Office Story: Little Italy Is Hiding in McClung Tower
Who: Renitaly-office-1ée D'Elia-Zunino is a distinguished lecturer in Italian studies and faculty advisor of UT's Italian Club. She said she loves sharing not only the Italian language but Italian culture with her students. "Everything my students learn has a purpose." D'Elia-Zunino and her students also participate in an annual Italian immersion...
La ripresa americana traina la ceramica
ATLANTA - Tredici anni fa a Orlando, Florida, la minaccia più concreta era quella spagnola. Oggi ad Atlanta, Georgia, ad insidiare il primato mondiale della ceramica italiana ci sono i soliti cinesi. In realtà è un primato che ha già subìto una modifica strutturale importante: resiste in valore, non in volume, segno che il...
Italian snack maker sets up shop in north High Point
by Pat Kimbrough N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker recently joined city officials to celebrate the opening of an Italian snack food maker in north High Point. LC America began operations in January at 8221 Tyner Road in a 68,000-square-foot plant previously occupied by Streuli Sales, a wooden door manufacturer. A ribbon-cutting c...
Andrea Bocelli to Perform & Receive Honors at the Billboard Latin Music Awards
by Sara Bibel Considered one of the most unique and distinguishable voices in the world, Italian tenor, singer and songwriter Andrea Bocelli will be bestowed the Billboard Lifetime Achievement Award and will perform live at the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm®. The longest-running and most prestigious Latin music...
It's Your Business: Antica Murrina jewelry to open in Bonita Springs
Antica Murrina jewelry store is opening soon at the Promenade at Bonita Bay. Owned and operated by Angelo and Victoria Molinari, the store specializes in Antica Murrina handcrafted jewelry by Murano Glass in Venice, Italy. It is only the second Antica Murrina store in the U.S.; the original is in Atlantic City, New Jersey. "We look f...
Versace mansion sold for $41.5 mn
A luxury Miami Beach mansion, where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace lived and died, has been sold for $41.5 million. During an auction held earlier this week, the mansion was sold to a business consortium including the Nakash family, the owner of Jordache Jeans. The Nakash clan already has an interest in the Victor Hotel, next...
Italian traditions take center stage at annual Mamma Mia Cook-off (with recipe)
by David Holloway Traditional Italian cuisine takes center stage on Saturday, Nov. 9 when the good people of Daphne, Ala., will once again get together for a tasty, fun annual event that benefits the school kids of Baldwin County. The 2013 Mamma Mia Cook-off is set for 7-10 p.m. on the grounds of Daphne City Hall at 1705 Main St....
UNA student chosen for Italian opera festival
By Jennifer Edwards Jessica Bailey left for Italy last week with the University of North Alabama Chamber Choir, but when the rest of the 30-member elite vocal ensemble returns to Florence next week, Bailey won't be on the plane. She will stay behind to prepare for the four-week Operafestival di Roma, a select opera festival in Rome. Bailey...
Family-style Italian on menu for this planned uptown restaurant
A family-style Italian restaurant is in the works for uptown Charlotte. Demolition on that roughly 8,000-square-foot space started Monday in the 300 block of North College Street, says Tim Dolan. The restaurant will be located in the former Cosmos site, which closed earlier this year. He and Jason Astephen are behind 300 Bar Group, which...
Dolce Italian in Buckhead Atlanta to open in August
Winner of Bravo's Best New Restaurant competition, Dolce Italian will open its first Georgia location in Buckhead Atlanta in August. A Miami location opened in 2013, and plans are in the works for a Chicago outpost as well. The restaurant is the signature of LDV Hospitality, founder John Meadow says. Diners can look forward to house-made p...
Local and fresh: Modern Italian food is made the old-fashioned way at Marietta Square eatery
by Therra C. GwynItalian food has come a long way in the United States from its beginnings as home cooking in immigrant kitchens and lovable canned spaghetti for the masses. Recently opened restaurant Piastra — Italian for "plate" — in Marietta, features chef Greg Lipman's take on modern Italian cuisine. It's a careful concoction of d...
Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Nesta giving NASL an Italian renaissance with Miami FC
By Bob Williams Miami is well known for its Cuban and Hispanic neighbourhoods but the city's soccer community has now developed a strong Italian influence. For Little Havana, read Little Milan. Earlier this year Riccardo Silva, a multi-millionaire Italian TV rights magnate, and Paolo Maldini, the former AC Milan and Italy legend, te...