By Zjan Shirinian Italy have won the first gold medal of the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Championships, beating the hosts in the handcycling relay. Vittorio Podesta, Luca Mazzone and Alex Zanardi powered to a time of 34 min 12.80sec on the 22.5-kilometre course at the BMW Performance Center in Greenville, S...
READ MORESaturday evening, the Bella Italia Lodge hosted a "Vegas night" to raise money for their annual Italian Festival. The organization was forced to cancel last year's festival because of the October floods, causing them to lose money. Now, they are asking for the community's help so that this fall, they are able to host the popular event...
READ MORECrews are hustling at Le Farfalle to get the forthcoming Italian restaurant up and running soon at 15 Beaufain St. The door displays the logo, but there's still a lot going into the space right now. Le Farfalle predicted a June opening, but with two more days left in the month, that's highly unlikely. Eater has a feeling Charleston is will...
READ MOREThe Italian-American Club of Hilton Head will give away a new Dodge Journey to Corporal Matthew Ferguson, a retired Marine who served in Afghanistan. The car will presented to Ferguson at 1:15 pm on Sept. 17 at the main stage of the Italian Heritage Festival at the Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Dr, Hilton Head Island, according to a...
READ MOREThe Italian-American Club of Hilton Head (IACHH) Invites You to Enjoy a Weekend of Opera Arias & Broadway Show Tunes, Performed by Renowned Singers, at the Hilton Head Arts Center, October 25 & 26, 2014 In response to popular demand, the first annual, Hilton Head aria weekend, features eight renowned opera singers performing recognizable s...
READ MOREThe King Street Marketing Group and the Italy America Chamber of Commerce introduce the Charleston Italian Festival. The event will be a celebration of Italian culture, arts, food, wine and automobiles. It will be held on Daniel Island from noon to 7:00 p.m., September 19, the Feast of San Gennaro. The Charleston Italian Festival will...
READ MOREFor the 21st year in a row, the Italian Festival kicked off Saturday at Market Common. The festival runs until eight p.m. Saturday and features a heritage booth, kids entertainment, crafts vendors and, of course, lots of food. Some of the items on the menu include pizza, sausage, meatball sandwiches and pasta. Organizers explained th...
READ MOREThe 40th season of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid tributes to the men who established the internationally known art festival and remembrances of the nine people fatally shot in a city church last year during a Bible study. Hundreds gathered under a bright sun in front of City Hall as Mayor John Tecklenburg lauded former Mayor Joe Rile...
READ MOREby Johanna D. Wilson Debra Guglielmi, a 5-foot, 51-year-old Italian dynamo, is flitting about Bagel Café and Bakery like a cat chasing a beam of light. It is a Wednesday, but it doesn't matter – she is often a blur of busy-ness. It is clear, however, that she is dedicated to fixing folks fresh food only the most finicky cooks serve....
READ MOREby Hanna Raskin Almost a year after relocating to Charleston from New York City, celebrated chef Michael Toscano has announced plans to open a restaurant in the space currently occupied by Leaf. Le Farfalle will feature "regional Italian food," with an emphasis on housemade pasta, vegetables and seafood, according to publicist Nicole...
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