Il prof. Antonello Pileggi vince il premio “Eccellenze calabresi” negli USA
Il Prof. Antonello Pileggi medico ricercatore presso l'Università di Miami ha ricevuto lo scorso 11 ottobre il riconoscimento Eccellenze Calabresi in U.S.A. Il premio e' stato patrocinato dalla Regione Calabria, il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Miami, l'ODLI (Organizzazione per la Diffusione della Lingua Italiana, agenzia operante sotto gli auspici...
Club hopes to bring a little more Italy to Tampa Bay
by Jeff Berlinicke Jack Provenzano is very, very Italian. His heritage is in his blood and in his heart — and he wants to share it with other Italians throughout Hillsborough County. He is the president of the newly formed Italian American Club at the Northdale Recreation Center. It is open to everyone — even to non-Italians — and mee...
Order Sons of Italy hosts Aaron Caruso event to benefit Special Olympics
By Whitney Hill The Order Sons of Italy in America Grand Strand Lodge 2868 and the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center will be hosting "An Evening with Aaron Caruso" on September 19th to benefit the Special Olympics. Aaron Caruso studied voice in Italy and New York and toured with Joan Rivers as her opening act across the United S...
Italy's Marina Network as a Gateway to Its Natural and Cultural Heritage
For the first time the IACC is collaborating with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Italy for the project called Signa Maris, aimed to promote cultural and natural offerings of the Southern Italy via its ports, particularly those ports in the Regions of Calabria, Campania, Puglia (Apulia) and Sicilia (Sicily). The project Si...
In the Grove, Strada serves exquisite cuisine that’s both homey and elegant
by Victoria Pesce Elliott A narrow, unmarked alley off Commodore Plaza leads to Strada, the sexy new Italian in the Grove. The wall is lined with hanging pots filled with basil, thyme, tarragon, rosemary and tiny tomatoes. "It is my little passion," says owner Maurizio Farinelli, the Torino native who once owned South Miami's popu...
The Sicilian II brings great Italian cuisine to Biloxi
by Julian Brunt Chef Hristo Drakopoulos of Sicilian II said he cooks because it is his love and passion. "When you walk out my door and are smiling, then I know I've done my job," he said. If you are a lover of Italian food, it is a real treat to get something prepared by Drakopoulos, whose grandmother was born in Sicily and move...
Get a discount on tickets to Miami Lyric Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ at the Colony
by Christine Dolen No doubt about it, taking in an opera can be expensive. But Miami Lyric Opera has patron-friendly ticket prices and is offering an even better deal for its July 11-12 performances of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre. If you enter the code mlo20 online or mention it when you order, you c...
Labor Day social and barbecue dinner in Naples
The Naples Italian American Foundation invites members and guests to a Labor Day social and barbecue dinner on Monday afternoon, Sept. 7, at club headquarters, 7035 Airport-Pulling Road. Bocce (weather permitting), bridge, mah jongg and poker will be played, and pulled pork and all the trimmings will be served. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Cos...
Feast like an annual family reunion
While guests consumed more than 500 plates of spaghetti at the 41st annual Feast of St. Joseph, many caught up with friends or sang along with classics from the 1950s to the 1970s. The March 19 event at the Sons of Italy Lodge benefited the MacDonald Training Center. The late Al Noto Sr. started the tradition, and his family, friends,...
Restaurant review: Oggi Italian Street Food offers solid contemporary Italian, on the sweet side
Joe DeBartolo has pizza in his blood. He came from a Sicilian family of restaurateurs (his dad, Vito, opened his first pizzeria in 1966), then ended up owning 75 I Love NY Pizza locations up and down the eastern seaboard. He sold them all in 2008 when the economy got bumpy for New York-style pizza, taking the opportunity to return to Sicily to...