Nell'ambito delle attività organizzate a Houston per il 2013 Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, l'Italian Community Cultural Center (ICCC) ospiterà dal 10 al 18 maggio la Settimana della Cucina Mediterranea Italiana, che celebrerà la fusione di sapori e culture che caratterizza il Mediterraneo e la sua influenza nella cucina italiana ed...
Holly Anne Savoie will be crowned queen of the 44th annual Italian American Marching Club St. Joseph Parade during a free pre-parade celebration in New Orleans. The gala will be held March 9, starting at noon, at the Piazza d'Italia. Savoie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Savoie of Covington, will be surrounded by 80 beautiful maids in...
di Vincenzo Arcobelli Si informano i connazionali dei risultati riguardanti le elezioni per il rinnovo dei Comites. Colgo l'occasione per ringraziare tutti coloro che hanno partecipato attivamente con la registrazione per l'opzione al voto, prima, e nell'esprimere la propria volonta', dopo. A nome dei neo-eletti e di tutti i cand...
La ricorrenza del 67mo anniversario della Repubblica Italiana è stata celebrata per la prima volta sia a Houston che ad Austin, capitale dello Stato del Texas. Il ricevimento a Houston è stato ospitato nella sede storica della Julia Ideson Library ed ha visto la partecipazione di numerosi connazionali e personalità locali, tra cui il Tenente...
by Chris Shelton This week Houston-based Landry's Inc. opened the company's fifth Grotto Italian Ristorante — the third in the Houston area — located in Galveston's San Louis Resort, Spa & Conference Center. The company also has Grotto restaurants in the Woodlands, the Galleria area and at Landry's casino properties in Las Vegas and A...
Work continues on an important contribution to the chronicled history of our state and our nation. Produced and directed by New Mexico Italians, Fulvio Ottaviano and Claudio Ruben, Canaries in a Coalmine, will be an hour-long documentary telling the story of the 1913 mining disaster in Dawson, NM. The second worst mining disaster in US his...
Job descriptionPart time teaching position; Small classes (5 to 10 students); Flexible schedule and syllabus. Job applicant requirementsLanguages: Italian – native speaker or level C1 (Common European Framework); English – fluent; Spanish – not required but preferableLaurea triennale or equivalent.Experience in teaching Italian...
by Heather Staible The opening night of the Sugar Land Wine and Food Affair was a love letter from Italy, penned by five of Houston's most respected chefs. Luciano Castiello, the official ambassador for Castello Banfi Wines served as the evening's spirited narrator and host, adding bits of laughter and learning to the five-course meal deem...
by Timothy Boone Local restaurant owner Wayne Stabiler said he's "probably about a month out" from opening his latest property, Palermo Ristorante, on Jefferson Highway. "We'll be ready once we get everybody trained," said Stabiler. "I'm the only owner, so I can wait until everybody is ready before we open." The restaurant wi...
by Tim Griffin UTSA has announced that top Italian point guard prospect Giovanni De Nicolao has become the fourth signee in the school's 2016 recruiting class. De Nicolao is a 6-foot-3 point guard from Camposampiero, Italy who was named to the Italian Junior National Team in April and aided the squad as it prepared to compete at the E...
The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Arkansas seeks applications for a full-time instructor in Italian. Appointment, to begin 15 August 2014, is for one, nine-month academic year. This position is renewable on a year-to-year basis contingent upon performance, needs and available funding. Minimum requirem...
By Sharon Litwin For years now pundits and observers of the "high" arts in America have predicted the demise of classical music, opera and dance, whose audiences, they say, consist mainly of those with white hair and or no hair. And yet, with every generation, inspired talented ones have appeared whose glorious flashes of brilliance and p...