Illuminating Dante: An Exhibit on Dante's Divine Comedy and Its Legacy at Mullins Library
"Illuminating Dante," an exhibit celebrating both the seventh centenary of Dante's death (1265-1321) and Italian American Heritage and Culture month in October, is presented by Special Collections and the Italian Program in the World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department at the U of A. Running from Oct. 5-31, the exhibit consists of 22 it...
37th Italian Fest coming to Collinsville this Friday, Saturday
This weekend Collinsville celebrates food and city history with the 37th Italian Fest. Hosted by the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, the event is from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. The festival takes place in Uptown Collinsville on Main Street. According to the Italian Fest website, Collinsville has been celebrating t...
Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society Call for Volunteers - 2nd Annual Christmas in Little Italy
Last year the Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society and Museum Board approved forming an annual “Christmas in Little Italy” event to return traditions of old to our beloved community and the current Board has approved continuing this event! The inaugural event provided toys and books to over 50 children during a drive through visit with Santa and...
Master Class: Authentic Italian foods and Pompeii painters in Oklahoma City August 26
The Consul General of Italy in Houston and the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce South Central cordially invite you to “Iconic Authentic Italian Products and Exhibition.” Oklahoma City Museum of Art August 26, 2021. 5:30-7:00 p.m. Click here to register. Chef Giancarlo Ferrara, owner of Amalfi Ristorante in Houston, will lead master class participa...
La Tradizione continua con il Ferragosto Italiano a Dallas
Si è svolto in Texas il consueto appuntamento tradizionale del Ferragosto Italiano. Pur con le ultime maggiori restrizioni per il Covid emanate dalle autorita' della citta' di Dallas e con una giornata caratterizzata da avverse condizioni meteo, numerosi italiani ed Italo americani hanno partecipato all'evento conviviale grazie all'iniziativa dell...
Tontitown tradition: Homemade spaghetti returns to Grape Festival
Jettie Franco recently spent hours running dough through a roller to make spaghetti for her town's annual grape festival. It's a tradition she has been participating in for about 60 years and that has been in the Franco family for generations. Franco worked alongside family members and other prominent Tontitown families to prepare the dinners for t...
Volunteers begin cooking spaghetti for Tontitown Grape Festival
For the 122nd time, the annual Grape Festival is coming to Tontitown. The festival started all the way back in 1898 when the Italian families who immigrated to Arkansas held a tasty meal to celebrate the harvest. The Grape Festival will feature free live music, a carnival, the grape stomp, and of course, the famous spaghetti dinners. Volunteers hav...
Italian Society Mausoleum Cleaning Saturday July 17th 9am to noon Metairie Cemetery
This Saturday from 9am to noon at Metairie Cemetery "we" will continue the cleaning of the 15+ Italian / Sicilian Mausoleums. Please share this to your Italian Organization's members. We are being assisted by a dozen volunteers from http://www.SaveOUrCemetery.org and a crew from the Monumental Task Committee http://www.MonumentalTask.org Please vo...
S. Gary Polozola’s newly released “How to Stuff in Italian” is a collection of family recipes passed down through a long line of Sicilian cooks.
“How to Stuff in Italian”: a delicious collection of family recipes. “How to Stuff in Italian” is the creation of published author S. Gary Polozola, a native of Baton Rouge who currently resides in Arlington, TX with wife, Kathy. Polozola earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Texas A&M School of Law and an MBA from Southeastern Louisiana University....
Italians and jazz? A former Italian culture center on Esplanade Avenue doubles as jazz landmark
As New Orleans jazz landmarks go, it’s an unlikely one. For starters, it’s still standing, somehow having survived that period in history in which the idea of preserving the city’s cultural landmarks simply didn’t exist. Also, there’s its location. It’s not Backatown, that then-unfashionable area behind the French Quarter where the city’s Black pop...
'Once-in-a-lifetime show.' OKC museum setting scene for ancient Rome exhibit with art, food
An Italian summer is coming to Oklahoma City, with legendary art, luminous landscapes and long-awaited feasts. For the first time, the National Archaeological Museum, Naples is sending show-stopping selections from its impressive Roman antiquities collection to North America in a landmark new show — and that exhibition will be presented exclusivel...
Usa, Texas: la comunità Italiana di Dallas festeggia l’Italia
Domenica 13 Giugno la Comunità Italiana ed Italo-Americana si e’ riunita nell’area metropolitana di Dallas/Ft Worth in Texas (dopo 18 mesi dall’ultimo evento avvenuto di presenza, causa Covid)a seguito dell’iniziativa del Rappresentante del Cgie Vincenzo Arcobelli che in cooperazione con le Associazioni che operano sul territorio Texano, la CSNA,...