New Italian cookbook features food from the heart and soul
"Italian food is Italian because it's all based on our mamas. Their whole lives were dedicated to feeding their families. That was their heart and soul," says Valencia Gionti Davis, president of the Ladies Italian-American Civic League. As the 25th Memphis Italian Festival arrives this week, there is no better reminder of Italian heritage...
Ybor City – Florida’s Little Italy
"The people who had lived for centuries in Sicilian villages perched on hilltops for protection from marauding bands and spent endless hours each day walking to and from the fields, now faced a new and strange life on the flats of Ybor City." - Tony Pizzo, The Italians in Tampa. The Italians of Ybor arrived almost exclusively from Sicily....
Sons of Italy Lodge 2594 awards scholarships to two area teens
Lodge #2594 accepts scholarship applications from the 6 St Lucie county high schools each year. A scholarship dinner dance was held in April to raise funds. As chairperson, I solicited the assistance of Gerry Crocitto, Mary McCaffrey and Joyce Rivaldo in the selection of our winners. We are blessed to have this caliber of worthwhile studen...
Volunteers needed to help stage Italian American Parade next month
Volunteers are needed to help stage the Italian American Parade set to step off Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Spanish Springs Town Square. The primary functions still to be filled include: • Staging. The organizing before the parade. • Parade Marshals: To accompany the groups along the parade route and Crossing Marshals to man the intersections...
Italian Artists Featured at Miami’s Home Design and Remodeling Show, Miami Beach
Two prominent Italian artists now living in South Florida will be exhibiting their art as part of this year's Home Design and Remodeling Show to be held from March 27-30, 2015 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. At Home with Art – Spotlight on Miami's Art Districts will be a showcase of 21+ established artists working in one of Miami's vibrant ar...
New Italian Restaurant Opening in Grayson
A new Italian restaurant opend in Grayson on Thursday (Oct. 3). It's called Antoneta's Italian Restaurant and Pizza, and it's located off Moon Road in the Bodyplex shopping center. The family-style restaurant will serve a variety of Italian dishes, from veal to chicken to pasta to seafood, ranging from $10 to $14. It also has New York-sty...
October proclaimed Italian American Heritage Month in Crestview
Mayor David Cadle has proclaimed October National Italian American Heritage Month in Crestview. Among observances, the local Order Sons of Italy lodge is hosting its annual pasta dinner. Richard A. Capozzola Lodge President Thomas Hughes Sr. said Cadle's proclamation followed Gov. Rick Scott's statewide proclamation. "Ties of Italy to Ame...
Joseph Petracca, area developer and sports booster, dies at age 84 in Florida
Joseph Petracca made his name as a residential and commercial developer, helping to transform Akron's Merriman Valley into a commercial center and building dozens of other properties. Family members, however, say his earlier focus of coaching remained his great passion. "As much as he loved building," his son Mark said Thursday, "I thin...
Weston resident receives Sons of Italy Inspiration Award
Richard DeVito Sr., of Weston, was recently honored with the Sons of Italy Inspiration Award at Boston's Sons of Italy's 28th annual Black Tie Ball in the ballroom of the Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy. The Sons of Italy Inspiration Award was given to DeVito for his business career as one Boston's most successful entrepreneurs. Three generation...
Cape Coral Italian American Club is homeless after getting boot
For 50 years, they've called the building their home away from home. Now the members of the Cape Coral Italian American Club can't meet there anymore, and the club's future is uncertain. The club is homeless after the building's new owner booted it from the premises last month. Club members can still visit the building — now renamed Cape C...
Ca’ D’Oro Gallery Lands In Miami’s Design District And Opens Its Golden Doors With A Grand European Cultural Feast
Ca' d'Oro, the gallery that made their grand appearance in 2010 with the iconic larger than life pink snails during Art Basel Miami Beach, has recently relocated from Coral Gables to the epicenter of luxury, the 4141 Building in the Design District. In conjunction with Giuseppe Verdi's Bicentennial and as a celebration, Ca' d'Oro Gallery w...
Italian American Club hosts free Italian Spring Festa on April 25/26
The Italian American Club of Jacksonville presents its inaugural Italian Spring Festa on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, at its clubhouse at 2838 Westberry Road in Mandarin. The club, established in 1951, has hosted its fall Festa Italiana every October for 25 years. Now it is hosting this 2-day spring celebration of all things Italian from...