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Life may hand you lemons...or life may pour you a glass of limoncello! Either way, the important thing is to celebrate the good times regardless of what may come... at least, that will be the theme of our next evening with our amici from Opera on Tap. Think of arias like Donna, Non Vidi Mai, La Dolcissima Effigie, and even E Lucevan Le Stelle. "La...

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by Erik Maza The Italian socialite Bianca Brandolini d'Adda was in Dallas on Thursday night. It was her first time in the city. "I didn't know what to expect," she said. "I guess just the things you see on TV and in the movies." By this, she meant big hair, bold makeup, a certain swagger. And she was surprised, if a little disappointed,...

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An Italian-inspired restaurant that will hearken back to the sweet life portrayed in Fellini films is set to open this fall in The Joule hotel downtown. Replacing the former Charlie Palmer steakhouse, Americano will aim to combine the feel of a social – with tables and chairs easily clustered together – with a chef-driven menu.   Read more...

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"O Sole Mio", "Funiculli, Funiculla", "Volare"...you know you sing them in the shower, but now we want you to sing them along with the best! Join us and bring your friends for a special Guest Cena, when our friends from Opera On Tap will lead us in a sing-a-long of your favorite Italian folk songs. Click here to RSVP or call the Club at (972) 931-9...

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Russo's Restaurants, the family of dining concepts that includes Russo's New York Pizzeria and Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, announced today plans to significantly enhance the brands' footprint in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, all of which have a current Russo's presence. Evidencing the excitement around both brands, Russo's kicked off 2014...

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Tuscany: For you does that magical name evoke wine? Art and museums? Magnificent landscapes? Classical literature? Romantic medieval hilltop towns? Or maybe all of the above... While nothing can compare to an evening spent in Toscana, on Friday, March 27, you'll find the next-best thing at the Italian Club as we explore the birthplace of the Italian...

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"My whole life is messed up, geographically," said Paola Pivi recently. The Italian artist's current home is in Delhi, but her "heart is in Alaska," where she lived and worked until four years ago. "It's a forced exile," she explained, referring to the complicated court proceedings that have left her and her husband no choice but to remain in India...

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When Corrado Palmieri was growing up in the "heel of the boot," as he says, he was often elbow-deep in flour as he helped his grandmother bake pastries specific to Southern Italy and his home province of Lecce.   Decades later, after years of business school and working in investment banking, he opened his own Italian coffee shop and bakery...

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by Whitney Filloon   A new addition to culinary theme park Trinity Groves is just weeks away: Saint Rocco's will open its doors on Thursday, September 10. The brains behind Saint Rocco's is none other than Trinity Groves founder Phil Romano, who is of course also the founder of the Romano's Macaroni Grill chain (not to mention Fuddrucke...

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You don't often hear "football" and "bel canto" in the same sentence. How about the same opera? The new production Great Scott, which premiered Friday at the Dallas Opera, pulls that off with a meta-story of sorts: It's an opera about a struggling opera company, whose future just happens to hinge on the outcome of the Super Bowl.   If...

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