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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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Chef Fabio Viviani is headed to the ‘burg — again. When news broke in 2019 that the celebrity chef and Top Chef contestant was planning a restaurant in downtown St. Petersburg, it created a big buzz. At the time, Viviani was involved in several notable Tampa spots, including the celebrated Osteria Bar + Kitchen and the Latin-inspired Mole y Abuela....

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A walk around the Brandon Town Center Mall is getting a little fancier. Sarasota’s Clasico Italian Chophouse is opening a location at the Brandon Town Center Mall, joining other popular shopping mall restaurants like Bahama Breeze, The Cheesecake Factory, and P.F. Chang’s.“Coming soon to Brandon Town Center Mall!,” said its first Instagram post. “F...

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Massimiliano Galeazzi, a distinguished member and Vice President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community, has been appointed new Chair of the Department of Physics at the University of Miami. Prof. Galeazzi received a “Laurea” in Physics in 1995 and a PhD in Physics in 1999 from the University of Genova, Italy. He was a PostDoctoral Associate and...

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Keep your cool and try a sweet new flavor in the new year. Jeremiah's Italian Ice, based in Orlando, officially opened its first store in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Jan. 4. It's located at 1400 Village Square Blvd, Suite 32, in the Village Commons Shopping Center. The new store is owned and operated by Keith Paniucki, Blake Miles and Kyle Taylor. This...

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From the outside, it looks like a regular circus tent, but when you step inside, you’ll be greeted by the sights and sounds of a 35,000-gallon water tank. It’s the centerpiece for Cirque Italia, now performing in Tampa Bay. “Really to get this kind of entertainment you need to go to Vegas or New York,” said performer Morgaine Rosenthal. For the pas...

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Joey and Maria are getting married! Again! Screenwriter and actress Darlyne Franklin has returned with her interactive play, Joey & Maria’s Comedy Italian Wedding, in which an over-served nonna (grandmother) makes a scene and audience members participate in the tarantella (traditional wedding dance). Franklin, a longtime local resident, brought the...

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Every year in sunny South Florida there's a celebration of Italy in the form of beautiful Ferraris. The 31st Annual Palm Beach Cavallino Classic returns to its traditional wintertime slot for 2022, running from January 20-23 in and around Palm Beach, Florida. With 2022 being Ferrari's 75th anniversary, this year's event adds a special culinary trea...

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