Columbus Day Festa returns this weekend, Deana Martin to perform
Organizers of Baton Rouge's Columbus Day Festa are ready for the big time. The Greater Baton Rouge American Italian Association is making an effort to push the annual event celebrating its Italian heritage into a regional focus, and that starts this year with a performance by Deana Martin. "(We) want to see this become a larger, regional e...
Being Leonardo Da Vinci: an impossible interview (in Texas)
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Hours: 7:00 PM Venue: University of St. Thomas, Houston (Texas) Organized by: University of St. Thomas, Houston (Texas) In collaboration with: The Houston Methodist Institute for Technology (MITIE) Renowned Italian director and actor Massimiliano Finazzer Flory brings Leonardo da Vinci to life again with this on...
Enoteca Rossa brings taste of Italy to Bellaire
For Bellaire residents and Enoteca Rossa co-owners Michael May and Barry Gomel, rejuvenating the Bellaire staple is a venture into authentic Italian food and a community togetherness. May and Gomel opened Rossa nine months ago after purchasing the restaurant from its previous owner. Since then, they've hired chef Roberto Crescini, from Northern It...
D'Amico's Italian Market Café expanding to Katy
The popular D'Amico's Italian Market Café, a 16-year-old mainstay of Rice Village, is heading west to Katy, Texas, for its second location. Owners Nash D'Amico and Brina D'Amico Donaldson and Larry Martin and Edgar Carlson of HUSA Management, Inc. have announced that they are readying a 193-seat restaurant space in the Phase II portion of the expan...
PBS to air 'The Italian Americans' again on UNC-EX in May
by Rodger Mullen "The Italian Americans," a two-part, four-hour documentary about the Italian experience in America, premiered on PBS Feb. 17. Written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Stanley Tucci, the series explores the evolution of Italian-Americans from the late 19th century to today. However, according to UNC-TV director...
Angelo Nicola (Nicholas) Lombardi, il piu’ grande gioielliere del Texas
Nato a Crecchio (Ch) il 21 settembre del 1883, fu per oltre 30 anni (dal 1911 al 1946) l'indiscusso e più grande gioielliere ed orafo di El Paso (Texas). Una storia raccontata da Geremia Mancini – Presidente onorario "Ambasciatori della fame" Lombardi nacque a Crecchio (Ch) il 21 settembre, 1883. Unico figlio maschio di Vincenzo Giova...
La Befana will fly through Addison
January 10th the children and families of the Club will come together to wait for La Befana to come looking for the Christ Child and in doing so leave the children with bags of treats. Lunch, symbolic lentils and sausage plus pasta with sauce, Befana Bread with the secret fava bean will be served. The children and adults will participate i...
Scaglietti-Bodied 1959 Corvettes: A Rare Italian-American Trio
There has been a tremendous fascination in the automotive world over the years with the concept of combining traditional Italian voluptuous styling with the simplicity and reliability of American V8 engines, the idea being that one could attain the Italian aura without incurring the high cost of mechanical repairs. In the late 1950s, a pro...
Authentic Italian Russo’s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen Opens in San Antonio with Highly Anticipated, Chef Created Menu from Chef Anthony Russo
Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen has arrived. This is one of San Antonio's most highly anticipated restaurant openings. Local residents, commuters and visitors can now savor the tastes, aromas and unmistakable ambiance of the upscale, casual dining Italian restaurant brimming with old-world charm and hospitality. Russo's Coal-Fired Itali...
Italian Cooking Class: Il Sapore Italiano (The Art of Making Focaccia)
When: Friday, May 13, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX 77006 Join us for Il Sapore Italiano, a series of cooking classes aimed to promote the Italian traditions in which participants will have a hands-on culinary experience preparing authentic and d...
2013 Anno Della Cultura Italiana Negli Stati Uniti: "Aida" , "Aphrodite And The Gods Of Love" E Un Seminario Su Giuseppe Verdi Onorano La Cultura Italiana A Tulsa
Nel mese di aprile la città di Tulsa ospiterà diverse iniziative rientranti nel calendario dell'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, a dimostrazione del vivo interesse per l'Italia nello Stato dell'Oklahoma.
2014 Italian Film and Culture Festival
This weekend you have the chance to experience the very best of Italy and help UNM Children's' Hospital at the same time. It's all with the New Mexico Film and Culture Festival that goes the February 8 through the 16. Maria Aroncho Berry is the festival's director and is here to tell us all about it. Read more Source:&nbs...