FIU names stadium for entrepreneur, real estate investor Riccardo Silva
Florida International University just named its stadium after Riccardo Silva, an Italian entrepreneur whose holdings include soccer teams, modeling agencies, restaurants and a real estate investment firm. Silva, the owner of Silva International Investments, has donated more than $3 million to the FIU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics since 20...
The XI Italian Film Festival is here
Hard to believe that this is our 11th edition, but our traditional Italian Film Festival is here! Dubbed as the most relevant annual event for Italian culture and community in Atlanta, the Festival is at its 11th edition. This initiative is funded and fostered by the amazing Claudio Di Persia. As primary sponsor of the Film Festival, Ciancia has be...
Mets’ Brandon Nimmo optimistic for Opening Day
Things appear to be better than expected for outfielder Brandon Nimmo. Nimmo pulled a hamstring last weekend playing for Italy in the World Baseball Classic, but on Wednesday, he was back in Port St. Lucie, ready to test it. Nimmo said his hamstring felt fine and that it had improved over the past two days, with the saving grace that he was shut do...
Calipari named head coach of USA men's U19 world cup team
Kentucky men’s basketball head coach, John Calipari, has been named the Head Coach of the 2017 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team and will lead Team USA at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Championship in July in Cairo. The decision was officially announced Wednesday after Calipari was selected by the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee...
Alabama football: After the Oscars, remembering the Italian Stallion
Sharp eyes from AL.com’s Matt Zenitz resulted in a rundown of the new jersey numbers for Alabama’s early enrollees and a few switches for returners. It’s fairly routine stuff, except for one number reservation that jumped out at me. Najee Harris, a freshman running back coming off a meniscus tear and a recent 5-star recruit, was given No. 22. Recen...
Da Giugliano a Miami, il trionfo del driver Ciro Ciccarelli
Italia vs Usa potrebbe essere tranquillamente un match da mondiale di calcio, invece, stavolta, a sfidarsi non sono stati i calciatori su un campo d’erba, ma bensì dei driver amatoriali, cosiddetti “gentleman”. Fra sabato e domenica infatti gli italiani Ciro Ciccarelli, Luigi Farina, Antonio Simioli e l’unica amazzone Elena Villani hanno dato vita...
Sebastian Maniscalco, Jerry Seinfeld’s favorite comic, coming to Cobb Feb. 19
It’s hard to imagine what it feels like if Jerry Seinfield, one of the biggest stand-up comics in the world, places his enthusiastic stamp of approval on your head. Sebastian Maniscalco does. Last year, the Italian American from Chicago was invited to be a guest on Seinfeld’s Crackle series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” “It was like my Johnny...
Italy Vs. USA At Pompano This Weekend
The Florida Amateur Driving Club is hosting a friendly, but highly competitive, event versus some of the top Italian amateur drivers in a four-race series encompassing the weekend at Pompano Park. The Florida Amateur Driving Club has donated almost $180,000 to worthwhile organizations on the strength of club members donating all driving fees to cha...
Italian night at the American Airlines Arena
The new partnership between the IACC and the Miami Heat is bringing you a unique event on the night of March 21. Join us for a VIP Party in the spectacular XFINITY EAST PLAZA, followed by the match: Miami Heat vs. Phoenix Suns. Do not miss also the opportunity to get a POST GAME THROW PASS and a special edition MIAMI HEAT-IACC T-SHIRT, included in...
GCSC presents ‘Italian American Reconciliation’
The Visual & Performing Arts Division of Gulf Coast State College is excited to present “Italian American Reconciliation,” a comic folktale by John Patrick Shanley, winner of the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his film Moonstruck. The play is described as a fanciful, lighthearted and zestfully comic exploration of male/female r...
Stage West to reprise 'Over the River and Through the Woods'
When it comes to connecting with local audiences, what could be better than a story about doting New Jersey Italian-American grandparents and their loving, but ambitious grandson who is ready to get on with his life, even if it means moving from New York City to Seattle for a better job, thus ending his regular Sunday visits with them? It gets even...
Summerfest with Il Circolo and Symphony of the Americas!
Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society of the Palm Beaches is partnering with Symphony of the Americas this summer in presenting a special performance of Summerfest at the DoubleTree Hilton in Palm Beach Gardens on August 11 at 6pm. Summerfest is a an annual event where Symphony of the Americas combines with members of our orchestra with...