Ieri, presso la sede del consolato Generale d'Italia a Houston, si è tenuta la seduta di insediamento dei neo eletti nel COM.IT.ES per la circoscrizione del Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Lousiana. Il Presidente uscente Vincenzo Arcobelli lascia la presidenza al neo eletto all'unanimità Valter Della Nebbia. Le altre cariche sociali sono state cos...

Maple Avenue is getting a trio of restaurants that includes Kansas City-style barbecue and an Italian restaurant from Nonna owner Julian Barsotti.   It's part of a $3.5 million development called the Maple Avenue Dining District that will buttress a residential development from Crow Holdings in the Oak Lawn neighborhood, including the restor...

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...

Call for Abstracts The organizing committee has the pleasure to announce the "9th Conference of Italian Research in the World" to be held in Houston on 12/14/2013. The conference is organized by the COMITES (Committee for Italians Abroad) and the Consulate General of Italy in Houston. We will convene between 8:30 AM and 6:00 PM at the Auditorium o...

by Dan Wallach   Much of what Americans know about Sicily comes from the 1972 movie "The Godfather," but that's only a movie, which isn't the same as history. Jefferson County Commissioners Court on Monday proclaimed October as Italian History Month. Commissioners might easily have called it Sicilian History Month, because they appear...

Grimaldi's Pizzeria, famously known for their award-winning hand-tossed, coal-fired brick oven pizzas and calzones, fresh salads and delicious desserts is announcing its latest expansion move into the state of Texas. Located in Cinco Ranch, the restaurant will offer patio seating, banquet space and a full bar.   Opening Monday, June 10th gue...

By Jan Buchholz The list of new restaurant openings in 2014 continues to grow with the announcement Wednesday that chef Andrew Curren and his partners at ELM Restaurant Group have acquired the former Bar Louie site in the McGarrah Jesse building in Downtown Austin. The name of the new eatery hasn't yet been determined but the restaurant, set to o...

The lost silver treasures of the Venice Jewish Quarter will be displayed, for the first time, through 28 April at the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH). The objects from the Venice synagogue were hidden away in 1943 and restored by Venetian Heritage Inc after their rediscovery 10 years ago. They include Jewish religious objects from the 18th to...

  WTI Magazine #66    2015 August, 21Author : Giuseppe Clemente      Translation by:   The south-west US is known for his wide open spaces, oil fields, cattle herds, country music, but almost nobody knows that the Texas prairie was part of Italian history in WW2. Italian history that is forgotten and covered by the West Texas red dust: Hereford,...

CiboDivino Marketplace and Caffe, Daniele and Christina Puleo's Italian market-deli-bar, is finally taking shape at Sylvan Thirty (say CHEE-bo da-VEEN-o). And Daniele is promising it will be open by April 1, just in time to take advantage of spring weather on the spacious patio.   What is CiboDivino exactly? A mini-marketplace that encompass...