Get a taste of Italy without having to leave the city this month! New Orleans Opera is presenting Tosca, a timeless opera filled with drama, on Friday, September 27 and Sunday, September 29 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. Celebrate opening night in style during “A Night in Italy” which includes live music, dancing, espresso martinis, and Angelo Bro...
When: October 5, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM - Where: Lombardi Cucina Italiana, 1101 Uptown Park Blvd Ste 18, Houston, TX 77056 The Consulate General of Italy in Houston invites you to celebrate Italian Sport Day and to join the Italian team at the Houston Marathon 2025, running in support of the Texas Children’s Hospital. Participate in our on-s...
September 15, 2024–January 5, 2025. The Legacy of Vesuvius offers a unique experience by bringing to Dallas ancient artifacts discovered in the course of the Bourbon excavations and exhibiting them alongside eighteenth-century examples of fine and decorative arts that demonstrate how the mystique of Vesuvius shaped elite and popular taste. Featurin...
Stellini Trattoria is an Italian spot on the outskirts of Historic Downtown Grapevine serving the neighborhood's favorite Italian food. It's a place where free bread bakes, extra cheese sprinkles and gluttonous dreams come true.It's a blend of casual and slightly upscale. Come as you are in everyday clothing, and you won't feel underdressed. The lo...
Popular Nob Hill dining spot, Scalo, is exploring a new concept. Diners will see a Sicilian focus on the restaurant’s reimagined menu. Other new features include a Chef’s Table, intimate seating area inside Scalo’s wine room and a bistro-focused bar area. Cooking classes also are part of the reenvisioned Scalo, 3500 Central Ave. SE. The restaurant...
The Kimbell Art Museum announced on Friday that it has acquired a long-lost 17th-century painting depicting the Christian saint Mary Magdalene. For perhaps the first time since its creation, the work will be on public view, starting today in the Fort Worth museum’s Louis I. Kahn building. The painting, called Penitent Mary Magdalene, was made by It...
You can soon hear Matilde in Albuquerque, courtesy of Opera Southwest, in a unique type of world premiere. It’s not a bio-opera about Harry Belafonte and his famous calypso song from the 1950s but an 80-minute piece by little-known Italian composer Carlo Coccia receiving what Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Anthony Barrese describes as i...
In early 2020, the world watched as a terrifying new virus arrived in Italy and brought the country to its knees. Images of vacant streets, doctors in head-to-toe protective gear and stacked body bags flooded the nightly news, serving as a warning of what awaited the rest of us. By the time COVID-19 hit the United States in full force, the lessons...
Foodies and Italian cuisine lovers have a new reason to get excited! This fall, Cousin Louie’s, the latest venture from Tc4 & Co. Hospitality, will open its doors in Dripping Springs. The group, known for Tony C’s Coal-Fired Pizza, The League Kitchen & Tavern, and Mighty Fine Burgers Fries & Shakes, is venturing into the realm of full-service Itali...
When you move into a new house, you unpack the important stuff first. You set up the bed, decide where the couch is going, and get out the cooking supplies. Some of the other boxes can wait a bit. But, in the end, those lower priorities are the items that make the house your home: the silly knickknack you brought home from that trip, the soccer sca...
Italy is set to make a remarkable impact at GlassBuild America 2024, taking place in Dallas. The Italian Pavilion, located at Booth #51006 and beyond in the Hutchinson Convention Center, will showcase the finest in Italian glass machinery and innovation. For the seventh consecutive year, this Pavilion serves as a premier platform to highlight the e...
Urban Italia, a new dining concept led by award-winning Chef Carla Pellegrino, is set to bring a taste of Italy to Dallas’ Victory Park in early 2025. Occupying the former 6,100 square-foot WFAA studio, this new restaurant promises to deliver an authentic Italian dining experience that captures the spirit of the bustling neighborhood. Chef Pellegri...