Christian Lattanzio is never far from Rome. It guides him as coach of Charlotte FC
Sometime in the early 1980s, a boy named Christian Lattanzio approached a hero named Carlo Ancelotti. The boy wore an excited, 10-year-old smile. He was with a bunch of his excitable, 10-year-old friends. Lattanzio was probably walking home from the football pitch at his local church, San Camillo de Lellis. He’d often play there from school dismiss...
Zoppé, an Italian Family Circus, takes stage at Largo Central Park
Zoppé, an Italian Family Circus, is scheduled to perform a series of shows on the grounds of the Largo Central Park Performing Arts Center this weekend. The shows, which will feature dog acts, traditional Italian equestrian routines and classic circus clowning, run from Thursday, March 16, through Sunday, March 19, with two shows each day plus thre...
Springtime in Italy with Cristina Fontanelli
When: Sun, March 26, 2023, 5:00 PM – 6:45 PM EDT - Where: DeSantis Family Chapel 300 Okeechobee Boulevard West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Join award-winning singer/PBS-TV host/award-winning actor, Cristina Fontanelli www.cristinafontanelli.com as she returns to her musical roots in Palm Beach just steps away from the Kravis Center where she appeared in t...
Banchero gets third straight Rookie of the Month award
Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero has been named the Kia NBA’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for February 2023. It is the third straight time that he has earned the league’s monthly honor. Banchero joins Shaquille O’Neal as the only players in franchise history to be named the league’s Rookie of the Month in three consecutive months. O’...
Zoppé: An Italian Family Circus Comes to the Moss Center
The spring season at the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay(FL) comes to life this coming weekend with a series of breathtaking performances by Zoppé: An Italian Family Circus on March 3 at 7 p.m.; March 4 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m.; and March 5 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on the Backyard Concert Lawn. Heralded as refreshingly intimate...
20th annual Irish-Italian Festival looms
One of South Mississippi’s most popular annual spring events.is quickly approaching and ready to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The 20th annual Irish-Italian Festival is set for Saturday, March 18, in the parking area to the rear of Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Hattiesburg. The church sits just across the street from the University of S...
Italian jazz vocalist, composer coming to Carrollwood
Award-winning Italian jazz vocalist and composer Chiara Izzi will perform at the Carrollwood Cultural Center on Saturday, March 4, at 8 p.m. Based in New York City since 2014, Izzi received first place in the 2011 Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition from Quincy Jones. In 2020, she won one Independent Music Award for Best Jazz Song with Vocals...
Southern Miss brings Verdi’s ‘Messa di Requiem’ to life in the Hub City
On Tuesday, the University of Southern Mississippi brings the complexity of a classical music piece to the Hub City. Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa di Requiem has added emotional depth to countless film and TV soundtracks like The Lion King, The Shining, Lord of the Rings and It’s a Wonderful Life. The USM Symphony Orchestra and Hattiesburg Choral Union wi...
Paolo Banchero named rookie of the month for second straight time
Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero has been named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for January 2023. It is the second straight month that he has earned the monthly honor. Italian-American Banchero becomes the third player in franchise history to be named the league’s Rookie of the Month in consecutive months, joining Shaquille O’N...
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy (Winter Garden, FL)
When: February 17, 2023 - February 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. - Where: Garden Theatre, 160 West Plant Street , Winter Garden, FL 34787 - Price: $35/$55 - Visit Website Steve Solomon’s smash hit, is inspired by Steve’s hilarious family and all the people in his life whose sole purpose is to drive him into therapy … and they succeeded! One part lasagna, o...
Taste of Little Italy Returns to the Treasure Coast
Via Productions Inc. will host the return of the Taste of Little Italy, now in its sixteenth year, February 17-19. The festival is beloved for its Italian ambiance, performances by renowned Italian-American entertainers, and authentic fare. The free festival will be held in Tradition Square, from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, an...
Bruno Sammartino Documentary Coming to Manatee Performing Arts Center
The Manatee Performing Arts Center (MPAC) will host a very special matinee showing of a rags-to-riches story featuring a young man, whose family fled the Nazi invasion of their home in Italy, and who would one day become the most famous professional wrestler in the world. Bruno Sammartino makes its Florida debut at MPAC on Thursday, February, 9 at...