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By Linda Sickler Savannah is taking its place as a vocal music destination city. The Savannah VOICE Festival in August was a huge hit, and now fans can look forward to the celebration of Opera America's National Opera Week, which runs from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3.   The events are sponsored by the VOICExperience Foundation, an educational no...

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A new restaurant franchise is making its way to the Central Georgia area, serving up fast food Italian to diners. Italian-American fast casual restaurant Fazoli's chain plans to open restaurants in Macon, Warner Robins, Athens, Augusta, Columbus and Savannah.   C&P restaurant company, a 100 restaurant group based in Macon has signed a si...

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By Kristin Davis Do you have one of those restaurants hanging out in the back of your mind you will never forget? You know, the one where you remember precisely what you had, and when you think back to it, your mouth waters a little and your heart aches to return.   For me, it's a tiny Italian restaurant in Boston I went to more than five...

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The inspirational exhibition "Offering of the Angels: Tapestries and Paintings from the Uffizi Gallery," opens on December 7 at the final stop of its U.S. tour at Telfair Museum, Jepson Center for the Arts, in Savannah, Ga. The 43 paintings and two tapestries by Baroque and Renaissance masters such as Botticelli, Liberi and Tintoretto will be on di...

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La Camera di Commercio Italo-Americana a Miami (IACCSE) ha il piacere di annunciare l'organizzazione di una missione esplorativa, dal 19 al 22 Maggio 2014, mirata ad aziende italiane, che operano nel settore delle infrastrutture, interessate ad incontrarsi con esperti e responsabili dei prinicipali porti del sud est degli Stati Uniti. I porti in q...

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By Kim Wade Restaurant: Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar. Chef: Dusty Grove. Cuisine Type: Coastal Italian. Restaurant Bio: Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar is a convivial neighborhood eatery nestled inside The Brice, a Kimpton Hotel, near Washington Square.   Specializing in coastal Italian cuisine, Pacci has an extensive bar program,...

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The Italian Society of Savannah has launched the Frank Finocchiaro Memorial Scholarship Essay Contest for juniors in Benedictine Military School and St. Vincent's Academy.   A $1,000 scholarship, applicable toward senior year tuition, will be awarded to the author of the best essay from each school.     Read more   Source...

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The story of Laura DiNello is as layered as the mosaic masterpieces that she's known for. The self-taught Italian-American artist grew up in Chicago in a culture that frowned upon visual art as a valid profession, especially for women.   Most family and friends saw DiNello's drawings and paintings as a cute hobby. When she announced that sh...

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The Frank Finocchiaro Memorial Scholarship Essay Contest judging took place on April 9, 2016. The judges reviewed 109 essays submitted by students from Bethesda Academy, Benedictine Military School and St. Vincent's Academy, which represented a 100% increase in the number of essays submitted versus last year.   Essays were written about a wi...

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di Claudia Vanni   Perché i viaggi non sono solo tappe turistiche. Per alcuni finiscono per essere "banali trasferte immortalate con una bulimia di scatti fotografici", ma per altri sono "pellegrinaggi in un luogo dell'anima". E da queste spedizioni alla ricerca del sé, può nascere addirittura un libro: Ascoltavo le maree. "Sono arrivato pe...

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