Il Texas scopre la Calabria
Si è appena conclusa con successo la missione che la Regione Calabria ha organizzato a Houston, il più ricco e fiorente centro metropolitano in Texas; la Camera di Commercio Italo americana del Texas ha ospitato sei produttori operanti nel settore del food & wine e una rappresentanza istituzionale regionale a supporto della missione commerciale...
Via Colori street painting festival set for Nov. 23-24
The Via Colori street painting festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23-24, in downtown Houston. Via Colori was introduced to Houston in 2006 to celebrate the Italian Renaissance art of street painting while benefiting Center for Hearing and Speech, a nonprofit organization that teaches speaking, listening and literacy skills to c...
Ferragosto Celebration: Film & Pizza!
Join us on Sunday, August 17th, 5.30 pm at the ICCC for the fourth annual Festa di Ferragosto! Italian Film & Pizza. Complimentary refreshments. Bring your friends and a favorite bottle of wine! Projected film: "Che bella giornata!" In Italian with English subtitles.
Arturo's last weekend draws celebrity crowd who bid fond farewell to fave restaurant
by Clifford Pugh Even though Arturo's Uptown Italiano Restaurant is closing this weekend, the atmosphere was festive Friday night as Houston notables jammed into the Uptown Park eatery for one last meal. Neil and Maria Bush were dining at one table while former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and a sizable party were at another tabl...
Consulate of Italy in Santa Fe invites YOU
Monday, February 15, 2016 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at Osteria d'Assisi - Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cavaliere Lino Pertusini, Honorary Consul of Italy, Santa Fe, invites you to meet his esteemed guests: Hon. Antonio Verde, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles; Hon. Rosalba Maniaci, Italian Consular Agent of New Mexico; Valeria Rumori, Dir...
Sons of Italy prep bocce courts at South City Park
By Sean Longoria Bocce ball is another step closer to becoming a reality at South City Park. Members of the Sons of Italy along with other volunteers spent a few hours Saturday digging what will soon be a fresh pair of courts in anticipation of the group's Paesano Days celebration. "This is the start," said Carole Dellaragion...
Bruno's Revival On Main Street To Mix Old, New
By Jan Cottingham On an uncommonly pleasant August afternoon, two workers labored to perfect the stain on a handsome wood bar facing the entrance of Bruno's Little Italy, while others painted a few yards away. Gio Bruno excitedly noted that a metal railing separating the restaurant from the pavement on Main Street had been erected in the...
Grace Granato, last of original Granato family settlers to Little Italy in 1915, dies at the age of 102
Grace L. Rossi Zyck (nee Granato) died this week at the age of 102 and was the last child of the original settlers to Little Italy (Alta Villa) in 1915. The Granato family was one of the five original families of Alta Villa. Roger Rossi, her son, discovered our website and corresponds from Illinois. Two of his aunts were born in Little Ita...
3 Sicilians Wine Dinner
Italian Club of Dallas. Monday, February 9, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM (CST) - Addison, TX Please join us as we take a Tour through Sicily with food and wine. Our guests, Alfonso Cevola and Joe Piccola with Glaziers and Paul DiCarlo with Jimmy's Food Store will share their experiences from their visits to Sicily and its' wineries. In...
Annual St. Joseph's altar continues delicious Sicilian tradition at St. Paul's School
Picture the inside of the Briggs Assembly Center, a shining expanse of recently-renovated space, stretching out over thousands of square feet in open readiness for the next Saint Paul's dance, mass, assembly, or special event. There's enough room inside for any school function. The building can comfortably seat around 1,200 people, and each Saint P...
Lick, pray, love: wonderful ice cream at Dolce Neve in Austin
Posting in a hurry today because I'm super slammed with work. But, dulcis in fundo, how not to end the week on a sweet note after having visited my new favorite ice cream shop, Dolce Neve in Austin? I loved talking to owners and ice cream-makers Marco Silvestrini from Umbria (below, right) and Leo Ferrarese (left) from Lombardy. I did...
The Italians In Texas
The few Italians who came to Texas during the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were mainly explorers, adventurers or missionaries. The Italian presence in the state goes back to the earliest years of Spanish exploration. Like Christopher Columbus, Italians were often in the employ of the Spanish during that early peri...