Bar Alcina, a new rooftop lounge, is now open at the East Austin Italian-American eatery Casa Bianca. Bar Alcina is the sister concept of the new east side restaurant, which launched this spring. The lounge serves bar snacks, cocktails, wine and other drinks and will host special events in the future. "Bar Alcina is the casual, low-key counterpart...

Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival: tenth anniversary in Dallas on Oct. 13. will parade following the Civil and Military Authorities the Texas Park horses, the Skyline school band. Also performing will be the renowned Emerald City Band and Pino Marelli orchestra. A display of Italian sports cars, and the presence of restaurateurs and Italian...

It was love at first bite of the tender, housemade pasta — think mushrooms, garlic and hints of lemon and white wine — at the preview party of new Milton’s in Rice Village, which officially bows Sept. 27. The convivial American trattoria is the brainchild of Houston restaurateur Benjy Levit, culinary director Seth Siegel-Gardner, exec-chef Kent Dom...

The DFW Italians are honored to present the Italian Heritage & Food Festival to the thousands of Italians that call Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex “casa” (home). This event will also serve as an educational festival to the expected thousands of attending friends and family, from near and far, all eager to learn more of the incredible contributions mad...

Amanda Pascali’s Spotify profile includes a quote by Nigerian poet Ijeoma Umebinyou reading, “too foreign for here, too foreign for home, and never enough for both.” For Pascali, the daughter of two immigrant parents, the quote resonates. Pascali’s music revolves around preserving and translating Sicilian to English and making the sound her own. Gr...

When: October 5, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM - Where: Lombardi Cucina Italiana, 1101 Uptown Park Blvd Ste 18, Houston, TX 77056 The Consulate General of Italy in Houston invites you to celebrate Italian Sport Day and to join the Italian team at the Houston Marathon 2025, running in support of the Texas Children’s Hospital.  Participate in our on-s...

September 15, 2024–January 5, 2025. The Legacy of Vesuvius offers a unique experience by bringing to Dallas ancient artifacts discovered in the course of the Bourbon excavations and exhibiting them alongside eighteenth-century examples of fine and decorative arts that demonstrate how the mystique of Vesuvius shaped elite and popular taste. Featurin...

Stellini Trattoria is an Italian spot on the outskirts of Historic Downtown Grapevine serving the neighborhood's favorite Italian food. It's a place where free bread bakes, extra cheese sprinkles and gluttonous dreams come true.It's a blend of casual and slightly upscale. Come as you are in everyday clothing, and you won't feel underdressed. The lo...

The Kimbell Art Museum announced on Friday that it has acquired a long-lost 17th-century painting depicting the Christian saint Mary Magdalene. For perhaps the first time since its creation, the work will be on public view, starting today in the Fort Worth museum’s Louis I. Kahn building. The painting, called Penitent Mary Magdalene, was made by It...

In early 2020, the world watched as a terrifying new virus arrived in Italy and brought the country to its knees. Images of vacant streets, doctors in head-to-toe protective gear and stacked body bags flooded the nightly news, serving as a warning of what awaited the rest of us. By the time COVID-19 hit the United States in full force, the lessons...