Villa Roma Italian Ristorante
By Virginia Lascara Villa Roma Italian Ristorante opened in the Cypress area in August serving traditional Italian dishes for lunch and dinner. Owner Bettzy Aguilar said although business is sometimes slow during lunch, the dinner shift has been busy at the restaurant through the first few months. The eatery offers a full men...
Il più grande gioielliere del Texas: Angelo Nicola (Nicholas) Lombardi
Angelo Nicola (Nicholas) Lombardi nacque a Crecchio (Ch) il 21 settembre, 1883. Unico figlio maschio diVincenzo Giovanni e Filomena Bucci. Aveva due sorelle: Rosaria e Lucia. Sposò, giovanissimo, Nicoletta Alleva più grande di lui di dieci anni. Quando nel 1905 decise di partire per gli stati Uniti aveva già due bambini: Maria e...
Watch the cheese-making show while you dine at La Perla Italian restaurant in North Dallas
Newly opened Restaurant La Perla d'Italia falls into a category that's strangely rare in Dallas: Italian food made by real Italians. It also has another notable distinction, because the restaurant makes its own mozzarella cheese. Owner Maurizio Primo is a veteran restaurateur well-known in Dallas' northwestern suburbs. A native of Nap...
Italian cafe to open in West Dallas foodie development Sylvan Thirty
Construction on the buildings in West Dallas' Sylvan Thirty development is almost complete, and now names of who will be inhabiting those storefronts between Interstate 30 and Fort Worth Avenue are starting to trickle in. Besides a family-owned grocery called Cox Farms Market (now open) and chef Teiichi Sakurai's ramen shop Ten (coming soo...
Italian Cultural & Community Center’s reaching our vision, gala and casino night
People of Italian descent share a unique and magnificent heritage spanning hundreds of years. It is a heritage with roots in law, science, medicine, architecture, music, and much more. Because we are blessed to bear the fruits of our ancestorsʹ labors, we must carry the torch that bears the flame of this cultural identity by means of...
New wave of migrants swells diverse Italian American communities
It is snowing outside and the temperature has plunged well below freezing. Nearly one hundred people have come to the St Louis County library – the latest stop on the promotional tour for my book on the Italians. St Louis has a substantial Italian American community, traditionally concentrated in a part of the city known as The Hill. &nbs...
Ottorino Respighi Presentation
Come to the Club Wednesday, September 9, and learn about Italy's foremost orchestral composer and musicologist, Ottorino Respighi. Respighi captured the essence of Rome through his seminal works, The Pines of Rome, The Fountains of Rome, and Roman Festivals. Learn about the composer and his beautiful music at a presentation by the the Dallas Wind S...
Panel chooses three finalists to redevelop city-owned lots next to Piazza d’Italia
by Jaquetta White A selection committee on Friday narrowed the list of applicants in the running to develop two city-owned lots next to the Piazza d'Italia monument on Poydras Street from five to three companies. The lots now are used for surface parking. The three firms — ICD Sitra, Chrysolite Management Group LLC and the jo...
Duna-USA adding space, foaming line in Texas
Duna-USA Inc. is expanding its Baytown, Texas, plant to handle growth in the insulation, tooling, aerospace, automotive and sign markets. The maker of rigid polyurethane tooling and modeling boards and epoxy-based sealers and adhesives is adding 21,000 square feet for a third manufacturing building and an office structure on the 5.5-acre site...
Italy Invests in US: Italy’s M&G Group To Construct its PET/PTA plants in Corpus Christi (TX)
Italy's M&G Group (M&G) recently announced that it has signed a US$ 1 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract ("EPC Contract") with Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG) for the turnkey construction in Corpus Christi, Texas of its PET/PTA plants. Together, they will be merging the world's largest single line PET plant, with a 2...
Mantelli invisibili, medicina e missioni spaziali: a Houston il "festival" dei ricercatori italiani all'estero
"RICERCATORI italiani all'estero, unitevi!". Il motto è pressapoco questo, l'obiettivo quello di vedersi, almeno una volta all'anno, per confrontarsi, presentare i propri studi e, perché no, trascorrere una serata in allegria sentendosi, anche se per poche ore, in Italia. La decima conferenza dei ricercatori italiani nel mondo che il Comit...
Serata d'Opera Italiana at the ICCC
Join us at the ICCC for a wonderful evening of Italian Opera! Secret marriages and incognito government inspectors, what could possibly go wrong? Come enjoy an evening of laughter, a preview of what the Moores Opera Center has to offer in its 2016-2017 season. This event is sponsored by the University of Houston's College of the Arts - Moores Opera...