NEWS FROM : SOUTH EAST  

Balanzone, Fagiolino, Lazzarone e altri burattini bolognesi sono sbarcati di nuovo negli Stati Uniti.   Dopo la tournée del 2009 a Colorado Springs, la compagnia Burattini di Riccardo è stata ospitata all'Oxford College della Emory Universityad Atlanta in Georgia, dove il 20 novembre alla Williams Hall si è alzerà il sipario sulla commedia "...

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...

The Southeast – As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the various regions of the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the townspeople and later for Americans nationwide.   Saint Helena, North Caroli...

The IACC Chapter in South Carolina hosted a delegation from Miami leaded by Hon. Gloria Bellelli, Consul General of Italy. The mission included a visit to the office of our member MSC, a meeting with the Italian business and community leaders, and a Networking Event for members and guests at National Bank of South Carolina.   During the...

Reservations-only, fine-dining Italian restaurant Tartufo Nashville has targeted a June 10 opening at the Midtown building formerly occupied by eateries Magnolia South and Mambu.   In addition to dining rooms for 48 patrons, the 4,500-square-foot restaurant at 1808 Hayes St. will have a small bar, a piano lounge and an outdoor covered patio...

Name: Paulette Licitra, aka Chef Paulette Current occupation: Chef/cooking instructor. She teaches Italian cooking classes out of her home in Nashville. Licitra completed her professional culinary studies at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York City and cooked in Mario Batali's restaurant Lupa. Her cookbook, "Italian Cooking Party...

Prada will open a store in the Miami Design District on Dec. 6, in conjunction with the Art Basel Miami fair. The one-story unit, designed by the brand's go-to architect Roberto Baciocchi, covers 3,890 square feet and carries women's ready-to-wear, leather goods, accessories and footwear.

Italians serve as Editorial Board Members for the 26th Annual University of Bath and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Symposium on Fluid Power & Motion Control (FPMC 2013) October 6 – 9, 2013. Italian institutions such as the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia are sending professors Massimo Milani, part of t...

Order Sons of Italy in America's Richard A. Capozzola Lodge 2865 presents a family pasta night Jan. 17. Pasta with meatballs or sausage, salad, bread, tea and dessert will be served 5-8 p.m. Jan. 17 at Foxwood Country Club, 4927 Antioch Road.   Adults pay $7 per plate; children 11 and under pay $3.50 per dish. Take-outs are available.&n...

The United States has extradited a former executive of an Italian marine hose manufacturer to face price-fixing charges in what the Justice Department said was its first extradition on antitrust charges.   Romano Pisciotti, a former executive with Italy's Parker ITR SRL, was extradited from Germany and arrived in Miami on Thursday to face a...

It took a 300-page hedge fund report to tell Olive Garden that they had a big problem—there's no salt in the pasta. "Shockingly," says the report, "Olive Garden no longer salts the water it uses to boil the pasta, merely to get a longer warranty on its pots." Shocking indeed. The Italian word for pasta that lacks salt—"sciocca"—also means "si...

Antonello Pileggi has been elected President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community (MSIC). Officers of the MSIC will be Vice President Fabio De Furia (Consorzio Roma Ricerche), Secretary Alessia Fornoni (Director and Chair of the Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center at the University of Miami) and Treasurer Ant...