The Italian Club of Tampa is celebrating 100 Years and needs you!
Dear Members, Friends, Families, and Supporters, as many of you know, the Italian Club of Tampa is celebrating 100 Years in our current building with a series of events in the coming months. In an era of modernization, the Italian Club Building has stood the test of time and we remain a cornerstone of Ybor City, just as we were when our doors first...
Raffaldini Vineyards 13th annual Festa Italiana postponed until October
Due to the threat of Hurricane Florence, Raffaldini Vineyards in Ronda is moving its celebration of all things Italian to its 13th annual Festa Italiana on October 20 from 11am-5pm on the grounds of the vineyard, 450 Groce Road. Tickets will be $20 the day of admission. They will be accepting donations of canned and non-perishable goods to help ass...
CCI-NC's Italian Community Lunch & Reception for The Honorable Pier Forlano
CCI-NC is pleased to welcome The Honorable Pier Forlano to the state of North Carolina. He was appointed Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia on August 14, 2017, and this will be his first official visit to North Carolina. Join CCI-NC in welcoming him to the state! The afternoon will feature two events: 1. An Italian Community lunch, which also...
Anthony ‘Tony’ DiMare
Anthony (Tony) DiMare, age 77, of The Villages, FL, passed away on Monday, September 3, 2018. He was a recent resident of North Ridgeville, Ohio and long-time homeowner in Westlake, Ohio. He and his wife Ruth also are residents of The Villages, Florida. Tony is survived by his wife, Ruth Razem DiMare, his beloved son John, grandchildren Hannah, Aar...
A new exciting season of IACC events!
Starting with the month of September, the Chamber announces its upcoming calendar of events and networking gatherings. We will begin with an IACC Business Luncheon starring our guest of honor, the new elected Mayor of the City of Miami, Francis X. Suarez. The event will take place at the famous Italian Restaurant Cipriani on September 21st. On Oct...
Knoxville father, son bring home dental implant technology from Italian Alps
A Knoxville father-son team spent a week in the Alps of Northern Italy recently. Not hiking, not seeing the sights, but securing the latest technology. Dr. Steven Brock, a dentist; his son, Nate Brock, a registered dental assistant, both with Dental Images at 1725 Downtown West Blvd.; and Nate’s wife, Grace Brock, a nurse at UT Medical Center, pack...
Like America itself, Tampa's historic Ybor City began with immigrants.
For nearly a century, an open-door immigration policy had been the law of the land, a system that allowed anarchists, paupers, communists and free-love advocates to flood the United States. In the greatest movement of peoples in history, millions of Italians, Jews, Slavs, and Magyars flooded America with few skills relevant to an urban, industrial...
Cristiano Musillo nuovo console generale d’Italia a Miami, gli auguri di buon lavoro di Fucsia Nissoli (Fi)
Il consigliere d’Ambasciata Cristiano Musillo dal 9 agosto è il nuovo console generale d’Italia a Miami . Al nuovo console generale i “migliori auguri di buon lavoro” da parte di Fucsia Nissoli , deputata di Fi eletta nella circoscrizione Estero –ripartizione Nord e Centro America , che ricorda come la prestigiosa città della Florida vanti una o...
91-year-old receives high school diploma seven decades late
For decades, 91-year-old Salvatore G. Bologna shared tales from his storied life, from guarding prisoners of war and getting stabbed as a police officer to delivering six babies in a patrol car and working security in the World Trade Center. Sunday, the Melbourne resident found a perfect storybook ending to a long, unfinished narrative when he rece...
Visit of a Consular Representative in Nashville, TN
Please be informed that a consular representative will be in Nashville, TN for the acquisition of fingerprints and collection of Italian passport applications on September 19, 2018. Residents of Tennessee registered in this Consulate and registered in the AIRE (Registry of Italians Residing Abroad) will be able to have their fingerprints taken for...
Delta Italians - A Marker for an Incredible Heritage
Good Mornin’! Good Mornin’! The Delta – an area filled with folks from all walks of life. The rich Delta soil has been home to folks who came from far away to begin a new life for their families. Many can point back to several generations and can also pinpoint their beginnings across the ocean in tiny Italian villages. In the late 1800s, they came...
City votes to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day
After a unanimous vote, the City of South Fulton is changing the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The resolution was drafted by Mayor Pro Tem Mark Baker. It says the day “recognizes the tremendous and unique contributions of the people who inhabited the United States of America prior to its colonization.” Baker wrote on his Facebook...