A Washington Post Interview with Bill Dal Cerro
You have a book coming out that argues Italian-Americans have been largely forgotten for their contributions to jazz. But Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Louis Prima, Louis Bellson, to name a few, are hardly unknown to those who care about jazz. Yes and no. Many jazz fans aren't even aware that people like Tony Bennett and the late Louis Bell...
See a map of the Italian-American Marching Club's new St. Joseph's Day parade route
The Italian-American Marching Club will alter its St. Joseph's Day parade route slightly when it heads out for its annual parade March 19. Construction along its planned route has forced a small change that results in the parade beginning at the corner of Decatur and Canal streets. The rest of the route will follow its usual path through t...
Italian Cultural & Community Center’s Rekindle the Flame Gala Hits a Home Run
HOUSTON—September 13, 2012: It was Saturday night bases loaded, bottom of the ninth, full count, game tied, Kenneth Aspromonte steps up to the plate; grand slam home run, and the crowd goes wild! At least that's what it felt like to those attending the Italian Cultural & Community Center's 10th Annual Rekindle the Flame Gala held at the Houston...
Irish-Italian festival celebrates heritage
Hundreds lined up at 10:30 a.m. on 4th Street to watch the parade as floats filled with crews flinging beads to the crowds sailed by. High school bands, animal shelter staffers and St. Fabian churchgoers were among those represented in the parade. Prior to the festival, a 5K Run/Walk took place March 18 at the Southern Miss Gateway of the...
Addison to celebrate Italian heritage at annual festival
Onesti's Little Italy Fest-West will kick off its seventh year in Addison on Thursday. "As wonderful as the typical local festivals are, this is not that," said Ron Onesti, who decided to bring a version of the festival he's been running in Chicago for more than 25 years to the suburbs. While many of the traditional Little Italy Fest draw...
Italian sculptor Alex Corno comes to Valley House
by Michael GranberryValley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden in Far North Dallas is worth a visit any time of year but especially so in the fall. Its 4.5 wooded acres of an outdoor garden is a gem, a natural wonder, and the indoor gallery has always offered some of the finest art in Dallas. Its new show trumpets Italian Alex Corno, who'...
Gallup Sacred Heart cathedral, a piece of Italy in western NM
By Davide Arminio Sixty years ago in Gallup, New Mexico, a new construction site sprang up. It wasn't a store, nor a house or a facility. It was the Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral, designed to become a city landmark, conceived and made possible by a large contribution of the local Italian community. Gallup is a city born of both...
Lecture and book signing: Fratelli di sangue - Blood brotherhood
Join us for a special lecture by Piero Messina, renowned Journalist from L'Espresso Magazine: Mafia and Freemansonry in Italy from World War II to the Globalization of Crime. The Lecture will take place at The Italian Cultural and Community Center - 1101 Milford St, Houston on Friday, February 20th 2015&...
Italian Caldarera family shares history of serving Fort Smith
Tom Caldarera, Jr. and his son Joe, both restaurateurs in Fort Smith, will share their Italian family history Sunday at the Clayton House, 514 N. Sixth St. Like towns throughout the American South, Fort Smith received waves of immigrants leaving crowded cities of the east in the decades following the Civil War. Immigration peaked as railro...
Italian-American Rodeo to benefit Children's Hospital
No matter the conditions, a great time will be had on May 17-18 by participants in the 7th annual Italian-American Fishing Rodeo. The event benefits Children's Hospital, and it does so remarkably well, having donated more than $36,000 to that cause over the years.
SNL’s Joe Piscopo does lunch at World’s Biggest Bowl of Spaghetti
Whom would you expect to bump into at the World's Biggest Bowl of Spaghetti? Of course, it's Joe Piscopo from Saturday Night Live! Joe is a celebrity, and so is this pasta. It's served in a bowl that's eight feet in diameter. It has 500 pounds of pasta, 150 gallons of sauce, or as they call it gravy and 50 pounds of cheese. That'...
The Trevi Group’s Challenging Rescues of the Tower of Pisa and Concordia Shipwreck
When: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX 77006 Join us at the ICCC for a lecture on the challenging rescues of one of Italy's most iconic structures, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and also of one of the largest ships ever to be abandoned, the Co...