Stefano Versace Holdings Expansion In The US (By Stefano Versace Holdings, LLC)
The origin of STEFANO VERSACE HOLDINGS began with an idea from its founder, Stefano Versace, to give life to an Italian gelato shop chain called: STEFANO VERSACE – GELATERIE ITALIANE & GOURMET. The overall objective of the chain is to introduce to the American consumer an authentic Italian gelato referred to in Italy as "Gelato Artigianale Ital...
Del Conca USA doubles capacity at facility in Tennessee
In just two years since it opened its U.S. production facilities, Del Conca USA, a subsidiary of Del Conca Group based in Italy, has put in motion plans to double its capacity of porcelain tile production from 32 to 65 million square feet per annum. Even with excellent early indicators, this increase is happening even faster tha...
Italian American Club keeps traditions alive
The smell of meatballs lingered in the air at the Italian American Club of Jacksonville four days before one of their biggest events of the year, Festa Italiana. A dozen members were gathered at their facility on Westberry Road in Mandarin to roll more than 1,000 meatballs for the event, which was held Saturday and Sunday, kicking off Italian-...
Tradition at Ferraro’s Italian Grille traced to 1957 in Sicily
By James A. Jones JR. Frank LoGrande embraced life in the United States when he moved to Brooklyn from Italy with his family at age 15. Now 63, he carries on the family restaurant tradition at Ferraro's Italian Grille, 8348 U.S. 301 N., Parrish, that dates to 1957 in Palmero, Sicily. Since buying the restaurant in 2008, he ha...
Annual festival brings Italian culture to Naples
William Noll laughs when asked why he focused on Italy for this year's ArtsNaples World Festival. "Why not?" he says. "That's what's great about Italy! You literally have centuries that you can choose from." Italy has been the longtime home to opera, classical music, visual art, fashion, theater and so much more. So it was probably inevit...
The Frist's dazzling new exhibit shows how the 'graceful nonchalance' of Italian fashion designers conquered the world
by Abby White Five years ago, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts hosted the only U.S. presentation of the Victoria and Albert Museum's superb The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957, which chronicled a celebrated era of fashion marked by the debut of Christian Dior's groundbreaking "new look" and a subsequent burst of cre...
Panerai Opens Flagship Boutique In Miami Design District
By Anthony De Marco "Code" is a word used often by luxury watch brands. It pertains to historical, cultural and other significant signs (maybe even myth and legend) that are identifiable with a particular company. The various ways these codes are protected and expressed by the brands vary. For some it's paid lip service while for...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s Ronchi Mario SpA Opens US HQ in Paulding County (Georgia)
Paulding County Economic Development (PCED) and RONCHI America, LLC. announced Monday that RONCHI Mario, S.p.A of Milan, Italy, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high speed flow meter based liquid filling and automated packaging machinery for the personal care, house hold cleaner and pharmaceutical industries has selected Paulding County...
U.S. Lawyer Valerio Spinaci Launches Kickstarter Campaign for His Latest Venture, If Art Could Talk
If Art Could Talk aspires to engage its audience through a humorous collection of "unusual paintings". In this digital age, new forms of artistic expression proliferate throughout the Internet and into nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Due to the expediency of the instant-gratification driven society, new and innovative stimuli are often priz...
Lucali’s Brooklyn pizza lives up to the hype
by Victoria Pesce ElliottThere is pizza, and then there is Lucali. And while some are griping about the prices, even carbo-phobes should make an exception for this much-ballyhooed Brooklyn pie. Its puffy, cracker-thin crust and fantastic toppings inspire fans to wait up to two hours for a seat at the New York flagship. Miami Beach's suddenly hip S...
Luxottica to move to New World Tower in downtown Miami, adding to the roster of luxury tenants
Luxottica, the Italian eyewear manufacturer, said it has signed a lease at downtown Miami's New World Tower, adding to the roster of luxury tenants in the building. Luxottica plans to relocate from its existing office near Miami International Airport in November, and will occupy nearly half a floor — or 5,000 square feet. Other tenants al...
Italian cops hunt American behind eBay auction of ancient brick stolen from Pompeii
Italian cops are hunting the American eBay trader who's selling a priceless brick, believed stolen from the ancient city of Pompeii, for just $99. Police in Naples want to speak to the person from Lobelville, Tennessee, who is auctioning off a stone taken from the world famous archaeological site in the 1950s. Read more S...