Vaunted Celebrity Chef Brings a New Authentic Italian Restaurant to Dallas
Dallas will get a taste of la dolce vita this fall thanks to esteemed chef Giuliano Matarese and business partner Brian Ellard. The duo is getting ready to unveil Mille Lire, an Italian restaurant “rooted in the tradition and authenticity of Italy with an air of modernity.” Named after the country’s former currency, Mille Lire will take shape in Th...
Vita sullo schermo
In honor of Italian Heritage Month, UTSA’s Architecture and Modern Languages Departments have teamed up to host an Italian Film Festival throughout October. The department will be screening a modern Italian film every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the first floor gallery within the Monterey building on UTSA’s downtown campus this month. Four films in t...
Cooking New York Italian won him a Texas sweetheart
In 1964 I turned 18 and was drafted into the Army. I was trained as a medic and assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, where I took care of my fellow comrades who had been wounded in Vietnam. Several dear friends were serving there at the time. In May 1965, I began caring for an outpatient named Mr. Garza....
Italian Fiesta in Albuquerque
What's there to do when the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta wraps up? How about an Italian Fiesta?! Savor Italian foods, beer and wine, register for prizes including an HDTV and dinner for 2, and preview Italian car design during the Italian Fiesta at Alfa Romeo and Fiat of Albuquerque. The event will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 19th-2...
Pirandello in Sicily: The Eternal Circle of Cosmos and Chaos
Join us at the ICCC as we celebrate the 17th Week of Italian Language in the World, “l’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema (Italian in the movies and at the movies)” by showcasing Luigi Pirandello and his writing legacy as an Italian novelist, playwright, poet, shorty story writer, and winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his alm...
Remembering Clara Vick, R.I.P.
It is with heavy hearts that we share with you the passing of a great lady and friend to the Italian community in Texas, Clara Vick. Clara was one of the only women to ever be “Knighted” by the Italian Government. She received this honor on October 21, 2010, for her efforts to restore and preserve a little chapel in Castro County, Texas. The chapel...
University of Texas - San Antonio Presents Italian Film Festival During October
The University of Texas–San Antonio (UTSA) College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning (CACP), is hosting their first Italian Film Festival, presenting free screenings of Italian films every Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. The films selected for screening are: October 4: “Habemus Papam” (“We Have a Pope”), directed by Nanni Moretti; October, 11: “Sm...
Fiocco nero sulla "rosa gialla del Texas"
"The Yellow Rose of Texas" è una famosa canzone della guerra di secessione USA. Oggi la rosa gialla ha un fiocco nero e la rugiada sono le lacrime. Clara Vick, classe 1931, di Dimmitt, Texas, è deceduta il 1° ottobre 2017 ad Amarillo. Presidente della Castro County Texas Historical Commission e grande amica dei prigionieri italiani non cooperatori...
Austin replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Austin will no longer officially recognize Columbus Day after Austin City Council voted Thursday to replace the holiday with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Although Thursday’s vote will have no direct effect on the federal holiday—which celebrates Italian explorer Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the lands of the western hemisphere every second Monday o...
Texas and Italy - a friendship spearheading into the future
When the president of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, visited the United States in February 2016, he decided to stop in Texas as a testament to the outstanding contribution that the Lone Star State has made and continues to make to the economic, scientific and technological success of the union. During his visit, the president underscored...
Arcobelli: Il Texas proclama Ottobre "Italian History Month"
Ottobre è stato dichiarato "Mese della Storia Italiana - Italian History Month" in Texas. Ad annunciarlo oggi in una nota alla stampa Vincenzo Arcobelli, coordinatore CTIM Nord America e consigliere CGIE in USA. "Il Texas", esordisce Arcobelli, "è un grande Stato in tutti i sensi: sempre vicino alle esigenze della collettività e dei propri cittadin...
Totah mayor proclaims ‘Indigenous Peoples Day
Five hundred and 25 years after Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the city of Farmington is taking a closer look at the Italian explorer and the holiday that celebrates his voyage. During a regular city council meeting Tuesday, Farmington Mayor Tommy Roberts officially proclaimed the second Monday in October every year as “Indigenous Peoples Day.” Al...