In mid-September, Lou Perrotta and his family drove from Canton, Georgia—a rapidly growing suburb of Atlanta—to Nashville, Tennessee. They were going to watch their favorite football team, the New York Jets, take on the Tennessee Titans. There was one rule for the trip: there would be no talking about their pizzeria, Perrotta’s Pizza, the 100-seat...
READ MORESunday, November 17 · 6 - 9pm EST. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center - 980 Briarcliff Road Northeast Atlanta, GA. There are moments when everything aligns, when communities come together, conversations flow, and shared energy creates something truly special. The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast Georgia Chapter cordially invites you to our ann...
READ MOREJust a year after its initial foray into Georgia, an Italian provider of transformers is set to invest $15.3 million and hire 110 people at a new factory in Waynesboro over the next five years. TMC Transformers USA Inc. has been present in the state since early 2023 and is expanding already thanks to increased demand for “dry-type transformers,” m...
READ MOREAndrea Bocelli announced new 2025 North American tour dates for February and June. The new tour includes ten show dates in major cities across the US, including Omaha, Tampa, Savannah, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, and Denver. The February dates will once again honor Valentine’s Day with Bocelli’s first time in Omaha, NE with the Omaha Symphony and...
READ MORENew modern Italian steakhouse Il Premio has opened at Forth Atlanta, marking the compilation of the public dining concepts at the new luxury development from Method Co, which comprises hotel rooms, restaurants and a members club. The look of the restaurant, executed by Stokes Architecture + Design, takes inspiration from the Renaissance architectur...
READ MOREThey are brothers with a unique heritage that reaches into the villages of Italy and plucks their richness of flavor and fragrance. Only a month after the ribbon cutting, Farmacia Trattoria is highly noted as “a good find”. Nestled in the mountains of Northeast Georgia, the restaurant brings new life to the square of downtown Cornelia in a century-...
READ MOREOSTERIA OLIO (355 Oneta St., 762-316-1818): Is there still room for more high-end restaurants in Athens? Sure, why not? Osteria Olio, the brand-new swanky restaurant that’s part of the brand-new swanky boutique hotel Rivet House, is the first place in 28 years of living in this town where I have had my car valet parked. There is no other option unl...
READ MOREDelta announced an expansion of its trans-Atlantic flight schedule for the summer of 2025, introducing new routes and increasing service frequency to several European destinations from its U.S. hubs. Catania, Sicily: Delta will start daily flights from New York-JFK to Catania in May 2025. Naples, Italy: Four-times-weekly flights from Atlanta to Nap...
READ MOREAugust 2024 Fostering Made in Italy in Georgia, the Peach State: meet Nicola Vidali
READ MORERenaissance Evolution, an international think tank dedicated to enhancing appreciation for Italian culture, art, products, and the economic contributions of Italian businesses to the United States, celebrated a remarkable evening on August 28, 2024, with the event "Puccini & Friends: Celebrating US-Italy Cultural Relations." Hosted in Buckhead, At...
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