Italian-American Greenville artist recalls capturing space history in paintings
Renato Moncini's face lights up as he recounts his experiences painting iconic moments of American history, such as the moment Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon. His paintings are displayed in the Upcountry History Museum, and he is known as "the first artist of space." "It's a pretty glamorous title, I don't know if I deserve...
Oak Hill to showcase exhibition of bird paintings by Athos Menaboni
Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum will present "Menaboni's Birds: Georgia's Own Artist as Naturalist," an exhibition of 37 paintings by Italian-born Georgia artist Athos Menaboni. The exhibition will run from May 16 through Sept. 12 in the Berry College museum, located on the estate of Martha Berry, the college's founder. Menaboni was bo...
Miami Book Fair: Poet and Publisher Jonathan Galassi on Coming Out as Gay in His New Book
Like most poets, Jonathan Galassi is also the president of one of the world's most renowned publishing houses and is the foremost translator of Nobel Prize-winning Italian poet Eugenio Montale. He probably also has a cat. Galassi runs Farrar, Straus and Giroux, which has Montale and 21 other Nobel laureates on its roster, as well as a phalanx of a...
Italian American Club hosts Festa Italiana
The Italian American Club of Jacksonville presents its annual Festa Italiana on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, at its clubhouse at 2838 Westberry Road in Mandarin. The club, established in 1951, has hosted a fall Festa Italiana every October for 25 years. It is hosting this two-day spring celebration of all things Italian from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m...
Alexo Wandael ITALIANY Exhibition in Miami Beach
December 4, 2014 - December 17, 2014The James Royal Palm - 1545 Collins Avenue - Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Ex-pat Italians have had a huge influence on American life in many fields from art, fashion, film, food and so much more! This is the subject of New York-based Italian photographer Alexo Wandael's project, ITALIANY, in coll...
Rome at the Carlos Museum—Great Masters Offer Rare Views of an Ancient City
"Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome" will be on view at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University from August 24 through November 17, 2013. This spectacular temporary exhibition includes maps, views, and books on Rome from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Over 130 works of art, many...
The Seventh Annual Port St. Lucie Festival Italiano
Organized by GDG Productions and sponsored by the San Gennaro Festival Society of Port St. Lucie, a Non-Profit 501-C3 organization, the 2016 Seventh Annual Port St. :Lucie Festival Italiano this year is once again presented by Garber Buick-GMC of Ft. Pierce, and will take place on Saturday February 27 (12-10 pm) and Sunday February 28 (10-7 pm) at...
Crestview High student earns Sons of Italy scholarship
Kaitlin Gammon, a graduating senior at Crestview High School, is the local Sons of Italy lodge's first $1,000 scholarship recipient. Kaitlin, whose parents are Sean and Tina Gammon of Crestview, plans to pursue the medical field while attending the University of South Alabama. Read more Source: http://www.crestviewbu...
Cruise shipping 2013
L'attività promozionale 2013 in favore della cantieristica navale prevede l'organizzazione di una collettiva italiana alla Cruise Shipping 2013. La manifestazione, principale fiera dedicata al comparto della crocieristica, giunge quest'anno alla 29° edizione ed avrà luogo presso il Convention Center di Miami.All'edizione 2012 della Cruise Shipping...
Laura DiNello cultivates a family mosaic in Charleston
The story of Laura DiNello is as layered as the mosaic masterpieces that she's known for. The self-taught Italian-American artist grew up in Chicago in a culture that frowned upon visual art as a valid profession, especially for women. Most family and friends saw DiNello's drawings and paintings as a cute hobby. When she announced that sh...
Villa Tronco prepares to celebrate 75 years in Columbia
By Allen Wallace As American soldiers arrived at Fort Jackson in 1940 to prepare for what soon would become World War II, many were served home-cooked meals by a woman who ran a fruit stand across from a bus station on Blanding Street. Sadie Tronco's acts of kindness for the soldiers led her to found a restaurant that will celebra...
Italian family thanks soldier's Rock Hill family
Gaetano and Caroline Simonelli were just children on a farm in Nazi-occupied Italy in 1943 when a fighter plane screamed across the sky and crashed within feet of their home. The pilot was killed. The Simonelli family, devout Roman Catholics, buried him right there on the farm. In a Rock Hill cemetery 71 years later an old man named Bobby...