Announcing new IASA Book Prize
by Robert Oppedisano The Italian American Studies Association announces the Italian American Studies Association Book Award to be offered even numbered years for a scholarly work and odd numbered years for a creative work. The first award will be presented in November 2016 at our meeting in Long Beach, CA. (The recipient need not be p...
Il Cinema Ritrovato brings Italian Masterpieces to LMU
Italy comes to college next week for the fourth annual "Il Cinema Ritrovato: Rediscovered Film" festival, a series of free film screenings at Loyola Marymount University. Masterpieces of Italian cinema recently restored by one of Italy's most esteemed film restoration and preservation archives, Cineteca di Bologna, will be screened at LMU'...
Bernini's Rome: Art and Architecture of the Baroque
Time: April 26, 2013 at 7:30pm to April 27, 2013 at 10pmLocation: Marines Memorial TheatreCity/Town: San FranciscoWebsite or Map: http://www.humanitieswest.org/currentBernini.htmlEvent Type: lectureOrganized By: Humanities West/ Italian Cultural Institute Enjoying the patronage of Popes and the wealth of the resurgent Counter-Reformation C...
Why artist Fred Tomaselli talks back to the New York Times
In March of 2005, artist Fred Tomaselli picked up his morning copy of the New York Times and found a blaring headline about ex-WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers being convicted of an $11-billion fraud. The story was sensational — about the worst of Wall Street chicanery and excess. But what truly caught Tomaselli's attention was the accompanying...
La Voce delle Dolomiti a San Francisco con il Coro Brenta
L'antica tradizione canora del Coro Brenta ha fatto visita alla Baia di San Francisco nell'ultimo fine settimana del mese di aprile con una serie di concerti che hanno incantato il pubblico americano. I circa trenta elementi provenienti dal Trentino si sono esibiti dapprima nell'antica Basilica di Mission Dolores, poi nella Cattedrale di S...
Regional premieres, identity rule at San Diego Italian Film Festival
First-run local premieres will be the order of the day at the ninth annual San Diego Italian Film Festival (feStivale 2015), scheduled from Thursday, Oct. 15, to Saturday, Oct. 24, with all but one of the films produced in the last two years. Moreover, all but one of the entries are San Diego premieres. "Going into our ninth year," fe...
Councilmember Joe Buscaino recognizes LA’s Italian-American excellence
As the Italian-American Heritage Month is about to end, a special Council presentation by Councilman Joe Buscaino, was held at the L.A. City Hall, on October 21st, to honor several remarkable personalities relevant to the Italian-American community. Very fittingly, the event took place in the Council Chambers, entitled to late John Ferraro...
Contemporaneity: Signs of Modern Times | The Sedna Group
Time: March 22, 2013 to July 21, 2013Location: Museo Italo AmericanoWebsite or Map: http://museoitaloamericano.org/Event Type: exhibitionOrganized By: Museo Italo Americano From March 22 through July 21, 2013, kicking off Italy's "Year of Italian Culture in the United States" (Anno Della Cultura Italiana Negli Stati Uniti), the Museo Italo America...
Celebrating Italian American heritage: Maria Fassio Pignati named Queen Isabella for Columbus Day festivities
Most days, the Peninsula Italian American Social Club quietly goes about its business of banquets and bocce ball on the edge of downtown San Mateo, and not many outsiders are the wiser. On Saturday, Oct. 11, however, the club is stepping out and inviting the entire Peninsula to join in the annual Columbus Day Italian American Heritage Celebration....
Everybody gets to be Italian at this festival
Fall in the desert began with the fourth annual Italian Festival fundraiser for Desert Arc at La Quinta Civic Center Park. More than 8,000 people were expected to attend the two-day event with a $50,000 fundraising goal. For $10 per person, guests got unlimited great entertainment! Desert Arc Choir, Filippo Voltaggio, Patrick Evans, Paul E...
San Francisco gives a hand to Emilia Romagna
Earlier this year, Emilia-Romagna suffered a serious earthquake and much tragedy ensued throughout the region. Maino Benatti, the Mayor of the comune of Mirandola, contacted San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee to ask for assistance to rebuild their cherished and historic San Francesco Cathedral. Mayor Lee asked the Sister City Committee to join together...
Garcetti builds growing lead as LA picks new mayor
by Michael R. Blood Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of uncounted ballots steadily shrinking. Garcetti, 42, who made a mark helping resuscitate neighborhoods from t...