Italian Female directors make their voices heard at Cinema Italian Style
by Valerio Viale Cinema Italian Style (from November 12 through 16), yearly celebration of Italian cinematic art - co-presented by the American Cinematheque and Luce Cinecittà - turned eleven years old, with the 2015 edition. After an introduction from the Consul General of Italy, Antonio Verde, the artistic director, Laura Delli Colli, acting as...
Italy of the Future Opens Friday at the Italian Cultural Institute
di Mauro Battocchi San Francisco will soon have an opportunity to meet the best of recent Italian technological and scientific innovations, and familiarize themselves with a country on that is on the move again. "Italy of the Future" is an exploration of Italy's most recent scientific discoveries and includes twenty interactive exhibits th...
On the Journey: Nel mezzo del cammin...
When: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 Presentation of ON THE JOURNEY... nel mezzo del cammin, a short film by Maria Luisa Forenza. Followed by a roundtable discussion on the figure of Frank V. de Bellis, his Collection at SFSU and the intellectual legacy of the new Italians in the Bay Area. An Italian woman and an American girl meet by chance at...
Taste of Italy - October 11th, 2014 - Food and Wine Event to Benefit the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
The sixth-annual Taste of Italy, a cultural-gastronomic event to benefit the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA), will take place on October 11th in downtown Los Angeles. Taste of Italy showcases over fifty of the region's best restaurants and Italian and California-Italian wineries, as well as music entertainment, cooking demonstrations...
NELLA NOSTRA COMMUNITÀ: THE CHINESE PROBLEM IN SAN FRANCISCO’S NORTH BEACH
Not long ago, I ran into a colleague on Green Street between Powell and Columbus. When Rita saw me she asked, “Hey, what are you doing in Chinatown?” Her question perplexed me. Chinatown? I had just walked out of the Casa Coloniale Italiana Fugazi, San Francisco’s oldest Italian community center. We were standing in front of the former loc...
Celebrating Italian heritage: Honorary Queen Isabella is longtime civil servant Tami Del Bene
By Jeanita Lyman When conjuring an image of Queen Isabella of Spain, one wouldn't necessarily picture her riding in an antique Cadillac through the streets of San Francisco. But that's just the image a Redwood City woman will be presenting this Sunday. Lifelong civil servant Tami Del Bene, named San Mateo County's honorary Queen I...
Nuovo Cinema Italiano alla Los Angeles Convention 2014
Si parla spesso della fuga di talenti dall'Italia, a volte con rammarico, ma bisogna ammettere che un mercato come quello americano presenta delle opportunità concrete a chi quel talento e tanta passione davvero ce l'ha. È ciò che accomuna i dieci artisti under 35 che compongono il programma di Film for Meeting 2014. Si tratta di uno showc...
Tuscan brunch with Monteforte - November 02, 2014 at 12:00 am
A brunch with the artist. Join us for a unique opportunity to meet and brunch with Domenico Monteforte as we celebrate the conclusion of his month-long residency at the IIC. Renowned food expert Viola Buitoni will design and curate a glorious Tuscan menu to accompany Domenico's paintings for an exclusive experience recreating a full immer...
The Forgotten Italians of Los Angeles
There was an exceedingly awkward moment near the beginning of my conversation with Marianna Gatto, the executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, which opened in the city's downtown earlier this month. We were in a second floor room of the Italian Hall, a 1908 building handsomely restored into the city's newest museum, for on...
10 nuovi membri per la la National Italian Honor Society della University of Southern California
Una significativa cerimonia ha suggellato l'investitura di dieci nuovi membri della sezione che la National Italian Honor Society (Gamma Kappa Alpha) ha istituito alla University of Southern California (USC). A darne notizia è il Consolato generale a Los Angeles. L'appartenenza alla Gamma Kappa Alpha – attiva in tutto il Nord America – è...
Italy Employs Online Portal to Educate and Engage Influx of Immigrants
With each passing year, more immigrants are coming to Italy in search of a new home. In an effort to better integrate them into Italy's multi-faceted, democratic society, the Government of Italy has created the Migrants' Integration Portal, an online resource that engages immigrants from 16 key nations with useful information and services relating...
Botticelli, Titian and Beyond in Los Angeles
This exhibition explores the evolution of Italian painting over five centuries, from late Medieval works of the 14th century to Impressionist pictures of the 19th century, featuring some of the greatest masters of these periods, including G. Bellini, S. Botticelli, F. Guardi, L. Signorelli, and Titian. More at http://www.sbmuseart.org/exhibitions/...