Paolo Banchero named rookie of the month for second straight time
Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero has been named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for January 2023. It is the second straight month that he has earned the monthly honor. Italian-American Banchero becomes the third player in franchise history to be named the league’s Rookie of the Month in consecutive months, joining Shaquille O’N...
DalMoros Fresh Pasta To Go Announces Newest Florida Locations Coming Soon To West Palm Beach And Delray Beach
South Florida is about to get a big taste of Italy. DalMoros Fresh Pasta To Go announces their South Florida expansion with new locations coming soon to West Palm Beach and Delray Beach, to add to locations currently open in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota. DalMoros will open a 1,436 square foot to-go restaurant at 400 Clematis Street, West Pa...
Ravello Ristorante Brings Amalfi to Montgomery
I’m getting pretty excited, look.” Chef Eric Rivera lifted a pant leg to reveal various shapes of pasta floating on the black background of his sock. It was June 2021, and his enthusiasm for Ravello Ristorante in Montgomery, Alabama, was at full boil. After months of pandemic and supply-chain-related delays, the restaurant opened in July 2022. The...
Italian Americans Unite in Pensacola, Creating Primo Paradiso Lodge
Italian Sons and Daughters of America is pleased to announce that a new ISDA lodge has been established in Pensacola, Fla! The newest chapter, founded in September 2022, is called Primo Paradiso Lodge. Its members primarily reside in the cities of Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, and some travel from as far away as Lillian, Ala. Pensacola is known as Ame...
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy (Winter Garden, FL)
When: February 17, 2023 - February 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. - Where: Garden Theatre, 160 West Plant Street , Winter Garden, FL 34787 - Price: $35/$55 - Visit Website Steve Solomon’s smash hit, is inspired by Steve’s hilarious family and all the people in his life whose sole purpose is to drive him into therapy … and they succeeded! One part lasagna, o...
B&B Italia Revolutionizes Casa Bella Miami Penthouses with a Taste of Italy
Dreams of an Italian villa can seem like a stretch when it takes traveling across the ocean, to the other side of the world. But what if the ambiance of the alluring art, ancient architecture, pizza, pasta, and authentic culture could be brought to you instead? Casa Bella Residences by B&B Italia are bringing the best of Italian living and design r...
Taste of Little Italy Returns to the Treasure Coast
Via Productions Inc. will host the return of the Taste of Little Italy, now in its sixteenth year, February 17-19. The festival is beloved for its Italian ambiance, performances by renowned Italian-American entertainers, and authentic fare. The free festival will be held in Tradition Square, from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, an...
Teenage Eagles Earn Black Belts, Become Upperclassmen Before 18th Birthdays
Luca Guida was just 12 years old when he took his first college course. “When I first went to our local community college, some of the professors saw me walking around and thought that somebody had decided to bring their child to campus,” he recalled. Now 15 years old, Luca became one of the youngest students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University...
Italy in Transit 2023 at Florida Atlantic University on February 10th and 11th, 2023
The VII International Symposium “Italy in Transit” will be hosted by the Italian program at Florida Atlantic University, on February 10th and 11th, 2023. The Symposium is organized in collaboration with the FAU Study of the Americas Initiative of the College of Arts and Letters, the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York, the Sardini...
Bruno Sammartino Documentary Coming to Manatee Performing Arts Center
The Manatee Performing Arts Center (MPAC) will host a very special matinee showing of a rags-to-riches story featuring a young man, whose family fled the Nazi invasion of their home in Italy, and who would one day become the most famous professional wrestler in the world. Bruno Sammartino makes its Florida debut at MPAC on Thursday, February, 9 at...
Truli Italian Food & Drink Starts The New Year Off With Accolades
Having just celebrated it's one-year anniversary, Truli Italian Food & Drink, located at Promenade at Coconut Creek, has become a favorite of locals and tourists alike. Currently, Google review scores are hovering around 4.6 and now the group, headed by restaurateur Doug Zeif, Founder and CEO of Truli Investors, Inc., is positioning the concept for...
Fort Myers adjustment board gives approval to Bruno's food truck park
It wasn’t easy, but Fort Myers gave the go-ahead Wednesday for the city’s first food truck park. The city Board of Adjustments approved Bruno’s Brooklyn Bites Food Truck Park with a 5-0 vote. The park will be on McGregor Boulevard near the Edison-Ford Estate. Cal and Genevieve Bruno, who own Bruno’s of Brooklyn on Second Street in downtown, filed t...