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The Hotel Granduca Austin will be designated as a member of The Leading Hotels of the World organization. The only other hotel in Texas to receive that recognition is the original Hotel Granduca Houston. The organization includes about 420 hotels in 80 countries and was established in 1928 by European hoteliers who were interested in creating an e...

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The MLA Italian American Literature Discussion group is seeking scholars and instructors interested in presenting at its round-table session—Negotiating Ethnic Politics: Teaching Ethnic Literature in an Italian American Context—scheduled for the 2016 MLA Convention in Austin, TX, January 7-10.   The session proposes to explore approaches by...

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by Michael Granberry   Before his show opened at the Nasher Sculpture Center in late September, Giuseppe Penone found himself doing a round of interviews. He noticed one particular interviewer staring at the pouch affixed to his belt. "Is that a gun?" she asked.   At that point, Penone says with a laugh, he knew he was in Texas.&...

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The Italian Cultural & Community Center and Hotel Granduca will hold Dancing Al Fresco at Friday, Aug. 23, at Hotel Granduca in Houston.   The night will feature dancing around the Hotel Granduca's pool with DJ Tuzzo Martini entertaining with music and Ristorante Cavour providing food and wine, according to a press release from Italian C...

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"Brazos Valley è una regione del Texas che si trova non troppo lontano da Houston, comprende tre contee, Brazos, Burleson e Robertson e ha, quasi al centro, come cuore pulsante College Station, sede della Texas A&M University, ateneo tra i più conosciuti negli States.   Un angolo degli USA, in uno degli stati più importanti, al cui svilu...

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By Shelby Hodge   First in the brand's new River Oaks District boutique and then celebrating in a sumptuous Memorial area mansion,Dolce & Gabbana spared no expense Tuesday night in showing Houstonians how to party haute Italian style.   "Domenico and Stefano do it better than any brand in fashion," exclaimed Becca Cason Thrash, wh...

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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...

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Sarà più facile arrivare a New York da Milano Malpensa quest'inverno. Un volo giornaliero dell'American Airlines è in programma per l'inverno 2012/2013. La rotta, lanciata nel 2008, era operata giornalmente, su base stagionale, mentre durante l'inverno operava con voli settimanali, in progressivo aumento – da quattro a cinque voli per settimana- su...

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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...

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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...

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