We are hiring! The ICCC is looking for a Language School Coordinator
The Language School Coordinator is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Italian Language School (La Scuola d'Italiano) at the Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston (ICCC), ensuring that the school is well-managed and growing in class content and student enrollment. The coordinator must be a dynamic person who will work closely...
Italian restaurant Sophia’s opens Friday night in former Bess Bistro space
by Matthew Odam Chicago-based BDG Hospitality opens Sophia's at 500 W. Sixth St. in the former Bess Bistro space Friday night. The group, which owns two lounges and nightclubs in Chicago, calls the restaurant a "modern take on a classic Italian-American supper club" in a "sexy and sophisticated environment." The kitchen is le...
The Italian Cultural & Community Center’s wine tasting features wines from Sicily
Wine lovers thirsting for affordable wine tastings, look no further. The Italian Cultural & Community Center's next "Vini d'Italia" will take place Thursday June 20, 2013 at 7 p.m. The ICCC's Italian wine expert, Philip Cusimano, will lead you through the wines from Sicily. This educational lecture and wine tasting is guaranteed to satisfy any...
Oak Oven: New restaurants in New Orleans
Oak Oven is equal parts fancy and funky. At the Italian restaurant, wine gets proper stemware but water comes in a Mason jar. The waiters wear black, but the menu has a kids section. In the early evening, the number of families equals the number of couples out for a date night. The address, on Jefferson Highway in Harahan, might seem an u...
Vegas restaurant brings taste of Italy to Austin
Austin's culinary scene has significantly matured since Alex Taylor received his master's degree from The University of Texas McCombs Business School a dozen years ago. Taylor's hospitality career took him to Las Vegas, where he flourished while working for various casino companies and famed chefs, such as Tom Colicchio, Michael White, Alain Ducas...
Exclusive: Luxury Italian cabinetmaker expands to Houston
by Paul Takahashi A luxury Italian-made cabinetmaker plans to open a new Houston office by the end of the year. Italkraft designs and creates high-end custom kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and closets for luxury homes, apartments and condominiums. The Miami-based cabinetmaker — which has offices and showrooms in New York, sou...
Bulldogs receiving assist courtesy of Italy
By Pat Dailey Sebastiano Frandino has already won over his Blue Eye teammates by bringing a sampling of the taste of genuine Italian cuisine to the Bulldogs. Frandino, a foreign-exchange student from Italy in his first school year at Blue Eye, has twice treated his cohorts to dinner with pasta, what else, being the main course. ...
Paola Pivi's Wonderful, Colorful Alt-World at Dallas Contemporary
"My whole life is messed up, geographically," said Paola Pivi recently. The Italian artist's current home is in Delhi, but her "heart is in Alaska," where she lived and worked until four years ago. "It's a forced exile," she explained, referring to the complicated court proceedings that have left her and her husband no choice but to remain in India...
Search for Grandfather Takes Bentonville Man to an Italian Farm Field
A local man on a quest with his family embarking on a 5,200 mile journey that was a decade in the making. It was a discovery that crossed continents, bridged generations and united two nations. It was the quest to find Lt. Loren Hintz that stretched from Northwest Arkansas to Italy. It was a hazy morning on April 21, 1945 when First Lt....
2013 anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti: Opera in the Heights presenta "La Traviata" a Houston
Opera in the Heights presenta il 4 e il 13 ottobre "La Traviata" di Giuseppe Verdi al Lambert Hall, nel quartiere storico di Houston Heights. Sentirete la passione travolgente e la profonda bellezza di melodie uniche create per narrare una storia intensa di amore e sacrificio. Violetta, una giovane cortigiana che vive nella Parigi del XIX...
Free-to-Watch Independent documentary provides an exclusive insight in to the world of research and innovation of the Italian community in Texas
"Texan Italian Innovation," the latest episode of the Texan Italian Stories documentary series, has been released for free on the web through Youtube and Vimeo platforms. The medium-length 26 minute documentary uses the event of the "IX Conference of Italian Researchers in the World" which happened in Houston, Texas in December, 2013, as t...
Muli, jazz e linciaggi: l'esperienza italiana in Louisiana
Arriviamo in Louisiana dopo un giorno di guida attraverso le back-roads dell'Alabama e del Mississippi. Quando notiamo su entrambi i lati della strada distese di cotone pronto per essere colto, abbiamo la certezza di essere arrivati nel profondo Sud. La nostra meta è la Tangipahoa Parish dove ci aspettano due giorni di incontri con i discendenti d...