Piada Italian Street Food could open Tyler location
Piada Italian Street Food could soon open a Tyler location, company officials confirmed on Monday. The company has already posted an employment an on Facebook looking for managers. But no location or opening date has yet been announced. Piada Italian Street Food is a fast-casual Italian concept with locations in Richardson, Frisco, Fort Wo...
2017 ICCC Board Nominations Sought
The Italian Cultural and Community Center is seeking candidates to fill five upcoming vacancies on the Board of Directors. The election will be held at the annual meeting of members on December 1, 2016. Each term lasts three years. We welcome strategic thinkers who understand "the big picture" and who can translate ideas into actions in or...
Gli Usa premiano la ricerca made in Italy
Damiano Rizzoni, in qualità di rappresentante di un gruppo di ricercatori della Clinica Medica dell'Università degli Studi di Brescia, sarà premiato il prossimo 20 settembre in occasione del congresso del Council for High Blood Pressure Research per uno studio pubblicato nel 2011 sulla rivista Hypertension sugli effetti di una cospicua riduzione di...
Amalfi brings Italian seafood cuisine to Houston
by Greg Morago Giancarlo Ferrara remembers the early morning smell of tomatoes cooking in his mother's kitchen as she began the family's big Sunday meal. "By the time we got back from church, everything was ready," he said, recalling the culinary traditions of his childhood in Salerno, Italy. The youngest of seven children of a fa...
The ICCC is hiring a Communications and Event Assistant!
By Melania Spagnoli The Communications and Event Assistant position assists with the coordination and promotion of the Italian Cultural and Community Center's programs and events. The position will assist in developing and executing marketing strategies for all programs and events through verbal, written and on-line communications. This p...
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...
Ciao, mondo! Roswell to host Italian cycling event
Ciao, Roswell! Roswell is preparing itself for one of the cycling world's largest events, the Giro d'Italia's Gran Fondo. Roswell will be the host city for the southeastern leg of the world tour in October. The three-week long race takes place in Italy every year. In an effort to promote Italian culture and the feel of the event throughout...
Continuing Mother Cabrini's mission for more than half a century.
Ardley Hanemann is President of Cabrini High School. Cabrini, an all girl school located on Moss Street across from Bayou St. John, has a long history in the Crescent City. The school's origins trace to 1892, when Archbishop Francis Janssens requested that Mother Cabrini come to New Orleans to help the City's many Italian immigrants. Mothe...
Marcello's Wine Market Cafe expanding
by Megan Wyatt Gene Todaro Jr. and Gene Todaro Sr., owners of Marcello's Wine Market and Marcello's Wine Market Cafe, will be opening another location in Metairie. Expected to open in January, Marcello's Restaurant and Wine Bar will be the second location in the market. The Todaro family opened a business by the same name las...
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...
Taverna Tossa's second location is opening in Southlake's Park Village
Craft beer and pizza is coming to the new Park Village Shopping Center in Southlake. Taverna Rossa, a project from the pizza-centric restaurant group that owns Cadillac Pizza Pub and Palio's Pizza Cafe, will open in April, according to a press release. This will be Taverna's second location, with the original located at Lakeside Market in Plano. T...