New Orleans Dining Guide | Essential 100: Italian
Avo has a one-of-a-kind setting deep in its Uptown neighborhood, where the courtyard dining room, flickering candles and overarching trees make the space feel like a town square (with a retractable roof when the weather doesn't cooperate). Still, the really distinctive draw is chef Nick Lama's contemporary ideas for high-end Italian cuisine. ...
Foodie Friday: Bari’s Italian Restaurant, A Flower Mound Institution
Kari and I both have loved going to Bari's for great Italian food for years. It's a local staple in Kari's life and she even has a sister who will drive an hour from Mansfield just for their delicious rolls. But we realize that perhaps not everyone is as familiar with Bari's as we are! So, this week we decided to take on a Flower Mound ins...
The 2nd annual Italian Festivals of New Mexico bocce tournament – a huge success!
Especially for first place winners, Nathaniel Pittman and teammate John Wright who walked away with $300 prize money. (Bravo, Ragazzi!) Fourteen teams took to the courts at Haynes Park in Rio Rancho on April 18 and 19 and gave each other a run for the money. Some were new players who practiced hard for weeks before. Others were veterans of...
Chamber member Giacomo Butera brings top Italian wines to Texas
Over the last two decades, the Italian wine "renaissance" has taken the United States by storm. Since the mid-1990s when the first all-Italian fine wine lists launched in New York City, Italian wine has become one of the hottest categories in wine in North America thanks to its variety, value, and versatility at the dinner table. But even...
Usa, aperta la causa di beatificazione per la «suora con gli speroni»
In Italia la sua vicenda è poco conosciuta. Ma nel Far West la sua storia ha il sapore del mito. E adesso l'arcidiocesi di Santa Fe, riferisce l'agenzia Ansa, vorrebbe che Blandina Segale, la «suora più veloce del West» che nell'Ottocento confrontava banditi come Billy The Kid e aprì nella nuova frontiera americana ospedali e scuole, salisse al più...
Ettore Messina officially joins Spurs coaching stuff
As it was widely speculated during the 2014 NBA Finals, Ettore Messina has now officially been hired by the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach, the team and Adrian Wojnarowski have announced. Messina is widely regarded as one of the best European coaches. As a four-time Euroleague Champion and a two-time Euroleague Coach of the Year, Messina...
Get Ready For An Italian Gelato Fix in Southtown
By Jessica Elizarraras Last year as the Spurs gathered a few thousand of their most passionate fans at the Alamodome to celebrate a fifth championship, a few hundred foodies gathered to support the Hot Wells Conservancy's second Harvest Feast. Let's just say organizers chef Robbie Nowlin and artist best friend Justin Parr won't ha...
Italian Festivals of New Mexico (IFNM) Rolls Out its 9th Edition of the NM Italian Film & Culture Festival, February 16 – 21 in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill with a Delightful Cinematic Stew of Contemporary Italian Films, Food and Wine, and a Visit From Some Top
The NM Italian Film & Culture Festival: It's a slice of life in The Old Country today, as seen through the eyes of some of the best screenwriters and directors Italy has to offer. It's the annual flagship event of Italian Festivals of New Mexico, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness of Italian culture and its leading rol...
Celebrate Carnevale at the Italian Club of Dallas!
Now is the time to pull out your mask, gather up your family & friends, and head to the ICD Clubhouse for what is always one of the year's most festive events ~ Carnevale! It is a time of revelry, costumes, and food, all of which will be front-and-center at the ICD. A face painter will be on hand to transform the kids ~ or you! ~ into a fierce...
The Murder Of Vincent Vallone
In all of his days, Vincent Barlow had never seen anything like the events of that hot July night in 1949. Barlow, a resident of sparsely populated Chocolate Bayou Road in Houston, recalled that he was standing on his porch when he saw a black Cadillac driving fast, with a dark sedan in apparent pursuit. As they closed within 100 yards of his house...
Sainthood supported for Sister Blandina
By Olivier Uyttebrouck The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted this week to support the cause of sainthood for Sister Blandina Segale, an Italian-born nun who helped open schools and hospitals in the New Mexico territory and reputedly stood up to Billy the Kid. The work is complete on this side of the Atlantic, and now the decision rests wi...
2013 anno della cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti: il Dominic Walsh Dance Theater presenta "An evening in Italy" il 6 settembre a Houston
Il Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, la principale compagnia di danza contemporanea di Houston (TX), e' lieta di presentare "An Evening in Italy: celebrating 2013 Year of Italian Culture" al Miller Outdoor Theater venerdi' 6 settembre alle ore 20. Lo spettacolo, presentato dal Miller Outdoor Theater in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale d'Italia a...