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Bella's Italian Restaurant has been under the care of the Simmons family in Banner Elk for nine years this June. After nearly a decade of family-style Italian food, Bella's management made the decision to expand to Boone, a venture the family had always considered.   Bella's Boone has been open since March 24, and manager Lisa Carson ha...

The American-Italian Cancer Foundation presented its 2015 Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine to Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, director of the Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies and the breast cancer program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The prize, established in 1984, recognizes groundbreaking discoveries in cancer biology, prevention, di...

The Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show 2014, scheduled 13-17 February, is Azimut|Benetti Group's first US boat show of the year. The Group will impress the US public with its 18 yachts, three of them making their world debut: the new version of the Azimut 84 for the US market, the Benetti Vision 145' "Told U So" and the Benetti Classic Supreme 132',...

By Patrick Rupinski Debra Rubino discovered Tuscaloosa four years ago when her son came to the University of Alabama. She said she fell in love with the city, but she also discovered that something was missing — a style of cooking with a heavy emphasis on fresh seasonings and fresh produce. It was the type of cooking she knew from living in New Yo...

by Kathy Salvati   Lena Fertitta, of Panama City in Florida, celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday.   When asked what her secret to looking so good at 100 was, she answered: My Italian heritage and olive oil! Check out the video   Read more   Source: http://iajournal.com/    

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announces that Giotto di Bondone's The "Peruzzi Altarpiece," one of the Museum's most beloved masterpieces, has returned home after five years of traveling to national and international museum exhibitions and receiving conservation treatments.   The work, the only intact Giotto altarpiece outside of It...

Giovanni Di Palma, The restaurateur and creator of Antico Pizza Napoletana in Atlanta, has experienced rapid, exponential growth and now he wants to expand. Pizza is in Giovanni's DNA and Zagat, the No.1 guide to discovering the best and most notable restaurants, called Antico Pizza the best in the country.   To add to the Neapolitan ex...

by Katie Winkler "Tengo famiglia: I have a family" is the theme of Flat Rock Playhouse's newest production, "Over the River and Through the Woods," which opens Thursday and runs through June 21. The play, by Joe DiPietro, is a heartwarming comedy about the intergenerational conflicts in one Italian-American family.   "There's something...

South Florida has two types of Italian restaurant: the upmarket ristorante with regional specialities aligned into indecipherable menu items that require a Google search, and their no-frills, red-sauce kinsmen that dole out the type of hearty, oleaginous fare any Sicilian grandmother would feel compelled to stuff every family member with.  ...

Un nuovo stabilimento Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting per la produzione di fari e luci posteriori è stato inaugurato domenica 16 giugno scorso a Pulaski, Tennessee. Si tratta del primo impianto di produzione di luci negli Stati Uniti, che contribuirà a rafforzare ulteriormente la già consolidata presenza di Magneti Marelli nell'area NAFTA, che...

June 28, 2014 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Join Bloomingdale's at The Falls with the celebration of Italy as they play in the 2014 World Cup.   The Men's Shop, on the first floor, will provide Italian samplings from the BRIO at The Falls that attendees can nosh on to get a taste of the Italian cuisine and culture.   Source: http://miami.eventfu...

ICI's "Italy in Film" Series Kicks off with "Habemus papam" (We Have a Pope!)In celebration of the election of a new pope, the Italian Cultural Institute of Louisville kicks off its "Italy in Film" series with the award-winning comedy-drama "Habemus papam" (2011) which gives an "inside look" of the election of a pope with an interesting ending.This...