Tra sport e followers: Desirée da Palermo agli Stati Uniti con la potenza dei social
Da appassionata di fitness a "fitness influencer" con un profilo Instagram che supera oltre 28mila followers é un attimo per Desirée Triolo, la fondatrice di @Itsdesifit considerata dal web una leader influencer nel settore del fitness femminile. Palermitana, classe 1991, già dall’età di cinque anni ha avuto il privilegio di crescere a cavallo tra...
Mike D’Antoni was one of Europe’s most celebrated stars
Before becoming a successful coach in the NBA, Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni was one of Europe’s most celebrated stars. Today’s style of game in the NBA has proved to be more fun for the fans. The pace-and-space, small-ball offense that propelled the Golden State Warriors to three championships in four years, has absolutely taken over th...
Alessandro Gentile to join Rockets’ training camp
Alessandro Gentile will be in training camp with the Rockets next month, as the player himself revealed on Italian La Stampa. Houston owns the rights of the 25-year-old swingman after acquiring them in a draft night trade in 2014, when Gentile was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 53rd pick. Gentile, who spent the previous season with...
Coming this Fall: A Brief History of Italian Opera
A bit of history, a bit of gossip, a lot of music, and no homework! This course, held on Thursdays, October 25 to November 8, 2018, will cover the basics of Italian opera, starting with its invention in Florence and the lavish Venetian operas of the 17th century. It continues with the vocal fireworks of opera seria alongside the comic antics of ope...
Spurs sign Marco Belinelli
The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have signed guard Marco Belinelli. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Belinelli, 6-5/210, previously spent two seasons with the Spurs from 2013 to 2015, helping San Antonio capture the 2014 NBA Championship. Belinelli averaged 10.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 24.0 m...
July 31 in Albuquerque: My Italian secret. The forgotten heroes of the Holocaust
Would you risk your life to save a stranger, and never talk about it? Scores of Italians did just that as part of a secret underground to save Jews from extermination in Nazi-occupied Italy. Some were ordinary citizens, others were prominent figures. One was Giovanni Borromeo, a distinguished physician who created a fictitious contagious disease to...
Davide, il cowboy italiano che trionfa in America
Si fatica a immaginarlo nelle sembianze del cowboy, questo friulano diciottenne alto, magro, studente del quarto anno di un istituto professionale con specializzazione in microbiologia e tecniche del controllo ambientale. L’aria rude del mandriano davvero non ce l’ha. Gli occhi azzurri sono allegri e se chiacchiera poco è solo per timidezza. Eppure...
The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzio)
Coming to the Guild Cinema: The 50th Anniversary Restoration Edition of THE GREAT SILENCE (Il Grande Silenzio). One of the best, most influential Spaghetti Westerns ever made, with a mellow, haunting score by Ennio Morricone. In Italian with English subtitles. Two showings only. Saturday, June 30, 1:00 PM - Sunday, July 1, 1:00 PM. 3405 Central Ave...
Piancastelli signs pro softball contract
Former McNeese State softball standout Erika Piancastelli signed a one-year deal last week with the Scrap Yard Fast Pitch, an independent women’s professional softball team. Piancastelli will split time with the Scrap Yard Fast Pitch and the Italian National team, for which she played the last three years. The four-time Southland Conference Player...
I Giornata Internazionale dello Sport e dell'Alimentazione
Sun, June 3, 2018. 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT. LOCATION: South Picnic Lane. Houston, TX 77007. To celebrate the Italian Republic Day, CONI USA organizes in Houston the First International Sport Day. All italians (or Italy lovers) are invited. Free event. There will be games and activities for adults and kids. We look forward to seeing you there Cari i...
Live in Concert: Beppe Gambetta
Live in Concert: Beppe Gambetta. Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford, Houston, Texas 77006. Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 7:00 pm. Cost: $15 ICCC members | $20 non-members. Get your tickets today - Eventbrite or call 713-524-4222 ext. 7 The ICCC presents: Canzoni: Poetry in Italian Songs and Melodies with Beppe Gambetta performing a blend...
Ciao Houston Summer Film Festival
THIS WEDNESDAY: Ciao Houston Summer Film Festival kickoff! Italian Cultural & Community Center - 1101 Milford, Houston, Texas 77006. Dive into contemporary Italian comedies premiering in Texas this summer at the ICCC! Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. May 16: The Prize. Directed by Alessandro Gassmann; starring Gigi Proietti, Alessandro Gassmann, Anna Foglie...