Chester Martin Remembers Stefano Giuliano
He was Italian from the Old Country, although he had lived in the U.S. for most of his life. He was a master craftsman in the truest sense of the word - and whose craft was a Fine Art in itself. It would be fair to say that Stefano Giuliano was easily one of the most highly skilled ornamental plaster workers in the country - a distinction...
Birmingham's Italian heritage told in 'La Storia' exhibition at Vulcan Park and Museum
A vital link in Birmingham's history is being told at the city's most iconic landmark. For an exhibition titled "La Storia," Birmingham residents of Italian heritage have ventured into their ancestors' past to relive a time of fierce struggle and unwavering hope, of generations holding on dearly to their faith and values, while overcoming poverty...
The Culture of Secrets
Note: Slate is proud to publish two of this year's winners of the Scholastic Writing Awards, honoring the best teen writers in the country. This piece, which was part of a gold-medal-winning portfolio, is by Anthony DeSantis, a senior at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. AnthonyFrom the Latin Antonius. I nev...
Italian Film Festival USA to screen at University of Memphis
Less than two months after the end of the Rhodes College Tournées French Film Festival and some five weeks after the Memphis Jewish Community Center's Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival comes another annual movie event with an international perspective, the Italian Film Festival USA at the University of Memphis. ...
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Annual Champagne Brunch
You are cordially invited to attend the Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Annual Champagne BrunchSunday, February 15, 2015 - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Palm Beach County Convention Center650 Okeechobee Boulevard - West Palm Beach, Florida FEATURINGFrom a Docent's Perspective - The Uffizi Gallery BRUNCH CHAIRPERSONSRobert Silvani & D...
Italian man to reunite Wendell veteran with his WWII ‘dog tags’
A metal detector find by an Italian man with an interest in World War II will reunite a Wendell native with the dog tags he lost while serving overseas more than 70 years ago. Jury Galli searches beach areas near his home in Pisa, about 50 miles west of Florence on the northwest coast of Italy, for artifacts from the war. He has found seve...
February 15 Opening of the Photo exhibition "People of the world"
The Dante Alighieri Society of Miami presents "Peoples of the world", a photo exhibition by Marco Rocca, former Consul general of Italy in Miami. Most of the pictures were taken in Peru, Spain, Panama and Miami, where he was posted during his 40-year diplomatic career, and of course in Italy, his native country. The exhibition will open on...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s So.F.Ter Group Building First U.S. Compounding Facility
Italy-based plastics compounder So.F.Ter. Group has announced plans to build its first plant in America. The new business, based in Lebanon, Tenn., will be dedicated to the production, development and sale of engineering plastics based on polyamide, polypropylene, thermoplastic elastomers, and other advanced solutions for the U.S. market, the compa...
Ciao Il Circolo Amici!
by Paul Finizio As you may have heard through our last few blasts, there is an exciting week of events taking place on Worth Avenue which has put Il Circolo on the map, not only locally, but nationally as well. Featured in this month's issue of Town & Country Magazine, Italian Week Palm Beach - Worth Avenue Edition will hold some of th...
Mayor, residents visit Italy to sign Sister City agreement
Hendersonville Mayor Barbara Volk and Vice Mayor Marinella Franzetti of Verbania, Italy, signed agreements Sept. 23, to become official international sister cities. The signing ceremony took place in City Hall in Verbania, with about 50 people attending. Representatives from Hendersonville Sister Cities board of directors and official...
Nanni performs ‘Italian Favorites’ at Schorr
Local tenor Steven Nanni will perform "Italian Favorites" at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage in Johnson City at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Binghamton audiences may know Nanni from his work with Binghamton's Downtown Singers, Catskill Choral Society, Catskill Symphony, the Summer Savoyards, Tri-Cities Opera and local churches. &n...
2014 Annual Brunch & Leonardo Lecture
Called "the most thrilling art discovery of our time," the saga of Leonardo da Vinci's lost work, the Salvator Mundi, is an intriguing tale. The poignant oil painting, which depicts Christ making the sign of the blessing, was last recorded in the collection of King Charles I in 1649. And then it seemed to have vanished. That is, until it w...