Corrado Palmieri Brings a Southern Italian-Style Coffee Bar to Dallas Farmers Market
When Corrado Palmieri was growing up in the "heel of the boot," as he says, he was often elbow-deep in flour as he helped his grandmother bake pastries specific to Southern Italy and his home province of Lecce. Decades later, after years of business school and working in investment banking, he opened his own Italian coffee shop and bakery...
Dine Around
The Italian Dine Around is open to all ICCC members and non-members. Each month experience a different restaurant and meet new people. We encourage you to bring friends and spread the word about this venue. Our evening begins with a cash bar & social hour at the restaurant. It is a great time to meet new folks, touch base with friends not seen...
Italia-USA: Bisogniero a Houston alza il sipario sull'Anno della Cultura Italiana 2013
Houston (Texas), 1 dic. - L' ambasciatore d' Italia a Washington, Claudio Bisogniero, intervenuto alla Conferenza dei ricercatori italiani nel mondo riunita oggi a Houston per la sua ottava edizione, ha alzato il sipario sull' anno della Cultura italiana negli Usa nel 2013 che porra' l' accento proprio sulla ricerca scientifica. "Questo e' sicuram...
Feeding their Italian heritage
In the upper level of a downtown hall, men with the Christopher Columbus Italian Society gather monthly for business meetings. On the level below, the women's auxiliary do the same. In the stairway linking the floors are framed portraits of past presidents from these organizations dating back decades to the society's founding in 1890. ...
Fest Hypes Italian Film and Culture
Discussions about Italian film by Americans usually go something like this: First someone says the name "Antonioni." Rarely another throws in the magical moniker "Fellini." Next one or more conversant members of this hypothetical red-white-and-blue discourse gravely intones Blow-Up or La Dolce Vita. That's easy enough to do, as the first film is in...
Initial Town Halls completed
The first signatures of the incorporation petition were gathered last week after hosting 3 back-to-back town halls in the proposed Little Italy boundary at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Martindale Church, and Soul's Anchor Church and is a good, solid start to this historic petitioning process. Forty-seven voters living in the area...
Italian Food Hits Trinity Groves September 10 via Saint Rocco's
by Whitney Filloon A new addition to culinary theme park Trinity Groves is just weeks away: Saint Rocco's will open its doors on Thursday, September 10. The brains behind Saint Rocco's is none other than Trinity Groves founder Phil Romano, who is of course also the founder of the Romano's Macaroni Grill chain (not to mention Fuddrucke...
The 2012 Rekindle the Flame Gala and Auction
The 2012 Rekindle the Flame Gala and AuctionSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 At Hilton Houston Post Oak. Rekindle the Flame Gala and Auction honoring Kenneth J. Aspromonte former Major League Baseball player and field manager. Mr. Aspromonte is a current member of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Board of Directors serving as Vice Presi...
The Tuscan Region in Texas – Start-up companies in the life science sector come to Texas to promote Italian innovation
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Texas in partnership with Toscana Promozione, (the TuscanyRegion International Development Agency), are honored to present the first project regarding the bestTuscany has to offer in the field of life science, bio and nanotechnology in Texas.The project matches together Tuscan and Texan companies, working in...
Piazza d'Italia is city's next focus for redevelopment; proposals wanted
By Richard A. Webster The Piazza d'Italia sits in the midst of a burgeoning downtown New Orleans real estate market that is experiencing rapid growth and development from the Mississippi River to South Claiborne Avenue. But the 37-year old architectural landmark sometimes seems a world apart, lost amid large swaths of surface park...
People create Cities presents Albuquerque’s Italian settlers
Albuquerque was built by those who came and stayed. Each wave of immigration brought new communities whose members built families, businesses, neighborhoods, and ultimately, a city. People Create Cities is a free speakers series sponsored by the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library, Historic ABQ, Inc. and Oasis Albuquerque, offering a unique oppor...
Il COMITES di Houston lancia il concorso letterario "L’Italia dei territori e del futuro"
"L'Italia dei territori e del futuro": è questo il tema del concorso letterario che il Comites della Circoscrizione Consolare di Houston ha bandito, in cooperazione con il Consolato Generale d'Italia, in occasione dell'XII Settimana della Lingua nel Mondo. Obiettivo dell'iniziativa è quello di divulgare la cultura e la lingua italiana tra i giovan...