Italian flag throwers whipping up culture with flair!
A piece of Italy is in New Orleans all this week! The Sansepolcro Flag Throwers are back in town whipping their flags with flair. News with a Twist Reporter Kenny Lopez checks out the Sbandieratori Sansepolcro Flag Throwers at Layette Square. They come from Sansepolcro, Italy, which is in Southern Tuscany. Read more ...
Austin Businesses With Italian Ties Raise Funds For Earthquake Victims
A group that promotes Italian culture in the capital city is spearheading efforts to send aid to the cities devastated by last week's earthquake. Italy Meets Texas has reached out to several Italian-American businesses and community members collecting funds to send to the affected areas, and in particular the City of Amatrice. Rea...
Texan Italian Innovation
Join us for the premiere of "Texan Italian Innovation" on Sunday, May 25, 20145:00 pm - ICCC Houston. This video is part of the documentary series "Texan Italian Stories" Panel discussion with Texan Italian Innovators, moderated by Sergio Codognotto, discussing the future of Research of Innovation in Italy and in the Te...
Italian journalist makes visit to Texas State
by Darcy Sprague Italian journalist Lucio Luca joined Texas State March 26 for a special lecture on his latest book. Luca focused on Sicilian immigrants who found their way to success in the United States. Luca was joined by his editor, Maria Elena Vittorietti, and the only two native Sicilians living in Texas, Fabio and Tiziana T...
Insediato il COMITES di Houston
Ieri, presso la sede del consolato Generale d'Italia a Houston, si è tenuta la seduta di insediamento dei neo eletti nel COM.IT.ES per la circoscrizione del Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Lousiana. Il Presidente uscente Vincenzo Arcobelli lascia la presidenza al neo eletto all'unanimità Valter Della Nebbia. Le altre cariche sociali sono state cos...
Inside the Soul of a Sicilian Poet
By Steven Campo I am the descendent of Sicilians from both my father and mother's side of the family. I grew up in a small town in Louisiana that had a large Sicilian population throughout the 1900's. We were raised to be proud of our Sicilian heritage. Our grandparents spoke English, but often spoke to us in Sicilian. Hearing non...
2015 NM Italian film & culture festival generates record donation to the UNM children’s hospital
On June 3 members of the board of Italian Festivals of New Mexico made an official presentation of $37,384 to UNM Hospitals CEO Steve McKernan. Later in the month the ceremonial check was presented to a gathering of Hospital administrators by members of both the festival board and the festival production committee who received a standing ovation fo...
Luciano Owner Given Huge Award at The Ferrari Kid Annual Gala
Luciano Italian Restaurant owner Gennaro 'Jimmy' Centofanti (pronounced Chento-Fahn-tee) was given the "Campione peri Bambini" (Champion for Kids) Award from The Ferrari Kid organization at their Annual Gala at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort & Spa, Saturday, November 12, 2016. The Ferrari Kid experience is designed to give children copi...
American Italian Federation of the Southeast Scholarships
$1,000 Scholarship Award to high school senior or college student. Applicant must be a member, child or the legal ward or direct descendant of a AIFEDSE organization member. Application deadline April 30th. Click American Italian Federation of the Southeast Members Scholarship. $1,000 Scholarship Award to an Opera student of Italian descen...
Beaumont, SE Texans celebrate heritage with Italian History Month
by Dan Wallach Much of what Americans know about Sicily comes from the 1972 movie "The Godfather," but that's only a movie, which isn't the same as history. Jefferson County Commissioners Court on Monday proclaimed October as Italian History Month. Commissioners might easily have called it Sicilian History Month, because they appear...
Cathy Cummings, an Italian restaurant owner, is running for Oklahoma lieutenant governor
Cathy Cummings, a restaurant owner who is running a Democratic campaign for lieutenant governor, differs from her Republican opponent on unemployment compensation fraud. Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb said recently that he often hears from small business owners about their lack of success in challenging questionable unemployment compensation claims from forme...
Oklahoma artists to make Cultural Connections in Italy
by Brandy McDonnell O. Gail Poole never went to Italy, but his work is heading there more than three years after his death. "He spent all of his time in Oklahoma and Taos (N.M.); he went to France and London, but that was it," said the late artist's daughter, Nicole Poole. As part of Cultural Connections, Poole, Douglas Shaw Elder an...