Join us as we journey to Bella Toscana
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...
6th Annual Festa di Ferragosto in Houston
Celebrate with us this summer the 6th Annual Festa di Ferragosto! Bring your friends and your favorite bottle of wine, and come gather with fellow film-goers for Italian pizza and soft drinks. We will watch Noi e La Giulia. The film will be in Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Edoardo Leo. Starring Luca Argentero, Edoardo Leo, Claudi...
La Città di Houston proclama il 6 Dicembre Giornata dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo
Sono lieto potervi annunciare che in data 6 Dicembre e' stata dedicata dalla citta' di Houston in Texas la giornata dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo con una proclamazione firmata dal Sindaco Annise D.Parker. Questo atto costituisce il piu' profondo apprezzamento da parte delle Autorita' Statunitensi ed in particolare Texane ed Houstonian...
The 37th annual Houston Italian Festival set for Oct. 8-11
The 37th Annual Houston Italian Festival will bring Italian Bingo and Poker all' Italiana to this year's event along with a trio of new musical acts hot off the New York and Houston music scene. To be held on the grounds of the University of St. Thomas, the festival will run Thursday, Oct. 8, until Sunday, Oct. 11. This popular festiv...
Wines & Art of the Italian Renaissance in Houston – 12 May, 7 pm
During the 14th to 17th century, Italy experienced a rapid increase in economic development with an accompanying shift in philosophy, resulting in some of the world's most renowned artistic achievements. This period is referred to as the Renaissance, literally, a rebirth. Italian wine experienced a rebirth during the late 20th century, wit...
Paola Pivi's Wonderful, Colorful Alt-World at Dallas Contemporary
"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...
Search for Grandfather Takes Bentonville Man to an Italian Farm Field
A local man on a quest with his family embarking on a 5,200 mile journey that was a decade in the making. It was a discovery that crossed continents, bridged generations and united two nations. It was the quest to find Lt. Loren Hintz that stretched from Northwest Arkansas to Italy. It was a hazy morning on April 21, 1945 when First Lt....
Free-to-Watch Independent documentary provides an exclusive insight in to the world of research and innovation of the Italian community in Texas
"Texan Italian Innovation," the latest episode of the Texan Italian Stories documentary series, has been released for free on the web through Youtube and Vimeo platforms. The medium-length 26 minute documentary uses the event of the "IX Conference of Italian Researchers in the World" which happened in Houston, Texas in December, 2013, as t...
Muli, jazz e linciaggi: l'esperienza italiana in Louisiana
Arriviamo in Louisiana dopo un giorno di guida attraverso le back-roads dell'Alabama e del Mississippi. Quando notiamo su entrambi i lati della strada distese di cotone pronto per essere colto, abbiamo la certezza di essere arrivati nel profondo Sud. La nostra meta è la Tangipahoa Parish dove ci aspettano due giorni di incontri con i discendenti d...
Italia-USA: Bisogniero a Houston alza il sipario sull'Anno della Cultura Italiana 2013
Houston (Texas), 1 dic. - L' ambasciatore d' Italia a Washington, Claudio Bisogniero, intervenuto alla Conferenza dei ricercatori italiani nel mondo riunita oggi a Houston per la sua ottava edizione, ha alzato il sipario sull' anno della Cultura italiana negli Usa nel 2013 che porra' l' accento proprio sulla ricerca scientifica. "Questo e' sicuram...
Feeding their Italian heritage
In the upper level of a downtown hall, men with the Christopher Columbus Italian Society gather monthly for business meetings. On the level below, the women's auxiliary do the same. In the stairway linking the floors are framed portraits of past presidents from these organizations dating back decades to the society's founding in 1890. ...
Initial Town Halls completed
The first signatures of the incorporation petition were gathered last week after hosting 3 back-to-back town halls in the proposed Little Italy boundary at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Martindale Church, and Soul's Anchor Church and is a good, solid start to this historic petitioning process. Forty-seven voters living in the area...