples; you — and their wacky family — are invited
Marriage may be a celestial thing, but weddings are often an experience closer to Hell, as too many brides know. That said, even Hell can be screamingly funny filtered through a doddering priest, a claws-out ex-girlfriend in the congregation and relatives with shady pasts dropping in. Hey, aintchoo glad ta see us? "Joey and Maria's Comedy Italian...
Opining on Coach Paul Pasqualoni; Hall of Fame human Buck O’Neil
Paul Pasqualoni walked away, but he couldn’t stay away. His retirement from coaching football, following his resignation as the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator in January 2020, lasted less than a year. When University of Florida head coach Dan Mullen asked him to join his staff this season as a special assistant, Pasqualoni couldn’t get to the...
Italic Award Gala – IACCSE 30th Anniversary Celebration
It is time to acknowledge once more the great friendship between the US and Italy. And, we are together anew to celebrate a milestone for all of us as a committed business community: the 30th Anniversary of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast. Please join us on December 1st, 2021, as we recognize, with the prestigious Italic Award, two ...