John J. Brunetti Sr., Owner of Hialeah Park, Dies
John J. Brunetti Sr., the colorful and sometime controversial owner of Hialeah Park and three Florida-based Thoroughbred racing and breeding farms, died peacefully at his Boca Raton home on March 2. Brunetti, 87, had been in tenuous health since undergoing the removal of a cancerous lung last year. The Bronx-born son of an Italian immigrant who ins...
Hattiesburg's St. Thomas Aquinas Church to hold annual Irish-Italian Festival on March 17
Great food, music, fellowship and more will be on the menu for St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church's 17th annual Irish-Italian Festival on March 17. The festival will feature games for children, a silent auction and an art show featuring local artists. The menu for the festival includes Irish stew, spaghetti and meatballs, sausage dogs, pizza, cott...
Il Circolo 42nd Anniversary Gala - The Breakers Hotel
Our 42nd Anniversary Gala will be held at The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, on Sunday, March 18, 2018 beginning with Cocktails at 5:30 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The Anthony Lane Band will be performing and we are honoring Franco Harris, NFL Hall of Famer, Adriana Trigiani, Author, Film Director and Entrepreneur and World- renowned Opera Singer, Carlos D...
A writer's writer …
Some authors write only a few books, others have a plethora of titles to their name. An example of the latter is the prolific Ann Hood who has written 14 novels — many of them bestsellers — three memoirs, a short story collection, a 10-book series for middle readers and one young adult novel. Her essays and short stories have appeared in many journ...
Saint Pio Italian Festival debuts in Sarasota
Folks counting down the days until the The 30th Annual Venice Italian Feast & Carnival that starts Feb. 22 should check out the inaugural Saint Pio Italian Festival being held by Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in South Manatee. The fun event will offer a winning mix of Italian food, Italian wine and other beverages along with Italian music. 1-7 p.m. Sat...
Meridiana to start Miami – Milan flights
Italian airline Meridiana has announced that it will begin serving Miami International Airport with four weekly flights from Milan starting June 8, utilizing recently refurbished 247-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Miami will join New York as the carrier’s two U.S. destinations. After its summer 2018 expansion, Meridiana’s network from Milan will i...
Tuskegee greets Italian ambassador as city seeks to lure jet trainer project
Italy gave the Tuskegee Airmen a home. Now an Italian corporation hopes to make its home in Alabama for what could be a transformational project. Italian ambassador Armando Varricchio visited Moton Field in Tuskegee today, touring the training home of the celebrated World War II fighter pilots. Along with Varricchio was William Lynn III, CEO of Leo...
A busy Italian week in Florida
Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society, had a banner week-end from February 2 through the 5th. Events included participation in a program called Italy in Transit sponsored by Florida Atlantic University; the 3rd annual Italian Fest, a street fair held at Sanborn Park in Boca Raton; an opera concert by the Palm Beach Opera Apprentice Program held...
You could win flights to Italy at La Dolce Vita: Music of Italian Cinema event
For more than a decade, the College of Charleston's Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival (NCIFF) has brought contemporary Italian cinema and award-winning Italian filmmakers, actors, and screenwriters to Charleston for a four day showcase. To raise money for this annual affair, NCIFF has teamed up with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for an eveni...
Rome: City and Empire
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN. February 23–May 28, 2018. One of the most extraordinary geopolitical powers in history, the Roman Empire continues to capture the imaginations of people across the globe, nearly three thousand years after the city of Rome arose from a cluster of villages in central Italy. Rome: City an...
Meet the Italian grandmother who went viral with her new Google Home
Maria Actis can FaceTime with her grandchildren and use Facebook with no problem, but the 85-year-old Flagler Beach resident was a little scared when her grandson presented her with a round small speaker on Christmas and told her to say, "Hello, Google." The results of her first interaction with her present, a Google Home Mini device, unexpectedly...
An Atlanta entrepreneur searching for the perfect home base finally found it in a Tuscan ruin — see the before and after photos of her 12th century Italian fortress
Stylist, photo producer, and author Annette Joseph wanted a space to expand her workshop and teaching business. What she found, or — as the Italian saying goes — the house that found her, is an 8,500 square-foot 12th century fortress in Lunigiana, Italy. "I knew it would be the perfect location to conduct creative workshops and retreats, and, ever...