Hundreds gather for Paesano Days at new location
By Amber Sandhu Promising a bigger and better year, the Sons of Italy's Paesano Days began celebrations Friday night that ran through Saturday evening at South City Park in Redding. The event, which celebrates Italian-American heritage, had traditionally been held at Anderson River Park, which has a bocce ball court. But since most of...
Now it's Commendatore Angelo Quaranta
By: Maria Greco The always smiling, always effervescent Angelo Quaranta—insurance executive, restaurateur, former Parking Commissioner, and former Police Commissioner—can now add another title to his long and growing list: Commendatore. To be more precise, the title of the knighthood that was bestowed on him last night is Commenda...
Who Was Peter Macchiarini?
I shall begin this article the way I ended my June 6th article on the San Francisco Upper Grant Avenue Fair, i.e., with Peter Macchiarini. He was much more than one of the original founders of the North Beach Festival. Peter Macchiarini (1909-2001) established his first studio in North Beach on Genoa Place in 1937. He later moved to Jasper...
Association Promotes Italian Growth and Awareness
by Robert Gallo Established in 1996, The Little Italy Association (LIA) was formed to expedite the revitalization and beautification of one of the oldest, and most remarkable neighborhoods of downtown San Diego, Little Italy. Residents, businesses and property owners all work harmoniously with LIA. This district management corpora...
Reality within reality: Peter Shire
Date: Friday, March 20, 2015 - Saturday, May 30, 2015 Hours: 6.30 pm Venue: IIC Organized by: IIC Exhibit that highlights the collaboration of the LA BAsed eclectic artist with Memphis, the influential design and architecture collective founded in Milan in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass. More about Peter Shire's work at www.echoparkpotter...
L'evoluzione della Musica Italiana per Strumento Solo Eseguita dal Virtuoso Marco Fusi
Il musicista italiano Marco Fusi, specializzato nel panorama della musica contemporanea, ha fatto visita alla Baia di San Francisco presentando un programma di pezzi per viola e violino di alcuni dei più innovativi compositori italiani attualmente operanti. Il programma musicale è nato dalla collaborazione fra l’Istituto Italiano di Cultur...
20th Annual San Diego Sicilian Festival in Little Italy
An estimated 75,000 participants attended the 20th Annual San Diego Sicilian Festival in Little Italy on Sunday, May 19. The event is considered to be the largest Sicilian-American festival in the United States. The weather was beautiful with clear blue skies as the streets were lit up with sun, color, food, games for kids, street vendors,...
Twelfth Annual Italian Feast of San Gennaro, Sept. 27–29
The San Gennaro Foundation kicks off October's Italian Heritage Month, Sept. 27-29, a celebration of everything it means to be Italian, with their annual street festival, The Galbani® Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro, Los Angeles, beginning with its fundraising gala, Prima Notte 2013, on Sept. 26, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. ...
Italian-style screenwriting course
In this 10-week course, a successful Italian television writer, who is currently honored to serve as the official spokesperson of the Writers Guild Italia in Los Angeles, will give you an inside look at the art of Screenwriting through the Italian point of view and approach, providing you with all the tricks of the trade and techniques which the It...
SLO's I Madonnari festival gets a new name — again
San Luis Obispo's street painting festival has a colorful new name. The annual event will now be called Via dei Colori SLO, which is Italian for "street of colors," according to Micah Smith, spokesman for American Institute of Architects Central Coast Chapter. Formerly known as the I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival — and, brief...
Celebrating the Baroque Era
Saturday, October 18 10AM to 2:30PM This culinary course focuses on the culture of 17th and 18th-century Europe in general, and Italy, in particular - the Baroque period. Museum educator and chef Nancy DeLucia Real begins with a tour at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Explore masterpieces made by Italian painters and sculptors and the artists w...
Bracing for the Italian Heritage Parade On Sunday October 11
I cannot wait. The Annual Italian Heritage Parade will hit the streets of San Francisco on Sunday, October 11, starting from 12pm, in the historical Italian district of North Beach. Last year, on October 12, almost 90 floats took part in one the largest Italian Heritage parades ever recorded. This year we will see the greatest participation ever....