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“I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life,” the late former First Lady Barbara Bush once said. Marked by 35 years of such togetherness, Rockingham County’s Tiano family quietly acknowledged their restaurant’s anniversary on Jan. 14. Instead of a grand celebration to mark the occasion at Tiano’s Pizza, the day was spent as...

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The greatest published work by celebrated medieval Italian statesman, poet, linguist, and political theorist Dante Aligheri will be - appropriately - celebreted at the Crestview Public Library beginning in mid-February. A free exhibition of works taken from Dante's "Divine Comedy" will run Feb. 12 throush March 11. It is the second public exhibit o...

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This professional and academic meeting is held every year in Winter-early Spring, the best time to be in Florida. Our guests are invited to share their research about Italy, seen as a fluid space where identities cross and new encounters are shaped. It is a symposium. We stress the Greek root syn: together. Speakers aim to commit to the whole progr...

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The day was reserved for entrants to the Concorso and members of The Concours Club only. Participants enjoyed a day of driving fun with cars of various vintages around one of the most technologically-advanced circuits in the world. “Cavallino is a terrific event with a great history and we’re happy to bring new life to it in Miami,” The Concours Cl...

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This was 1989. He was a young phenom in the arts world. Ph.D. from Duke. Seven years as director of Durham’s arts council. A successful $2 million campaign for a new cultural center there. From there he could move up in the arts world to Washington or New York, or maybe to follow a dream to be a university president. But along came an offer to run...

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For the third year running, the Naples Seafood & Music Festival promises hot food and cool tunes. The Italian-American Club, 7035 Airport-Pulling Rd., again plays host to the festival, which is scheduled to run Feb. 4-6. General admission is free. Organizers say a variety of seafood entrees and vegetarian dishes will be available, along with a dive...

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Italian/American prospect Paolo Banchero is listed at no.2 in the latest edition of the ESPN NBA Mock Draft. Duke's big man is right behind Gonzaga unicorn Chet Holmgren, who's currently the no.1 prospect in Jonathan Givony's mock draft.  Banchero is averaging 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game so far this season, shooting 51% from the...

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You may have seen Mano Bella Artisan Foods’ authentic, artisanal Italian foods around Charlotte, at local farmers markets like the South End Farmers Market, North End Farmers Market and Uptown Farmers Market. By spring 2022, the concept’s made-from-scratch food will be available at its new storefront at The Market at 7th Street in uptown. Co-owners...

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Coming to Buckhead Village this summer is a new concept from Pietro Gianni and Stephen Peterson, two of the creators behind Storico. Taking its name from the Rimini verbal expression that conveys the experience of “living with intensity and passion for one’s everyday life,” Yeppa & Co will celebrate the joy of living while featuring fare from the E...

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Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 5:30 PM – Sun, Feb 6, 2022, 6:00 PM EST. Sons of Italy Lodge, 3315 West Lemon Street, Tampa, FL. Have you ever visited a “Piazza”? In Italy, a PIAZZA is the downtown meeting hub for people, a place to go for shopping, taking a stroll, having a snack at a café, for seeing and being seen. With Italy Expo 2022, the Italian piazza is...

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Since moving to Tennessee in 1998, the Snob family has visited the Florida Panhandle most every year, sometimes going both in the spring and late summer. When the kids were still young Snobs, we visited the Destin side of what we Southerners call the “Redneck Riviera.” Later, when it became just Mrs. Pie and me, we moved our vacations east to the l...

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“I didn’t think you’d sound so New York!” Antoniella Paradiso exclaimed as we greeted one another on the phone. That was cool. Because until my recent visit to the University Boulevard outpost of Antonella’s Pizzeria (where the I in her name gets dropped), I didn’t think the pizza would be so New York, either. I’d been to their first Winter Park lo...

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