Bertolucci a Houston, retrospettiva del regista al Mfah
Continua la galleria di registi italiani "celebrati'"dal Museum of Fine Arts di Houston (Mfah). Dopo i tributi a Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pupi Avati e Marco Bellocchio, è la volta di una retrospettiva su Bernardo Bertolucci, regista anticonformista del quale andranno in scena una dozzina di film. Le pellicole saranno proiettate nel...
Concerto del flautista Sergio Pallottelli a beneficio delle vittime dei recenti terremoti in Italia
Il Comites di Houston, insieme all'ufficio del Consolato Generale, all'Italian Cultural & Community Center, e alla Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, è lieto di presentare "Un'ora con Sergio Pallottelli e Amici: Musica a beneficio delle vittime del terremoto in Italia". Il concerto avrà luogo Domenica 4 Dicembre alle 6,00 pm alla Salem Evangeli...
IT@LY SXSW Touches Down in Austin
As Milan, Italy's music industry capital, readies to showcase itself to the world in May, the Italian music industry descends on Austin, TX this March to show off its current scene at SXSW 2015. IT@LY SXSW is an unprecedented national effort by the county at SXSW, the world's leading music industry event, and a multi-faceted initiative fea...
Michigan State's Tom Izzo elected to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
The achievement Tom Izzo said he never dreamed of is upon him. Izzo was announced as a member of the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class during a Monday morning unveiling here in Houston. The honor, regarded as the highest achievement a college basketball coach can attain, comes after Izzo took Michigan State's basket...
HOUSTON: Museum of Fine Arts celebrates Pasolini
The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH) will run a series of screenings of the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, within the context of its 8th annual homage to Italian cinema. The series is presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Houston and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and thanks to the generosity of sponsors...
Bulldogs receiving assist courtesy of Italy
By Pat Dailey Sebastiano Frandino has already won over his Blue Eye teammates by bringing a sampling of the taste of genuine Italian cuisine to the Bulldogs. Frandino, a foreign-exchange student from Italy in his first school year at Blue Eye, has twice treated his cohorts to dinner with pasta, what else, being the main course. ...
2013 anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti: Opera in the Heights presenta "La Traviata" a Houston
Opera in the Heights presenta il 4 e il 13 ottobre "La Traviata" di Giuseppe Verdi al Lambert Hall, nel quartiere storico di Houston Heights. Sentirete la passione travolgente e la profonda bellezza di melodie uniche create per narrare una storia intensa di amore e sacrificio. Violetta, una giovane cortigiana che vive nella Parigi del XIX...
Fest Hypes Italian Film and Culture
Discussions about Italian film by Americans usually go something like this: First someone says the name "Antonioni." Rarely another throws in the magical moniker "Fellini." Next one or more conversant members of this hypothetical red-white-and-blue discourse gravely intones Blow-Up or La Dolce Vita. That's easy enough to do, as the first film is in...
From West Virginia to Italy, the making of Mike D'Antoni
The influences seep through, impossible to hide even if Mike D'Antoni is so inclined. Just as so much of his offense, having long since grown from mocked to mimicked, can be seen in the strategies and styles of nearly every team in the NBA, so too can the imprint of every stop along the way brought D'Antoni to Houston. West Virginia is home,...
2015 Italian Soccer Camp in Houston
June 15, 2015; Monday 8:30 AM (daily until 19 Jun 2015)University of St Thomas - 3800 Montrose Blvd - Houston, Texas 77006 Fun, Happiness and Learning, but also Teamwork, Respect and Ownership. These are just few of the many values of Soccer, the favorite sport of Italians! If your child is a Soccer lover, don't miss this great oppo...
Christmas Concert in the Piazza
Sunday, December 14, 4 pm - 7 pm Piazza d'Italia - Lafayette Street, New Orleans 70130 Tickets: www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com The American Italian Cultural Center (AICC) presents a concert series in the Piazza d'Italia! In celebration of the holidays, the concert will feature classic Christmas music performed by Phillip Ma...
Italian Festivals of New Mexico and the Club Culturale Italiano present Maestro Anthony Barrese
Award-winning conductor/composer and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Southwest, is one of New Mexico's musical treasures. This self-described "second generation Calabrese who has lived and worked in Italy" is an engaging speaker and personality, and among the most enterprising and dynamic young conductors in the world today. He w...