It Took a Tough Woman to Make a Tender Home
By Cookie Curci Our Santa Clara Valley is known the world over as Silicon Valley, where high-tech companies spring up overnight and blossom and grow to unbelievable heights. But long before the computer companies began to grow, the Santa Clara Valley was known for something else—fruit. Thousands of acres of fruit trees flourished a...
Corona Street Renamed for Community-Minded City Marshal
Family, friends and neighbors gathered Saturday to rename the corner of 104th Street and 48th Avenue after Edward Guida, Sr., a city marshal and funeral home director remembered as a kind and generous guardian of Corona. The rain held out for the outdoor ceremony, something noted by many officials who spoke as the influence of Guida — who...
Families of Italian Lineage “In Orbit” visiting the Endeavor
On April 13, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. members of FIL left So. Orange County on the way to the California Science Center in Los Angeles stopping at a No. Orange County location to "pick up" other FIL members. Chairlady Venus Franceschi gave each person a leaflet explaining the function and capabilities of the "Shuttle Endeavor". Upon arrival at the Scienc...
The Little Italy Residents Association
"Little Italy as a community, has the highest quality of life in the downtown area," according to Annie MacMillan Eichman, President of The Little Italy Residents Association (LIRA). She stated that LIRA is a "church centric, community based organization built by early Italian and Portuguese fisherman. Running her office from her townhouse...
Max Papeschi: Fifty Shades of Gold
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration with the McLoughlin Gallery and Smith Lumen brand design, and with Nerospinto Magazine as media partner, presents the first institutional solo exhibition in the United States of Max Papeschi, one of the most hauntingly confrontational and politically incorrect Italian artists. ...
I Madonnari Festival Chalk Full of Color as Artists’ Creations Come to Life
by Ana Mezic For the 29th year, the I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival brought art, food and entertainment to the Santa Barbara Mission. The annual Memorial Day weekend festival is a fundraiser for the Children's Creative Project. Artists coated in chalk from head to toe sprawled across the pavement in front of the churc...
Andrea Del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action - 23 June
A major loan exhibition celebrates the transformation of the art of drawing by Andrea Del Sarto (1486-1530), one of the greatest Florentine Renaissance artists who brought unprecedent realism and immediacy to his art through the rough and rustic use of red chalk and the creation of powerful life and compositional studies. More at www.getty...
The Dish: Little Italy's FESTA! and pizza collaborations
As part of a 10-City dinner series to promote America's flowers, Jason Kendall, owner of Kendall Farms in Fallbrook, will host a Field to Vase Dinner in their flower field. Guests will enjoy a private tour of the farm and a family-style meal by a surprise guest chef. 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, $175 per person, Kendall Farms, 1675 Taza Road, Fal...
Secret pizza, bocce ball, and drinking at 6am
by Sara Norris Did you know Little Italy is not strictly a community for Sicilians of smallish stature? Well, even if you did, you may not know it like you think you know it, which is why we're giving you the lowdown on everything from how to eat like you have an Italian grandmother to where to go when you need a drink at 6am... R...
Summer Opera Series: Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Monday, August 25, 2014
Waiting for LA Opera's 2015 production of what has been described as the opera buffa of all "opere buffe," M° Ignazio Terrasi, Music Assistant Conductor at the LA Opera and LA Grand Ensemble Music Director & Conductor will introduce a production directed by Daniela Vismara and conducted by Andrea Battistoni e Stefano Vizioli / Orchestra and Cho...
Peters and DeMaio Come to Little Italy
Congressional hopefuls, Scott Peters and Carl De Maio came to Little Italy to present their respective positions regarding their upcoming race for California's 52nd congressional District based in San Diego. "It's no trouble at all to be here; I love Little Italy it's one of my favorite neighborhoods," said Peters beginning his informal me...
We're moving!
The IIC and our language school, the IIS, are moving to a new location at 601 Van Ness Avenue (Opera Plaza) at the beginning of September. The new offices are close to a Bart and Muni station and the City Hall as well as the Hayes district with all its restaurants, cafes, bakeries and interesting shops. The Opera Plaza building itself is full of sh...