Los Angeles: mostra fotografica su Pompei ed Ercolano
L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles ospita dal 14 settembre al 2 novembre "Inside Out: Interni Pompeiani tra spazio e tempo", una mostra di fotografie storiche e contemporanee, opere grafiche, mappe e video che mettono in evidenza il processo di riscoperta, la documentazione e la conservazione delle antiche città di Pompei e di Ercolano.F...
Giorno della memoria a Los Angeles: 8000 nomi e un Premio a Dario Gabbai per ricordare il dramma dell’olocausto
Ottomila nomi letti simultaneamente in quattro luoghi simbolo della città. A Los Angeles si sono ricordate così le vittime italiane dell'Olocausto, con la lettura pubblica dei nomi di ottomila ebrei deportati dall'Italia durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Il Museo dell'Olocausto e tre scuole superiori, la Milken Community High School of Stephen S...
Seagate CEO Stephen Luzco Continues to Give Back to Italy
By Mauro Battocchi The Italian Community was floored last year when Seagate CEO and Italian American Stephen Luzco honored the We Love Italian campaign with a most generous gift of $100,000. Mr. Luzco is a shining example of an American of Italian descent who is really giving back to his own homeland. And his work continues on the...
Italian San Diego Leader Recipient of Inaugural Convivio Award
by Robert Gallo Joseph Panetta, President and CEO of Biocom, was the inaugural honoree of the Convivio Communitas Award for Leadership, underscoring his impact on the San Diego community receiving what the organization termed, "long overdue accolades." "Congratulations on receiving the Convivio Communitas Award for Leadership," sa...
Strad Fest LA brings eight Stradivari violins together
By Karen Wada The violins of Antonio Stradivari are revered for being not only superb instruments but works of art. "They combine this magical quality of sound with spectacular craftsmanship," says Margaret Batjer, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Each of these wooden wonders also possesses an individual, inner...
Come See San Francisco Design Legend Primo Angeli’s Work at the Museo
di Mauro Battocchi From a delightful exhibit inauguration, which I personally had the pleasure of attending on December 5, 2014, to April 19, 2015, the Museo Italo Americano will exhibit the works of San Francisco design legend, Primo Angeli. A master of advertising art since the early 1960s, Primo Angeli created innovative branding, pack...
.IT Italian Art Today at the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
This exhibition, curated by Silvia Girardi, explores the individuality and experimentation of eight Italian contemporary artists, active both in Italy and internationally.Artists: Matteo Bergamasco, Mariella Bettineschi, Davide Coltro, Renato DAgostin, Francesco De Grandi, Daniele Girardi, Angelo Musco, Antonio Pio Sa...racino.Opening event with th...
The Medici gem collectors of the Italian Renaissance come to Bowers Museum More Information: http://artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=62453#.UY1EjLUqzTp[/url] Copyright © artdaily.org
SANTA ANA, CA.- Gems of the Medici, an acclaimed international exhibition, highlights some of the oldest and most unique pieces of the Medici collections including antiquities dating from the 1st Century BCE as well as a cornelian which was part of the Seal of Nero. This touring exhibition will transport visitors to 15th century Italy and beyond by...
The 33rd annual San Jose’s Italian Family Festa
By Roberto Natalini For the thirty-third year, the Italian American Heritage Foundation held its much-anticipated signature event, the Italian Family Festa. The weather could not have been more cooperative for the two-day event, held at the Guadalupe River and Gardens Park, adjacent to San Jose's Little Italy, where San Jose's original It...
Small Utopias: Italian architecture of the third millennium between history, research and innovation
SMALL UTOPIAS: Italian architecture of the third millennium between history, research and innovation is an exhibition on the "new" Italian architecture curated and designed by MAXXI Architettura for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The itinerary of the show explores the most notable tendencies in new Italian architecture by focusing on thre...
Majolica expert Igor Bertolucci to speak at il Cenacolo luncheon
Igor Bertolucci, majolica expert and cinematographer, will speak at Il Cenacolo Italian Cultural Club at their Thursday luncheon this week, June 12, 2014. His topic will be: "The Art and Craft of Majolica Pottery," and will include a video presentation. Pottery has accompanied human civilization since the dawn of time. At first used primarily as c...
They are doing a Cooking Show…
No seriously, and it's awesome. Barilla brand pasta and La Famiglia al Dente presents: Cucina Dell'Arte! Mamma Focaccia and her daughters, Argentina and Gianetta, teach you the art of the kitchen! Secret "La Famiglia al Dente" recipes will be revealed and delicious food prepared live on stage with the help of the cheese merchant Federico...