Actor, writer and restaurateur Salvatore Bovoso dies
Salvatore J. Bovoso, former owner of Dottie's True Blue Cafe in San Francisco, an actor and co-author of a technology column, died in his sleep Aug. 25 at his home in Southern California. He was 71. Mr. Bovoso had a number of acts, from graphic artist to stand-up comic to restaurateur and writer. "If you're not sure you ever met Sal B...
Record mondiale, l’America assegna le 5 stelle Forbes al faentino Giuseppe Lama
Grande onorificenza per un cittadino faentino. L'America riconosce le 5 stelle Forbes Travel Guide al TOP Manager italiano Giuseppe Lama come "Amministratore Delegato" del Resort Pelican Hill a Newport Beach in California, difatti sono due i riconoscimenti per l'anno 2016 ottenuti al Resort Pelican Hill e alla SPA (il centro benessere). Fo...
L'arte di Elena Achilli per catturare le emozioni della città
La recente apertura della mostra delle opere della giovane artista italiana Elena Achilli, è stata un piacevole momento di incontro fra tanti appassionati di arte, sportivi e molti professionisti della vela in questo momento impegnati con le fasi finali della Coppa America. Elena infatti, oltre ad essere un'artista molto apprezzata, per mo...
Bressan, Marrocco e Savelli: dipinti su carta in mostra a Los Angeles
di Silvia Simonetti Le opere pittoriche di tre diversi artisti italiani sono riunite nella mostra Call For Papers in esposizione all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles dal 5 marzo al 5 aprile, curata da Anna Dusi e Giovanni Iovane, e organizzata dal Bice Bugatti Club di Milano e Building Bridges Art Foundation di Santa Monica, sot...
Sbandieratori di Ferrara e Faenza in America - a Newport Beach in California … fanno SOLD OUT
E' stato una edizione da TUTTO ESAURITO la manifestazione che ha coinvolto, una rappresentanza degli Alfieri Bandieranti e Musici dell'Emilia-Romagna con un ferrarese e cinque faentini in U.S.A. a integrare una Festa tutta italiana con alcuni spettacoli con bandiere e tamburo. Sono stati 12 giorni in California a Newport Beach ospiti del "...
American Society of Italian Heritage meets for Cochon de Lait: North Shore Notables
Vince and Robbie Accardo once again welcomed members of the American Society of Italian Heritage to their home for a cochon de lait on Nov. 2. Guests sat at tables on the bank of the private lake on the homestead. Along with perfectly roasted pork, culinary choices included potato salad, baked beans, a variety of appetizers and side dishes...
The Dearest Ring in Venice
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015 Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco). Organized by: IIC In collaboration with: Ars Minerva Ars Minerva's Carnival Series brings Venice to San Francisco every year by reviving a forgotten Venetian opera originally written for the Carnival. This year's selection is Daniele da Castrovi...
TERRA MADRE by Ermanno Olmi
Through a series of interviews with cooks, farmers, fishermen and peasants from all over the World, Ermanno Olmi shows the importance of Slow Food, the movement that began in Italy and is now recognized worldwide as an alternative to destructive agriculture in the age of globalization. Part of a series of events dedicated to EXPO Milan 201...
The great tradition of Italian puppetry visits Chapman University
by Prof. Federico Pacchioni This afternoon Dmitri Carter–from the renown Carter Family Marionettes–gave a memorable and informative demonstration on Italian-style puppetry to an audience of children, students and adults. The presentation shed light on the technical "secrets" of this uniquely Italian tradition, as well as on its ri...
Cinema Italia SF 2015, a celebration of Vittorio de Sica’s masterpieces
by Serena Perfetto Vittorio De Sica's works come to San Francisco this month thanks to the Cinema Italia SF, a project of collaboration between Luce Cinecitta and the Italian Cultural Institute created by Amelia Antonucci. De Sica is considered the "maestro del cinema" who has been able to depict Italy in all its beauty as well as its...
Join Us In Supporting an Italian Cultural Spring in San Francisco
Are we living a new Italian cultural Spring in San Francisco? A friend of mine asked me that question a few days ago. She noticed that there are many signs of renewed cultural vitality among Italians in the Bay. In Berkeley a new Italian Society has been created, spearheaded by bright scientists in their late twenties and early thirties. A...
Filmmaker Brunella Filì’s doc “passes through” the Emergency Exit to LA
According to the official statistics, offered by the Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (A.I.R.E.), over 27.000 Italians leave their home country behind, every year (actually, the numbers double, if we consider the unofficial data of those unregistered). Mind that we are not talking about young people, who indulge their whim of going to...