Cal Poly to Screen Italian-Ghanaian Filmmaker’s Documentary March 7
Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker, producer and activist Fred Kuwornu will visit Cal Poly for a screening of his documentary "18 IUS SOLI" from 4:10 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 7, in the Baker Center for Science and Mathematics (Building 180), Room 101. A conversation with the filmmaker will follow the screening. The documentary tracks the lives of 1...
The New Marco Polo? He’s Right Here
Some say Dionisio Cimarelli is Italy’s finest living sculptor. Some people say he’s the greatest Italian sculptor in China. Trouble is, he’s in neither country. He’s right here in California, visiting and working in studios from Monterey to Los Angeles. Born in the Italian region of Le Marche, he started studying art when he was 14. But he...
Healdsburg’s Lou Colombano, owner of Rainbow Club, dies at 100
Now and again throughout his industrious and agreeable 100 years of life, Lou Colombano would be asked where he attended college. He remarked in an interview earlier this year at his home in Healdsburg, "I always say I went to the College of Geyserville." His education in the verdant valley town of northern Sonoma County encompassed t...
Museo ItaloAmericano Spotlights Contemporary Art, History
When most people think of Italian art, their minds jump to old masters like Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. But the Museo ItaloAmericano at Fort Mason is entirely focused on contemporary works by Italian and Italian-American artists, many of them currently active. The museum is the only true Italian-American museum in the country,...
The D.I.V.E. of Los Angeles special guests of Consul General at La Casa all’Italiana
by Silvia Simonetti Among the initiatives celebrating 2013, Year of the Italian Culture in the United States, the residence of Consul General of Italy Giuseppe Perrone has recently become La Casa all'Italiana in Los Angeles, hosting gorgeous design works by Italian renowned artist Gio Ponti. Since June 20 and for a whole week, Pon...
Ferlinghetti to publish his travel journals
There's no letting up for Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The dean of San Francisco booksellers, who co-founded City Lights Bookstore in 1953 and helped launch the Beat movement, published a book of poetry, "Time of Useful Consciousness," in 2012. When he's not at City Lights, Ferlinghetti is at work on his paintings at his art studio in Hunters Point....
What's The Best Thing About North Beach?
It's the land of pizza, birthplace of the Beat Generation (and topless dancing), home of classic bars, and historic center of Italian-American life in San Francisco. And though North Beach draws tourist crowds aplenty, it also fosters a distinctly local way of life for its many residents. And so, North Beach locals, we'd like to hear from...
Columbus may share day with indigenous people under Sacramento City Council proposal
By Anita Chabria Christopher Columbus may have to share his October holiday with indigenous people if a resolution before City Council is passed next week. The council will consider a plan to proclaim the second Monday in October – recognized nationally as Columbus Day – as Indigenous Peoples' Day in Sacramento. The 15th-century Italian explo...
Il volto d’Italia a San Francisco: Mauro Battocchi and the Year of Italian Culture
It has been just over a year since Mauro Battocchi arrived in The City as the newly-appointed Consul General of Italy in San Francisco. He had already paved the way for his grand entrance by posting a much-circulated YouTube video, in which he introduced himself by driving through the streets of Rome, explaining who he was, and what he was...
San Francisco’s North Beach Old and New
Presented through the eyes and hands of local North Beach resident, John Mola, a former poverty lawyer and Old World Italy aficionado, this video first touches on Chinatown's growth into previous North Beach territory, then presents some restaurants that are part of what Mola sees as a trend of Italian immigrants coming back into North Beach. &nbs...
Italians of the Bay Area rally with Amb. Bisogniero, Mayor Lee to bolster Italian
By Mauro Battocchi "Action is needed now. Together we can make a difference." (Remarks by Claudio Bisogniero, Italy's Ambassador to the US, in a video-message at the Italian Athletic Club of San Francisco on Feb. 13) February 13 was an unforgettable day for the Italian community in the Bay Area. They paid heed to our cry for support to th...
Holocaust Survivor Thanks Italians
"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the Italians," declared Holocaust survivor Lou Pechi, in his presentation at the House of Italy monthly board meeting on Sunday evening in Balboa Park's Mallorca Room. Peschi told the harrowing story of his serendipitous fortune and experiences during and following the bombing of Yugoslavia by Nazi Germ...