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The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH) will run a series of screenings of the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, within the context of its 8th annual homage to Italian cinema.   The series is presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Houston and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and thanks to the generosity of sponsors...

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.  ...

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...

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...

The influences seep through, impossible to hide even if Mike D'Antoni is so inclined. Just as so much of his offense, having long since grown from mocked to mimicked, can be seen in the strategies and styles of nearly every team in the NBA, so too can the imprint of every stop along the way brought D'Antoni to Houston. West Virginia is home,...

June 15, 2015; Monday 8:30 AM (daily until 19 Jun 2015)University of St Thomas - 3800 Montrose Blvd - Houston, Texas 77006 Fun, Happiness and Learning, but also Teamwork, Respect and Ownership. These are just few of the many values of Soccer, the favorite sport of Italians! If your child is a Soccer lover, don't miss this great oppo...

Sunday, December 14, 4 pm - 7 pm Piazza d'Italia - Lafayette Street, New Orleans 70130 Tickets: www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com The American Italian Cultural Center (AICC) presents a concert series in the Piazza d'Italia! In celebration of the holidays, the concert will feature classic Christmas music performed by Phillip Ma...

Award-winning conductor/composer and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Southwest, is one of New Mexico's musical treasures. This self-described "second generation Calabrese who has lived and worked in Italy" is an engaging speaker and personality, and among the most enterprising and dynamic young conductors in the world today. He w...

Italy @ SXSW announces the initiative's return to Austin with a superlative line-up of acts and events. From March 13th through 16th the Italian nation will spotlight its latest talents to the international music business delegates assembled in the Texas capital through a three-pronged effort consisting of: The Italy @ SXSW Trade Show stand; "Aperi...

La Nba ha reso noto i partecipanti alla gara del tiro da 3 punti dell'All Star Game di metà febbraio e come tutti i tifosi italiani speravano e si aspettavano ci sarà anche Marco Belinelli. Si tratta del primo italiano a partecipare alla gara delle stelle «selezionato» dopo Gallinari nel 2010, escludendo quindi la partita delle matricole.  ...

By James Fuller In person, Dennis Farina was the same as he appeared on TV and in movies: a "neighborhood guy" who embodied both Chicago and Italian, according to a local entrepreneur who knew him and now intends to honor him with a six-figure tribute.   Ron Onesti said he was crushed when he learned of Farina's recent death from a blood cl...

by Thor Christensen   Andrea Bocelli has boosted the popularity of opera as much as anyone since Pavarotti. Yet the multi-million-selling star of countless PBS pledge drives hasn't totally erased opera's image as the caviar of music: It's ambrosia to some, but a lot of people think it tastes like salty fish.   The Italian tenor says o...