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Three recent critically acclaimed Italian films, never before show locally, will be shown at the University of Memphis next month as a part of the Italian Film Festival USA. This is the sixth year Memphis has hosted the Italian Film Festival. It is just one of 13 cities in the United States to participate in the festival.   The cities a...

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Pack your bags and head to Downton Nashville, on May 27, 2016, to Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance, 1945–1975 marks an unprecedented gathering of rare and stunning Italian-designed automobiles and motorcycles in a museum setting.   The exhibition celebrates the streamlined elegance,...

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The song of the South has led Italian compounder So.F.Ter Group to open its first U.S. plant in Lebanon. The factory will make compounds primarily based on polypropylene, nylon and polyesters.   New lines to make compounds based on thermoplastic elastomers will be installed next year. Automotive will be the plant's largest end market—and is...

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[This is the first of a series of columns that explores the world of adults from the eyes of a child] I was raised in an Italian village surrounded by four generations of loving and colorful relatives. I remember well our daily life. Grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, fourteen cousins and family friends always seemed right there...

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by Richard Leong   American chefs Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman draw inspiration for their Southern cooking from their Italian heritage and their grandmothers' Sunday dinners, which they remember fondly in their first book "Collard & Carbonara." The childhood friends run two popular restaurants in Memphis, Andrew Michael Italian Kitch...

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by Matt Rogers   What is probably Middle Tennessee's longest running pop-up restaurant is going brick and mortar, as Mangia Nashville is headed for the Melrose area. The Tennessean broke the news earlier this week, detailing that chef Nick Pellegrino's Italian family-style restaurant will be taking 3,300 square feet in the 8th Avenue Commons...

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by Tammy Childress   Johnny Brusco's held its ribbon cutting today at The Pinnacle off exit 74 in Bristol, Tennessee this morning. The 2,800 square foot restaurant that opened on May 6 serves a variety of New York style pizza and Italian fare. "I lived an worked in Altanta for several years," Chuck Richani, the franchise owner said. "I...

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Have you seen a luxury car driving around East Tennessee and thought who's behind the wheel? Where do you buy a car like that here? And how many can the dealer sell? The answer may surprise you. A Maserati dealership opened in Knoxville last year and they are having no trouble staying afloat.   Imported from Italy, Maserati cars ha...

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Discovery Park of America is bringing another world-class traveling exhibit to the park, all the way from Italy. The Da Vinci Machines and Robotics is set to open to the public on Sunday, Jan. 15 and is sure to amaze and delight visitors from near and far.   Polly Brasher, education director at the park said that she thinks this exhibit, "will be...

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Half a century ago, in 1966, Lamborghini introduced a low, sleek, mid-engine supercar called the Miura. Considered groundbreaking when it was introduced because of its transversely-mounted mid-engine layout, the vehicle inspired a slew of orders despite being shown only as a rolling chassis a year earlier at the Turin auto show.   Designed b...

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