Russo's New York Pizzeria Opens In Cedar Park
Russo's New York Pizzeria, one of the most iconic, authentic New York pizzerias in the Lone Star State, is now open in Cedar Park. The location, which officially opened Monday, March 19, offers authentic New York-style pizzeria. The popular, chef driven, fast casual Italian restaurant — "that brings to life old-world charm and hospitality," officia...
Bistro Italia will have you saying 'ciao' to Italian food done right
Tucked away in a strip mall on Coursey Boulevard is Bistro Italia, an intimate, casual dining spot with gems on the menu that will have you kissing your fingers like an Italian chef. We started off with a trio of appetizers: the fried mozzarella ($8), garlic knots ($8) and fried ravioli ($7). The knots — and there were a lot of them — were loaded w...
Feast of St. Joseph a success
A sold-out crowd celebrated the Feast of St. Joseph at The Community House on Sanibel with a homemade Italian dinner, followed by karaoke song and dance. Hosted by the Sanibel Catholic Women and Men, the celebration marked the fourth charity event to benefit local Catholic and island charities since the organization's formation in 2017. Following F...
Big success for Forghedaboudit in New Mexico
This last week Kim Yacone of Forghedaboudit NY authentic Italian in Deming NM place 3rd and in the money for Best traditional pizza in the Southwest at the 34 th annual International pizza expo competition in Las Vegas which is the SuperBowl of pizza makers world wide. Kim entered the contest confident since she was the returning 2017 Champion. The...
New festival showcases Italian food
North Little Rock is getting ready to turn red, white and -- green. From April 20-21, everything from the bridges over the Arkansas River to the cotton candy carried through the North Shore Riverwalk Park will sport the tricolore -- the colors of the Italian flag -- for the inaugural Arkansas Italian Food & Culture Festival. Patrick Presley, direct...
New Italian Spot, Sofia, Finds a Home in the Warehouse District
The new Auction House Market in the Warehouse District is getting a neighbor: Sofia restaurant will open next door in late 2018 with Italian staples like wood-fired pizzas and pastas, plus roasted meats and Gulf seafood. Former Ampersand (a popular New Orleans nightclub in the early aughts) and current Barcadia, Belle’s Diner, and Ohm Lounge owner,...
Michelangelo exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston immerses visitors in 16th-century Italy
Oh, the buff buttocks. And backs, thighs and calves, sigh, with their peaks and valleys of light and shadow. And the sensitive, downturned face of an ancient man in what looks like a wrestler's helmet. Such is the larger-than-life size eye candy of one of the monumental drawings enticing viewers to "Michelangelo and the Vatican" this spring at the...
CineFesta Italia The Italian Film Festival in Santa Fe Announces FREE Public Screenings
CineFesta Italia in Santa Fe has finalized its film selections for 2018, including both curated films selected by Creative Director Luca Ceccarelli and the Official Selections from its first-ever international competition. The deadline for submissions to the competition has just passed and films have been selected to screen by a jury made up of a w...
Dallas Opera Presents Mozart's Don Giovanni
The Dallas Opera is proud to present one of the most talked about Mozart productions of the decade: DON GIOVANNI in a critically acclaimed production created by Goodman TheatreArtistic Director Robert Falls for Lyric Opera of Chicago and conducted by Dallas Opera Music Director Emmanuel Villaume. Don Giovanni will open Friday, April 13th at 7:30 p....
Da Mario Strives For Authentic Italian - With an Added Flare of Drama - at The Star
Recent food news has made much fanfare of the opening of Michelin-awarded chef Jose Andres’ new restaurant, Zaytinya, in Frisco’s The Star. Opening a little more quietly in early March was a fine-dining neighbor that comes from the same Turkish hospitality group, called “d.ream." Italian concept Da Mario and Zaytinya are the international company’s...
Tulane associate dean upholds Italian tradition in the Crescent City
A Tulane associate dean is helping to keep an old New Orleans tradition alive. T.J. Stranova, associate dean for student affairs and admissions in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, is president of the Italian-American Bocce Club of Greater New Orleans. In the sport of bocce, players throw balls at a target ball called a pallino. Th...
Yes, Michelangelo Touched That, and That, and That...
WALK INTO THE GALLERY, and there’s Michelangelo, staring right at you. Above that set of dark eyes, the master’s crinkled forehead bears the weight of a lifetime as the most prodigious Western artist of them all. His crooked nose reflects the battle scars of his time as an insufferable know-it-all youth (a fellow sculpting apprentice reportedly obl...