Play bocce ball! Northern Kentucky mayors gather for a Newport Italianfest tradition at Pompilios
On a day when the rain and clouds disappeared by late afternoon, Pompilios Restaurant hosted more than 15 elected or appointed officials in shirt sleeves or ties on two soil courts for bocce ball. About 30 spectators drank in the action. For Ken Rankle, mayor of Dayton, Ky., the annual bocce ball game at Pompilios is the only time he plays...
Global Superstar Laura Pausini to Participate in Exclusive Q&A at the 25th Billboard Latin Music Conference
Italian pop music icon, singer-songwriter and record producer Laura Pausini will be featured in an exclusive Star Q&A session during the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Conference taking place April 21-24 in Miami. Pausini, who is celebrating 20 years of recording and is currently in the midst of a global anniversary tour and promoting her...
Marco Carola brings Music On to Miami
Marco Carola's love affair with music began when he was 12 years old, spending his time in clubs and record shops in Napoli, Italy. His penchant for DJing began at fifteen and two years later he was traveling to London to buy vinyl to hone his sound. Since then Carola has been one of European nightlife's most sought after names, leaving an indelibl...
L’Elisir d'amore (The Royal Opera) @ Miami Beach
April 5, 2015 - Sunday 12:00 PM - 3:00 PMO Cinema Miami Beach- 500 71st St - Miami Beach, Florida 33141 'The elixir of love' is a comedy of love and rural life as we watch Vittorio Grigolo attempt to woo the elegant lady of the village, Lucy Crowe, with a little help from Bryn Terfel's Doctor Dulcamara and his love pot...
Free Italian films at Coral Gables Museum
The Coral Gables Museum is showing free Italian films once a month in the courtyard this fall. The first film will be the "L'Estate di Martino" (2010) directed by Massimo Natale (which is also being shown free at The Wolfsonian-FIU Friday). All films are in Italian with English subtitles. The film will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the court...
Andrea Bocelli stuns Florida congregation; sings at Christmas mass
by Michael Dorstewitz Parishioners at Miami Beach's St. Patrick Catholic Church received an unexpected present for Christmas — the voice of internationally renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli. The Italian opera singer arrived for afternoon mass Wednesday at 3 p.m. But was he coming to simply celebrate Christmas services or did he have somethi...
"Alla conquista dell'America". È lombardo il proprietario del calcio a Miami
di Giulio Mola Fra lussuose ville e spiagge sempre affollate anche da sportivi italiani alla ricerca di relax, rotola il pallone nella lontanissima Miami. Questo grazie all'intraprendenza di Riccardo Silva imprenditore lombardo di successo (nel settore della distribuzione di diritti televisivi a livello mondiale), il quale da pochi mesi è...
Gigi D’Alessio in concerto a Miami Beach
In Italia, Napoli è sempre stata una città di grandi cantanti. Fin dai tempi dei romani, quando le sirene estasiarono Ulisse, alle grandi icone come Enrico Caruso, si dice che "se nun se canta se more" ("Se non canti a Napoli è perché sei morto"). In questa lunga tradizione si inserisce Gigi D'Alessio, che è apparso per la prima volta sul palco gl...
Panini America Reaches Exclusive Trading Card Agreements With Mississippi State, Baylor And More Than 200 Additional Universities
Panini America, (www.paniniamerica.net), the world's largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached exclusive trading card agreements with Mississippi State, Baylor, NC State, K-State and more than 200 additional universities that will allow the company to use the schools' team logos and university marks...
XIII edition of Cinema Italy
The Cinema Italy Festival is going to take place at the Regal Cinema in South Beach on October 8th-13th. The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast (IACC) will celebrate the beginning of the festival during its welcome dinner for the new Italian Consul General of Italy in Miami, Hon. Gloria Bellelli on October 7th at Cibo Wine Bar in Sout...
Italian cyclist and journalist stops in Calhoun County for tour of Alabama
By Kirsten Fiscus In 1991 a 31-year-old Carlo Ferarri left Italy to backpack in the United States. At 32, he decided to complete his travels by bicycle. Now 55 years old, he has brought his wanderlust to Calhoun County. "When I first came to America to backpack I noticed a lot of travelers were on bicycles," Ferarri said Wednesday through his...
Lakewood Ranch's Dick Vitale to join National Association of Basketball Coaches' Court of Honor
by David Gaulman Late last week, Dick Vitale was yelling, and it wasn't just about the Duke-North Carolina basketball game. Vitale, the voice of college basketball at ESPN and a Lakewood Ranch resident, was expected about the prospect of receiving the fifth annual Hall of Honor Award given by the National Association of Basketball Coa...