A Unique Place for Christmas: The Fort Reno chapel is the only church in Oklahoma built by prisoners of war
The regular crowd of Sunday worshipers has long since scattered. The only people who walk up these steps and through the big doors of this little church are tourists and the occasional wedding party in warmer weather, and Fort historian Jimmy Johnston. Maybe it's that contemplative silence that often draws attention to the exposed beams that hold u...
‘Researching Italian Records’ is topic for EGS meeting
The Edmond Genealogical Society (EGS) is planning a program for its December meeting on “Researching Italian Records.” Presenting the 6:30 p.m. Dec. 18 program is a member of the Italians of Central Oklahoma and The Order Italian Sons & Daughters of America (ISDA), Doug Garone. The meeting will be at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,...
New rules from March 1, 2018 at the Italian Consulate in Houston
Please note that as of March 1, 2018 passports will not be issued the same day of the appointment. exception will be made for proven emergencies. Therefore, the day of the appointment, beside the required documentation, a prepaid and self-addressed traceable type envelope (express mail, federal express, ups, etc.) has to be provided to mail the new...
These Parents Will Name Their First Baby After Olive Garden & Mamma Mia, It's A Cute Story
Listen, if there's anyone out there who understands the love one can harbor for a place that routinely has some sort of never-ending pasta special going on, it's me. But now, someone has taken that love to a whole new level. Yeah, theseparents are naming their first baby after Olive Garden and it's actually kind of hilarious. OK, OK, so the couple...
Newly elected ICCC Board members
The Italian Cultural and Community Center warmly welcomes the following individuals to the 2018 Board of Directors: Raluca Dalea is a finance professional with a background in equity research and corporate banking. She was born in Romania and has lived in the US since 1997 and in Houston for the past 10 years.
Ritrova il fratello dopo 60 anni: “È uno dei bimbi adottati negli Usa”
«Ma sto sognando o è la verità? Scrivi, scrivi!». Nicoletta Onofrillo non riesce a stare ferma, detta alla nipote il messaggio. La ragazza sorride e scrive le parole su Messenger, la chat di Facebook. Nicoletta aspettava da sessant’anni esatti questo momento, quello in cui avrebbe rivisto Baldovino, il fratello scomparso nel 1957 dopo un’adozione d...
Italian passport renewal / Albuquerque / December 6
In order to facilitate access to the services rendered by the passport department to Italian citizens living great distances from Los Angeles, the Consulate General of Italy has organized passport renewal meetings in various locations. Passport renewal services will be available in Albuquerque on December 6, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at North D...
Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' has mysterious ties to Louisiana
A long-lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci will go up for auction in New York City on Wednesday, when it is expected to fetch well over $100 million. But a dozen years ago, the same painting — albeit obscured by time and the brush strokes of later artists — went up for sale at an auction house in Louisiana and sold for only $10,000. Not much is know...
Season of Giving at the ICCC
As we reach the end of another year, it is the time when many of us reflect both personally and fiscally. As you sit down to begin making your end-of-year gifts and distributions, please keep the Italian Cultural & Community Center (ICCC) in mind so that we can continue to flourish and grow and share our mission to advance, celebrate and preserve I...
Perricone Quads still making history; to be added to museum during veteran’s program
The Perricone Quads made history when they made their way into the world on a cold and stormy Halloween 88 years ago and they catapulted a Beaumont family into the public eye. Maria Concetta “Bessie” Mazzu Perricone and Philip “Filippo” Perrione, of Italian descent, already had five sons and had lost a daughter to complications from the whooping co...
Farinelli spotlights variety of musical instruments
A handmade gourd rattle made from a turtle shell was one of the first instruments created by Native Americans and probably earliest man. It was the first instrument demonstrated by the second featured speaker for the new Arts Council of Tahlequah 2nd Sunday at 2 history program on Oct. 8. Dr. Carl Farinelli provided facts and stories about the hist...
Dallas Opera offers a freshly conceived, vocally gleaming take on “Traviata”
Dallas Opera scored a second major success of the season with a beautifully sung, opulently staged production of Verdi’s La TraviataFriday night at Winspear Opera House, with a penetrating musical performance made all the more fascinating by subtle and not-so-subtle visual amendments to the drama. Vocally, Friday night’s performance was as nearly p...