The Best of Italian Design
When: Thursday – October 19, 2023 - Where: 4141 Atrium (4141 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137) The Best of Italian Design is a unique event dedicated to celebrating and displaying the most prestigious Italian brands and Made in Italy high-end products. The event is created for those Italian design companies interested in meeting with local industry prof...
Italian American One Voice Coalition Reports Another Success – Columbus Day Preserved in Apopka, Florida
The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, was recently advised that the Apopka, Florida City Council would be considering a vote to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.IAOVC launched an effort and immediately began contacting Apopka elected officials. IAOV...
It's time for the 13th Annual Festa Italiana in Pensacola! - Oct. 13 & 14
The Sons & Daughters of Italy in America Buona Fortuna Lodge in Pensacola, Florida invites you to our 13th Annual Festa Italiana. Come enjoy our two-day event on Friday, October 13, 2023 and Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 11:00 AM until 6:00 PM. The Festa Italiana will be held at Fountain Park, (South of Seville Square) 300 E. Zaragoza Street in b...
Dr. Laura Bianchi, PhD, and Dr. Roberta Brambilla, PhD, are the new Directors of the graduate programs in Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, and Neuroscience at the University of Miami
We are proud to celebrate Italian excellence in science with the accomplishments of our Miami Scientific Italian Community members Dr. Laura Bianchi, PhD, and Dr. Roberta Brambilla, PhD, who have been elected Directors of the graduate programs in Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, and Neuroscience, respectively, at the University of Miam...
A New Exhibit at The Ringling Will Explore a Rare Italian Portrait
A new exhibit is coming to The Ringling this October: Guercino’s Friar with a Gold Earring: Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Painter and Art Dealer, an international loan exhibition exploring a rare portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, also known as Guercino. The Ringling acquired the portrait in 2015. T...
Replica of Pinta making three stops in Northeast Tennessee
The Volunteer State may be landlocked, but that hasn’t stopped organizers of an education tour from bringing a replica of one of Christopher Columbus’ ships to Tennessee in October and November. On Friday, Oct. 13, the Pinta will open as a “floating museum” for dockside educational tours at Fort Loudon Marina, 5200 City Park Drive, Lenoir City, unt...
Festa Italiana Raleigh Moves to Historic Fayetteville Street Mall for Fifth Annual Cultural Celebration in September 2023
Festa Italiana Raleigh 2023—the Greater Triangle’s largest, most diverse, annual celebration of Italian and American Italian culture—moves from the tree-lined streets of Raleigh’s Glenwood South District to the ceremonial center and cultural spine of North Carolina’s Capitol City, the Fayetteville Street Mall, for its 5th annual celebration. From...
Brand-new Italian restaurant and sports bar opens in Port Orange
A brand-new Italian eatery announced its grand opening in Port Orange this week. Nonne’s Italian Restaurant and Sports Bar is the newest in savory, Italian selections that has made its way to Volusia County. Owner Joey Condercuri announced the new dinner spot on social media earlier this summer, teasing the eatery’s authentic menu selections, Sunda...
Will Apopka (FL) change from Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day?
Columbus Day has long been celebrated in the United States as a holiday commemorating Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492. However, there has been a growing movement to reevaluate and transform this holiday into Indigenous Peoples' Day in recent years. In Apopka, the idea made its way to a City Council meeting. Commissioner Alexa...
Popular Italian restaurant coming soon to Ormond Beach
A popular Italian restaurant is opening its third location in Ormond Beach this month. Giovanni Spinosa, co-owner of the Port Orange eateries Don Giovanni and Pizza Pazza, is opening his third restaurant location – this time, in Ormond Beach. Spinosa opened his first restaurant shortly after coming to the U.S. from Italy 11 years ago, hoping to sha...
Innovative Italian Entrepreneurs are featured by the Star Italia Accelerator Program
Star Italia Accelerator, the accelerator for Italian Startups and Innovative SMEs born with the aim of creating qualified access to the U.S. market, to stimulate entrepreneurial skills and accompanying the entry and growth of the best Italian innovation talent. Star Italia Accelerator, based in Miami with a strong Italian flare, and the initiative...
New Restaurant, Ophelia's Pizza + Bar, is Serving Up Italian Cuisine in Nashville
Patrick Whalen and Chef Jamie Lynch of The 5th Street Group have introduced a new restaurant to Nashville’s central business district, a sibling to their Church & Union, opened in 2021. On the ground level of downtown’s iconic L&C Tower, Ophelia’s Pizza + Bar takes its design and culinary cues from Italian restaurants of the ’60s—and some philosoph...