On March 5, 2023, Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society of the Palm Beaches celebrated its 46th Anniversary Gala at The Breakers Palm Beach Resort. The 46th Anniversary Gala was organized by the Gala Co-Chais Antoniette Vigilante and Lou De Prima. The honorees this year were renowned singer and actress Deana Martin daughter of Dean Martin and ac...

On March 13, 2022, Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society of the Palm Beaches celebrated its 45th Anniversary Gala at The Breakers Palm Beach Resort. The 45th Anniversary Gala was organized by the Gala Co-Chairs Antonella Brancaccio-Balzano and Chris Salamone. President Paul G. Finizio delivered the Welcome and Mission Statement speech and then h...

Ciao from Rome, welcome to another wonderful issue of our magazine. On the cover of this issue we celebrate the fantastic victory of the Italian national soccer team at the recently concluded European Championships. All of Italy was filled with joy, and it was wonderful to see so many Italians happy again after so many difficult months. Dear friend...

October 12 2020 Roma, Italy / The United States

Attorney Antonietta Brancaccio Balzano was newly confirmed by General Counsel Cristiano Musillo Correspondent for the Consulate in Miami. The letter of confirmation arrived from the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Rome on August 23. Attorney Brancaccio- Balzano will be responsible for the areas of Stuart and Orlando where the Italian community is in ne...

On March 24, 2019 IL Circolo presented the 43rd  Anniversary Gala at the Breakers Hotel, an icon of Palm Beach. The evening was featured by local newspapers and television stations. The Chairs of the event President Paul Finizio and Board Member Chris Salamone named the Gala “the Italian Paparazzi”, in honor of Buddy Fortunato, founder of one of th...

The third edition of the International Symposium “Italy in Transit” will take place Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2, 2019, at Florida Atlantic University, organized by the FAU Italian Program with the John D. Calandra Italian-American Institute of New York. The meeting gathers about 29 speakers from Florida Atlantic University, Miami, Tampa,...

Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society, enjoyed an afternoon of learning, eating, music, sports and celebrations, all in one day. “Pranzo,Vino, Bocce”. The genesis of the event was a culinary demonstration to commemorate the establishment of a new Il Circolo scholarship fund in the culinary arts. In collaboration with our friends at Arturo’s Rist...

Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society, held its 42nd anniversary gala at the Breakers on March 18, 2018. La Bella Figura as it was titled, is an expression meaning making a good impression. As pointed out in Bishop Barbarito’s letter to the organization, “Whether it was going to church, going to school, visiting relatives or friends, we had to d...

Our 42nd Anniversary Gala will be held at The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, on Sunday, March 18, 2018 beginning with Cocktails at 5:30 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The Anthony Lane Band will be performing and we are honoring Franco Harris, NFL Hall of Famer, Adriana Trigiani, Author, Film Director and Entrepreneur and World- renowned Opera Singer, Carlos D...