The Goodfellas Of Fachini
A warehouse party with a bunch of graffiti artists is the last place you’d expect to find someone that spends the majority of their time in Highland Park Village, dealing with some of the most decadent Italian-American dishes the Dallas restaurant scene has to offer. And yet, Fachini exists. Fachini is the fourth restaurant by renowned chef-owner J...
Inaugural Christmas in Little Italy: a call for Volunteers
Greetings friends of Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society and Museum! Please join me in planning towards the celebration of our Lord and Savior’s birth, by reviving the Christmas traditions that built “community” in Little Italy. For those of us who spent our younger years in Little Italy during Christmas, we recall fondly the magic that came a...
Nasce ItaloTexano! Periodico di informazione, cultura e servizi per la comunità
ItaloTexano è un periodico di informazione indipendente, dedicato a tutti gli Italiani, Italo-Americani e a tutti i cittadini che risiedono in Texas che amano l'Italia. L’iniziativa nasce da un'idea di Vincenzo Arcobelli, da anni punto di riferimento della collettività italo-americana. Grazie alle preziose collaborazioni si è riusciti a fare partir...
'Viva, Italia!' for a day at the Abilene Public Library
If you happen to work for the federal government, then you have a day off from work today, in honor of Columbus Day. You might want to use part of this holiday to come by your Main or South Abilene Public Libraries to find some good books, movies or more about Italy and/or the contributions Italian-Americans have made to our culture, food and more....
Women, Education, and the Classics in the Italian Renaissance
Wednesday, October 14, 2020. 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT. ICCC Houston, 1101 Milford St., Houston, TX 77006. Lecture by Francesca D'Alessandro Behr. During the Renaissance, the advent of the printing press promoted the spreading of books, the standardization of Italian and alphabetization. Moreover, after 1540 in Italy, translations and adaptations of cl...
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s new music director, Fabio Luisi, conducts a season like none other
“The audience will surely understand that in this exceptional time we have to bring exceptional solutions in order to offer live music without jeopardizing the health of our musicians and of the audience members,” says the conductor and Grammy Award winner. “This said, we have put a tremendous effort to make those alternative programs exciting and...
After heated debate, Houston City Council recognizes Indigenous Peoples Day
Houston City Council members sparred at their Sept. 30 meeting over whether to recognize the second Monday of October as “Indigenous Peoples Day.” Several indigenous activists spoke during the public comment session the day before council’s vote.“This will allow citizens to finally recognize our rich heritage and represent a huge step of healing an...
When it came to building wine list, Tony Vallone had no ego
I wasn’t around yet when Tony Vallone, the young man from Sunnyside then barely out of his teenage years, threw open the doors to his eponymous restaurant in 1965. And I can’t speak with any authority on the state of Houston’s wining-and-dining scene before Vallone launched what became a marvelous 55-year journey to the highest echelons of his prof...
Longtime Holy Angels administrator Sister Concetta Scipione leaves legacy of compassion
Sister Concetta Scipione was a young nun in her native Italy working with orphans, troubled young women and boarding students when her life changed forever. "I was asked to come to America,'' Scipione said in a 1997 Times story. "I wanted to help. What we do is for God's glory." Scipione came to America -- Clarks, Louisiana, to be exact -- to care...
Art stolen from Italian abbey 18 years ago found in Dallas
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found a piece of art this month in Dallas that had been stolen from an abbey in Italy 18 years ago. The painting, called “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary,” was created by Italy’s Giuseppe Pappini in August 1851. ICE officials said the painting was stolen from the Abbey of Santa Maria in Sylvia in Se...
St. Francis of Assisi Spaghetti Dinner Cancelled for 2020
Dear Friends, in an effort to protect our patrons, community, and volunteers Little Italy’s 93rd Annual Italian Festival Scheduled for October 3rd has been cancelled. As disappointed as you are, please know that the volunteers and families of Little Italy are devastated as well. Remember that nearly 100 years of tradition for us has been disrupted...
MARK IN TEXAS HISTORY: The Ginocchio Hotel
Imagine living in Italy and thinking, “I think I’ll move to Marshall, Texas.” Seems unlikely but it’s what a businessman did in 1896. It was all because of a railroad. Mark Scirto explains in this week’s Mark in Texas History. The Ginocchio Hotel was built for Charles Ginocchio. The establishment of the railroad in Marshall led to rapid growth in H...