Donato’s Italian Restaurant delivers the sights, sounds and tastes of Little Italy
Donato's Italian Restaurant transports guests to New York City's Little Italy, delivering the sights, sounds and savory tastes of a cuisine that emigrated from the motherland and evolved in the New World. Brothers and co-owners Dennis and David Valentino recreated their childhood in Port Charlotte's Murdock Carousel Plaza 18 years ago, imp...
Italian automotive supplier to expand in Sanford
An Italian company that makes automotive systems and components plans to expand its Lee County operations, creating 76 jobs in the next three years, officials said Monday. Magneti Marelli Powertrain USA LLC will invest $12 million in the Sanford plant by the end of 2017, officials said. Part of Magneti Marelli S.p.A., Powertrain desig...
Social club forms to experience Italian culture
A new social club in Hendersonville has been created to promote Italian culture through celebrating, learning and experiencing its many forms. Friends of Italy is a new group open to anyone who is enthusiastic about Italian culture, passionate about Italian food and curious about Italian traditions, according to founder Gene Sconduto...
Italian company plans major Georgia expansion
A Cartersville manufacturing plant is planning a major expansion. Aquafil, a maker of yarns, polymers and plastics, will announce a $25 million expansion with 50-65 new jobs this afternoon at an event at the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce. Italy-based Aquafil employs more than 2,000 people and has operations on three c...
ArtsNaples World Festival to Open with Venetian Masquerade
ArtsNaples World Festival a ten-day festival that will take place May 1 through 10 in Naples and feature a magnificent array of performances, exhibits, films, and experiences celebrating the cultural arts of Italy - is pleased to announce that it will open with a Venetian Masquerade on Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. at The Club at Olde Cypress. &nbs...
Medicine: From Salerno to Philadelphia, Dr. Joseph Gonnella
Medicine: From Salerno to Philadelphia, first John Price lecture by Dr. Joseph Gonnella. This is a RSVP only event. Please RSVP to segreteria.filadelfia@esteri.it by October 19th and put "DR. GONNELLA LECTURE" in the title of the email. The event is the first of a series of tribute lectures to John Price, former President of the...
A&A Alta Cucina Italia balsamic vinegar wins 2015 Flavor of Georgia contest
by J. Merritt Melancon Adriana Coppola, a native Italian now living in Johns Creek, won the grand prize in the University of Georgia's 2015 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest with her A&A Alta Cucina Italia Balsamico al Mirtillo, a blueberry balsamic vinegar reduction. The annual contest, conducted by the UGA Center for Agribusiness and Ec...
7 Great Italian Restaurants in Jacksonville
We've scanned Metro Jacksonville's forums for recommendations. Here's seven of the best Italian restaurants that Jacksonville has to offer. If you think we're missing few, let us know and we'll add them to the list! Enza's Italian Restaurant Mike and Enza Huff opened Enza's Italian Restaurant in 2004. Enza had been born in Sicily and migr...
Max Mara establishes young visionary award in Miami
A year has passed since Max Mara opened its store in the Miami Design District and presented its first Backyard Ball, the annual fund-raiser for the locally based National YoungArts Foundation. The brand felt such a profound connection that last week it signed on to sponsor three more galas and established theMax Mara Young Visionary Award. ...
Italian family looks to join St. Augustine relatives in restaurant business
The Aloisi family is following a love of America, a love of good food, the love of relatives and a trail of paperwork to their dream of being St. Augustine residents and business owners. They've started down the path, but they haven't quite gotten there yet. Francesco Aloisi, his wife, Alessia, and their son Aaron are looking to move...
MSC Divina makes changes for the American market
by Marjie lambert The MSC Divina is a brassy, voluptuous ship. It has thousands of Swarovski crystals embedded in glass stairways, an infinity pool, Italian-style fountains and sculptures, tiny jewel-like lights in the ceilings and even a sexy red suite designed by Sophia Loren. Divina's heritage is mixed, but the effect is all Italia...
Italian family witnessed crash of WWII pilot, meets his Rock Hill family 71 years later
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 on Monday – 71 years later – an old m...