Sardinia in New Mexico
Tuesday, November 13. 2:00 – 3:30 PM. University Of New Mexico, Fine Arts & Design Library – Main Foyer. 2401 Central Ave Ne (across from the Frontier), Albuquerque, New Mexico. In summertime, the medieval village squares, magical landscapes and dazzling beaches of Sardinia come alive with music festivals that give voice to great American genres li...
A Chic New Italian Bistro Will Open Inside A Swanky Galleria-Area Spa
Ivy Bar & Bistro, a chic new Italian eatery inside the newly-renovated Fiori Spa, will kick open the doors this weekend. The restaurant is part of a major, multi-million dollar revamp for the Fiori Spa at 2613 Potomac Drive, and will boast an 1,800 square foot rooftop bar, French-style furnishings, and striking crystal bar, according to a press rel...
6 Things to Love About Romano’s
HERE’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ROMANO’S PIZZA ITALIAN RESTAURANT: The name. It’s not Romano’s or Romano’s Pizza. It’s not Romano’s Italian Pizza (seems repetitive but you never know) or Romano’s Italian Restaurant. Romano’s Pizza Italian Restaurant tells you it has pizza, but also Italian food in a restaurant setting. This is all important. It’s like a g...
Fucsia Nissoli (Fi) incontra il nuovo Console Generale d’Italia a Houston
“Nei giorni scorsi, a Houston (Usa), ho incontrato il Console Generale d’Italia Federico Ciattaglia, per dargli il benvenuto. L’incontro, molto cordiale, mi è servito per ribadire quanto le nostre istituzioni all’estero siano vitali per mantenere, con gli adeguati e puntuali servizi, il legame fra i residenti all’estero e la Madre Patria”. Lo dichi...
Ursula’s Restaurant and Pizzeria brings a blend of flavors to Fulshear residents
The international-inspired menu at Ursula’s Restaurant and Pizzeria in Fulshear offers flavors from South America to Europe. “We have some tapas with risotto. For brunch we have egg benedicts so our hollandaise sauce has a little bit of pesto in it. We have a polenta, but instead of making it with traditional Italian flours we make it with corn flo...
Antonio Fiocca, molisano, “Pioniere” dei minatori italiani in Oklahoma
Aurelio Fiocca, all’epoca venticinquenne, partì da Carovilli (oggi provincia di Isernia), alla ricerca del “sogno americano” nel lontano 1884. Giunse in Oklahoma e andò a lavorare nelle impervie miniere site in quello che era stato territorio degli indiani. Aurelio fu tra i primi italiani, vero “Pioniere”, a giungere in quella zona. Aderì al “The N...
Creole Italian Lecture
Wednesday, November 7, 2018. 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST. Italian Cultural & Community Center - 1101 Milford Street - Houston, TX 77006. Justin Nystrom will be at the Italian Cultural & Community Center in Houston, Texas to share more about his book "Creole Italian: Sicilian Immigrants and the Shaping of New Orleans Food Culture" In his book Creole Itali...
IACC leads Houston investment delegation to Piacenza for start-up conference
Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Texas director Alessia Paolicchi has just returned from Piacenza where she led a delegation of Houston business people to attend a start-up conference at Incubatore Inlab. The trip was organized by Incubatore Inlab, the Catholic University Piacenza, the Piacenza Chamber of Commerce, Confindustria Piacenza, the Asso...
Where To Eat Muffulettas Around New Orleans
After Sicilians arrived en masse to New Orleans beginning in late 1800s, the area near the French Market became known as “Little Palermo” and the “Italian Sector.” Sicilian workers often stopped into Central Grocery for bread, olives, cold cuts, and cheese for lunch, which they ate standing up or with a plate perched tenuously in their laps. Salvat...
Umbria in Sugar Land Italian Film Festival this weekend
The second annual Umbria in Sugar Land, an Italian Film Festival announced the winners for its event to be held Oct. 26-28 at the historic Sugar Land Auditorium. 2018 film winners include: Best Film: Pure Hearts; Best Cinematography: Awful Wars; Best Screenplay: Friends by Chance; Best Directing: Awful Wars. The festival is hosted by the City of Su...
Napoli's welcomes customers to taste southern Italy
The joyful tastes of southern Italy has arrived in San Angelo with Napoli's. The building previously housed Chandler's Bar and Grill, which closed in February of this year. It didn't stay empty for long though. Napoli's at 421 S Chadbourne St. opened it's doors on Oct. 1 to an eager crowd. Only three weeks old, this Italian, family owned restaurant...
Q&A: Stephen Costello - The tenor on performing the role of Don José in Carmen at the Dallas Opera.
There won’t be any yellow police tape around the Winspear Opera House on Friday but the stage will become the gritty crime scene of a murder driven by jealous rage. It all takes place in The Dallas Opera’s production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera Carmen, which is filled with sex and smuggling, violence and victimization, theft and terrorism, deser...