Our Ferragosto Party
by Ciancia Italian Club Ciancia in August is synonymous of our famous outdoor party and star-gazing night at Mike Salvo's house. This summer is no different, with his new brick-oven pizza, outdoor kitchen, bocce game, Jacuzzi, swimming pool, amazing regional cuisine, dancing and late live music. This is your chance to leave all your worrie...
Injured Soldier Honored With Award
Family and friends gave Nick Staback a standing ovation at a picnic in Mcdade park Tuesday evening.The 22-year old is back home, one week after he was honored in Florida with a national American hero award from UNICO national, an Italian-American service organization. "I don't see how i deserve it. Its just that i was doing my job, i...
Atlanta Art institutions Hosts Year of Italian Culture 2013
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced 2013 as the "Year of Italian Culture" in the United States. Atlanta arts institutions have joined in the celebration and will host events throughout the Fall that highlight everything from Italian music to Renaissance and Baroque images of Rome to Italy's best exports, wine and design. Harmonie Univ...
Lakewood Ranch's Festa Italiana stirs up memories of Ratpack crooners and delicious cooking
Growing up in a large Italian family in Buffalo, N.Y., Anne Wolfe -- now one of area's top amateur Italian cooks -- remembers her father, Mike Tramontana putting 45 RPM records on the record player. Sounds of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Louis Prima, Tony Bennett and Perry Como filled her house and mixed with the aroma of cannolis and Itali...
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery announces New Lecture Series...ART CONVERSATIONS
Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: Michelangelo and Judaism Sunday, November 22, 2015 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: Artistic Competition in Renaissance Florence Sunday, January 1, 2016 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: The Madonna's of the Uffizi Gallery In an effort to enhance our educational schedule of events, the Friends of the Uffizi Galler...
IACC announces the date of its 25th Anniversary Gala
Save the date for a spectacular event that will celebrate the best of Made in Italy in the USA. The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce will host its 25th Anniversary Gala on Friday, October 21st 2016 in Miami. It will be not only a fantastic dinner but also a prestigious display for all those companies that represent the distinction of Italian...
Shelby County residents share history of Italian American ancestors
By Ginny Cooper McCarley When Alabaster resident Mary Ann Tudisco's grandmother, Maria Monte Piazza, arrived at the Port of New Orleans in 1907, she carried a single trunk containing all of her belongings from her life in Sicily. The trunk is one of many artifacts found at the Vulcan Park and Museum's exhibition, La Storia: Birmin...
Feast of Little Italy celebrates Italian heritage, family, community & unity
Thousands came out to attend the 14th Annual Italian festival, Feast of Little Italy. The 3 day event and celebration held at the Abacoa Town Center November 4, 5 & 6th. The mission of the festival is to help educate and showcase Italian traditions and culture. It was also dedicated to encouraging the importance of unity, family and co...
Italian American Parade to step off Tuesday in Spanish Springs Town Square
Villagers are encouraged to claim their seats early for the Italian American Parade set to step off at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spanish Springs Town Square. Among the acts appearing in the parade will be the Villages High School Band, the '57 Chevy Golf Cart Club, the Villages Twirlers and Drum Corps, the Village Cheerleaders, Clown Alley 179, the...
Anderson County to host International Festival with Italian flair
By Frances Parrish Beverly Childs, executive director of the Anderson County Museum, took a trip to southern Italy in October, and now she is helping bring a slice of Italy to Anderson through the International Festival. Childs, a festival committee member, remembers walking through doors of Catholic churches in Italy and seeing the e...
"Feast of Little Italy": Food, Family, Culture, Tradition, Music & Family Fun in Abacoa
The 14th Annual Feast of Little Italy presented by Arrigo Fiat of West Palm seeks to unify the community again. As we celebrate Italian Heritage Month, we look forward to all of the national and local Italian and Italian American performers appearing on the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Stage November 4-6, 2016. This November as Americ...
ARANCIO (e non solo): intervista a Emanuele Pettener
Emanuele Pettener è nato a Venezia, ma vive negli Stati Uniti dal 2000 dove insegna lingua e letteratura italiana alla Florida Atlantic University. E non è un caso che il suo nuovo romanzo, "Arancio" (Meligrana, 2014), sia ambientato proprio in Florida. Un estratto del libro è disponibile qui... Ne approfittiamo per discutiamo con l'autore...