NEWS FROM : SOUTH EAST  

Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival has announced its 18th annual celebration of contemporary Italian cinema and culture. This year's event is set for Nov. 14-17 at the Queen Street Playhouse, 20 Queen St., Charleston, SC. The festival will screen 13 feature films and documentaries with select showings holding Q&A sessions immediately following. Fe...

Frascione Gallery, established in Florence, Italy in 1893, will make its Art Miami debut during Miami Art Week, running from December 3-8, 2024, at Booth AM325. Renowned for its deep expertise in Old Master works, Frascione Gallery will showcase a thoughtfully curated blend of Modern and Contemporary art alongside pieces inspired by historical Euro...

Carmelo's, an Italian-American restaurant from owners Billy Grise and Mitch Arens, is officially open for business on Madison Avenue in Covington. Located in a historic building that has served as everything from a strip club to office space, the restaurant has been stripped down to the bones, revealing brickwork and plaster patches that are remini...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is heading to Italy next week for a trade mission that will include stops in Rome, Florence, Turin and Milan. The governor’s office announced the trip on Friday but did not say whether DeSantis would be meeting with Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister that DeSantis has previously forged ties with. However, DeSantis...

Sunday, 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...

Italian cuisine has long been celebrated for its rich flavors, fresh ingredients, and heartwarming dishes, often centered around meat, cheese, and pasta. However, with the growing popularity of plant-based diets, traditional Italian cooking is undergoing a transformation. More and more restaurants, especially in North Carolina, are embracing the de...

Think for a moment about Italian comfort food. Imagine lasagna with scratch-made noodles, baked in a sauce recipe handed down from father to son, tender chicken marsala or parmigiana, delectable eggplant in marinara, pizza with scratch-made dough, seafood, veal, steak and more — and that’s Frankie’s Italian Trattoria in Maggie Valley. Louis and Deb...

Febal Casa, among the most important companies in the furniture industry with 217 monobrand stores nationwide and internationally, is excited to announce its first retail openings in the United States. The opening of the Febal Casa Flagship Store in Miami, Florida, scheduled for November 21, 2024, represents an important step in the Colombini Group...

World-renowned Italian food hall Eataly is coming to West Palm Beach. Eataly, the global Italian marketplace and restaurant space, will join the shops and restaurants within the experiential neighborhood of CityPlace, located in the heart of the city’s downtown, in the fall of 2025. The brand has leased space at the historic Harriet Himmel building...

Restauranteur Billy Grise essentially grew up in an Italian eatery. His great-grandfather, Carmelo Caserta, immigrated to Piqua, Ohio, from Sicily in the early 1900s. In 1915, he opened his namesake tavern and grocery store, Caserta’s, which served traditional and family-style Italian cuisine. It was in his great-grandfather’s restaurant that Grise...

Just 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...

Many island foodies have already savored the fine dining at the Toscana Mare restaurant in the Towers of Key Biscayne. Now, for a limited time, Key Biscayne residents can enjoy a delectable dining experience with the opening of the Toscana Divino Experience. Toscana Divino Experience is a pop-up in the heart of Key Biscayne. This exclusive dining s...