After debate over Columbus' role in history, Dallas City Council recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day
Frequenters of Dallas City Hall on Tuesday could hear the clatter of buffalo horn beads as Leroy Peña walked through the council chambers. Under the beads, he wore a red ribbon shirt passed down to him from generations before him. A leader in the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, Peña said his tribe fought for Texas in the Battle of the Alamo, violating...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston unleashes 'radical' Italian design exhibition
Coming next year, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will examine Italy’s postwar explosion of disruptive design with a massive exhibition. "Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, the Dennis Freedman Collection" will be on view in the museum’s Cullinan Hall starting Friday, February 14. Nearly 50 years after MoMA’s defining 1972 survey, "Italy: The New...
October 14 will be Indigenous Peoples’ Day in San Antonio
Mayor Ron Nirenberg has proclaimed Monday, October 14, “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in San Antonio. “While indigenous people have endured past injustices, they continue to emphasize a respect for land, natural resources and cooperation among neighbors,” said Nirenberg as he read the proclamation at the city council meeting last Thursday. He asked San...
Da Camera Presents Italian Themes: Quartetto Di Cremona
Da Camera of Houston launches its 2019-2020 series of intimate concerts at the Menil Collection with Italian Themes, a two-night performance by Quartetto di Cremona on Monday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Founded in and named for Cremona, Italy-a city famed for its musical history, traditions and string instrument creation...
Fort Worth’s Gemelle Showcases Love, Italian Style!
The romantic mythology surrounding Texas cowboys and cattle drives is the gift that keeps on giving—and giving and giving—and few people know that better than Fort Worth chef Tim Love. From his steak, wild-game, and seafood flagship, Lonesome Dove Western Bistro (named, of course, in honor of Larry McMurtry’s sprawling novel), to White Elephant Sa...
A First Look Inside Chris Cosentino’s New Old School Italian Restaurant
When kids venture into their grandparents’ basements, they usually find relics of centuries past: boxes of VHS tapes, broken humidifiers. But when chef Chris Cosentino was growing up, he found something completely different in his great-grandmother’s cellar: jar after jar of tomatoes. The entire basement of her three-story tenement in Rhode Island...
Houston Italian Festival coming up
The Italian Cultural & Community Center will host the 41st Houston Italian Festival from Oct. 10-13 at the University of St. Thomas, located at 3800 Montrose Blvd. The event, also called Festa Italiana, is an annual festival celebrating Italian culture and heritage in Houston. Recognized as a significant cultural event, it has numerous activities t...
Festa Italiana to be held October 19 in Donaldsonville
Ciao Amici! The Donaldsonville Downtown Development District has announced its first Festa Italiana to be held on October 19, 2019 in Crescent Park from 12 noon - 10:00 p.m. The festival is a celebration of the history, culture, and heritage of the Italians in the Donaldsonville area and will feature live entertainment by King Pa Ka Yea’ Band, deli...
Il 13 Ottobre Columbus Day Festival a Dallas/ Arcobelli (CGIE): difendiamo la nostra identità
“Sono molto lieto potervi comunicare la proclamazione da parte del Governatore del Texas per il Mese di ottobre, dedicato alla Eredità ed al Patrimonio Italiano. Dobbiamo incoraggiare non solo i connazionali del Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma e Louisiana, ma di tutti gli Stati Uniti, a difendere fortemente la nostra identità ed eredità Nazionale, la nos...
Pledge of Allegiance removed from OU undergraduate congressional agenda
On Tuesday night, the University of Oklahoma Undergraduate Student Congress passed a resolution removing the Pledge of Allegiance from the congressional agenda. "I think that’s just pretty much a load of crap,” Philip Aldridge, an OU student, said. This is the first time the Pledge of Allegiance has been removed from the congressional agenda since...
Faithful view relics of Italian saint
A metro area church expected to draw a large crowd for the viewing of relics of an Italian Catholic saint on Friday. Those expectations were well founded as an estimated 3,000 people had viewed the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina by 3 p.m. at Christ the King Catholic Church, 8005 Dorset Drive. At times, the line to get into the house of worship sn...
New Italian bistro Speranza debuts in North Dallas
Looking to chow down on some Italian fare? A new restaurant has you covered. The fresh arrival to North Dallas, called Speranza, is located at 18204 Preston Road, Suite E-1. According to the business' Facebook page, Speranza provides a "chef-driven menu with a unique blend of new contemporary and creative flair," and serves items inspired by the cu...