Lawrence DiStasi: The Danger in "Potentially Dangerous"
Tuesday, October 03, 2017 at 6:30 pm. Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90024. Organized by : IIC with NIAF & the George L. Graziadio Center, California State Long Beach. Entrance : Free On the occasion of Italian-American Heritage Month, the historian & writer Lawrence DiStasi will discuss his new...
Italian Family Festa returns to San Jose’s History Park
Moving the Italian Family Festa to San Jose’s History Park last year was a bigger success than the Italian American Heritage Foundation ever expected. “We weren’t sure if our patrons would turn out as in past years,” Festa Director Joe Rizzi said. “What we experienced was not only a return of our loyal patrons but a crowd of new faces. The park was...
Chef Serato expands his nonprofit’s food services to Huntington Beach
Chef Bruno Serato had a big grin on his face Tuesday afternoon as he ladled pasta into the bowls of more than 100 hungry children at the Boys and Girls Club in Huntington Beach. The meal was part of a ceremony marking the expansion of Caterina’s Club, Serato’s nonprofit that feeds needy children, to clubs in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley, wh...
Lancaster Museum of Art & History: Estate Italiana exhibition
From Saturday, August 26, 2017 to Sunday, October 22, 2017. Lancaster Museum of Art & History - 44933 Fern Avenue - Lancaster, CA 93534. Organized by Lancaster Museum of Art & History in collaboration with IIC Los Angeles, ART 1307 & various partners. Entrance: Free The exhibit is curated by Cynthia Penna of the Naples-based cultural institution AR...
San Jose organizers push to remove Christopher Columbus statue from City Hall
A battle is brewing inside San Jose City Hall to remove a statue some say represents violence and genocide. The San Jose Brown Berets last week launched a petition to remove the Christopher Columbus statue from the City Hall lobby, its home since the East Santa Clara Street building opened in 2005. “That part of history was written in my people’s b...
Folle far abolire il Columbus Day, l’appello di Arcobelli alle forze politiche
Desidero rivolgere un appello alle forze politiche italiane presenti ed attive sul territorio Statunitense affinché si adoperino con i loro rappresentanti e delegati a partecipare di presenza il 30 Agosto a Los Angeles per l’audizione da parte della commissione che deciderà se abolire definitivamente il Columbus day. I Rappresentanti dei Comites,d...
It’s all about heritage and culture at San Jose’s Italian Family Festa
San Jose residents hungry for a taste of Italy can get it without leaving town when the 37th annual Italian Family Festa returns next weekend to History Park San Jose. Sponsored by the Italian-American Heritage Cultural Foundation, the event has been a community staple for decades, drawing thousands of locals eager to take a shot at bocce ball, gra...
Caterina’s Club Red Carpet Gala Fundraiser rolls out August 27th at Marconi Automotive Museum
All engines will be revved up as Sir Bruno Serato hosts his 12th annual Red Carpet Gala fundraiser for Caterina’s Club at the Marconi Automotive Museum (1302 Industrial Drive, Tustin) on Sunday, August 27 starting at 5 p.m. In addition to feeding 3,050 children in need each night, the nonprofit helps place families living in squalid motel condition...
Little Italy’s Biggest Party Returns – Ferragosto on Aug. 19
Amici Park will turn into a Western Village for Little Italy’s biggest party, Ferragosto! Taking on a new theme each year, Ferragosto 2107 will return with a “Wild Western” theme, inviting guests to join the party in their best western attire. Ferragosto is San Diego’s Little Italy own take on the traditional Italian holiday “Feriae Augusti.” The b...
SAVE Columbus FINAL City Council Meeting - Wed Aug 23rd
Dear Friends, on Wednesday, August 23rd at 10:00 AM, the Los Angeles City Council will consider a proposal to eliminate all references to the Columbus Day holiday in official city documents, and replace it with Indigenous People's Day. As a first-generation Italian-American, I find this proposal deeply troubling. The celebration of our diversity an...
Lecture features Italian female painters, poets
Former Sonoma resident Alexandra Lawrence, now a specialized private tour guide in Florence, Italy, and a university instructor at several American and British universities, will return to Sonoma on Aug. 16 for a lecture at Vintage House senior center. A graduate from Sonoma Valley High School and currently living in Florence with her husband and 8...
Mendocino County history: 1930 - Merger brings Bank of America to Ukiah
This week brought news that Bank of America, which has had a presence in Ukiah for longer than most Mendocino County residents can remember, will be closing its branch at 501 S. State St. on Nov. 7, 2017, which is also Election Day. Curious to see what I could locate on BofA’s arrival in Ukiah, I rummaged through our online archives at https:ukiah....