Cinema Paradiso still resonates with Palm Springs festival fans
by Bruce Fessier In the 24 years leading to tonight, no festival has opened with a better splash than the inaugural opening night film, "Cinema Paradiso." In the daily video series running on mydesert.com, I asked more than 25 people involved with the festival for their festival highlights and the most common response was seeing "Cine...
Sons of Italy awards 3 scholarships
Sons Of Italy Lodge #2780 awarded three scholarships for 2014 in a June 6 meeting at St. Anastasia Church. The lodge supports the scholarships through various fundraising activities during the year including group dinners, group trips, raffles and an annual bocce tournament held in spring at the St Augustine Pier. This year's recipients we...
Italian compounder opens first plant in U.S.
The song of the South has led Italian compounder So.F.Ter Group to open its first U.S. plant in Lebanon. The factory will make compounds primarily based on polypropylene, nylon and polyesters. New lines to make compounds based on thermoplastic elastomers will be installed next year. Automotive will be the plant's largest end market—and is...
Landmark Ferrari 275S/340 America Barchetta leads early highlights for RM Sotheby's Monterey Auction
A highly significant 1950 Ferrari 275S/340 America, chassis 0030 MT, leads early entries for RM Sotheby’s flagship Monterey sale, returning August 14 – 15 to California’s Monterey Peninsula. Born as one of only two 275S barchettas built, 0030 MT was campaigned by the Factory and driven by legendary Italian racing driver Alberto Ascari in one of th...
Condotti Hotels Group opens new luxury apartments in Miami and launches international brand 'Mare Azur'
After opening in 2014 of Condhotel Montecarlo in Miami, Condotti Hotels Group, which has four hotels in the historic heart of Rome (Condotti Palace, Hotel Condotti, Vatican View and Stay Inn Rome), opens Grand Bay, its second Condohotel in Miami. The opening of this second prestigious luxury location coincides with the launch of the brand on the in...
Italian pizzeria to replace 100 Montaditos in Suniland Shopping Center
by Emon Reiser Italian pizza chain Piola is taking over a space previously occupied by troubled fast-casual 100 Montaditos, which recently filed for bankruptcy in Florida. The pizzeria signed a 10-year lease for a 2,517 square-foot space at 11421 South Dixie Highway in Pinecrest in the Suniland Shopping Center, Terranova Corp. announced. The...
Peek Inside Massive Italian Food Hall At Brickell City Centre
At Brickell City Centre, an Italian food hall under construction will be unlike anything seen before in Miami, Swire Properties is promising. The food hall will span three levels anchoring Brickell City Centre's north block, and will include a wide variety of eateries and market fare. As of last week, interior buildout of the massive 38,000 s...
A Night in Roma – Fort Lauderdale
Stroll down the re-creation of Mulberry Street and enjoy an array of fare from local restaurants, beer and wine bars, live entertainment, and a bocce ball tournament, at the 3rd Annual "A Night in Roma" benefitting the Tony Segreto Athletics Scholarship Fund. Individual tickets: $100. June 10 at Nova Southeastern University's Arena at the Don Taft...
Guida agli investimenti in Florida
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the publication next November of "Guida agli investimenti in Florida", a 56 pages guide targeting Italian entrepreneurs and investors interested in exploring business opportunities in the thriving Florida market. The handbook will be published as a special edition of our catchy and...
Italian lingerie brand La Perla slated for Buckhead Atlanta
Buckhead Atlanta really is getting a slice of Rodeo Drive.Italian luxury clothing company La Perla recently submitted plans for a new store in Buckhead -- its first store in Atlanta. La Perla has signed a lease at Buckhead Atlanta, a mixed-use development at Peachtree and East Paces Ferry roads. The nearly 1,900-square-foot store will sit on...
Italian satire ‘Viva La Liberta’ is seeing double
by Mark Hinson Given Italy's recent history, thanks mainly to former prime minister Silvio "Bunga Bunga" Berlusconi's sex scandals, the nation's crazy politics are ripe for mockery. The political satire "Viva La Liberta," which is being shown this weekend at All Saints Cinema by the Tallahassee Film Society, takes a few good shots...
DePalma's offers better versions of classic Italian
Pizza, pasta, espresso: the kitchen stylings of the Italian peninsula permeate American food culture. We have a love affair with Italian food – so much so that the overt romanticism behind our pasta and wine can begin to detract from the meal. Hours of chick flicks and boring dates pile onto the cliché like runaway trains, and our mouths h...