Conversation with Fausto Roma on the Traces of Jazz
by Valerio Viale Fausto Roma (Ceccano, 1955), is a rare example of painter, sculptor and visual artist, who despite extensive travels along the years, has decided to live in his hometown, not far from Frosinone, capital of the geographical region of Ciociaria. Fausto Roma. On the Traces of Jazz, solo exhibition currently on displa...
Without Papers, an exhibition by Jim Dessicino at the Harold J. Mossi Gallery at Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, CA October-November 2017
by Jim Dessicino What does it mean to adopt a new homeland, language and way of life? What kind of conditions make someone abandon their country, moving sometimes across oceans without prospects, without papers? What land will that immigrant's children and grandchildren feel to be their own? These are questions that "Without Papers" seeks to answe...
Alessandra Belloni alla Festa di San Gennaro di Los Angeles
Dal 27 al 30 settembre la XI edizione della Festa of San Gennaro offrirà ancora una volta tre giorni di intrattenimento per i cittadini di Los Angeles e per la comunità italiana lì residente. Il Festival folkloristico dedicato al Santo partenopeo, che sarà presentato da Jimmy Kimmel e Adam Carolla, è organizzato dalla San Gennaro Foundation di Los...
Three Italian Movies to be featured at SF International Film Festival
The upcoming 56th San Francisco International Film Festival will feature a wide selection of diverse and innovative cinema from all over the world to the Bay Area audience. The SFIFF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas. The Festival will run from April 25 to May 9 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, the Castro Theatre and New People C...
The genius loci of San Francisco’s little Italy: it all started with the food!
By Elizabeth Vasile Genius Loci is a Latin term, meaning spirit of place. Geographers, historians, and other scholars use it to refer to that element, or quality, or founding principle, that makes a place uniquely itself, that pervades or gives rise to, as a spirit would, all that takes place in an area. One might think of it as a geographic genom...
Donna Scala, dynamic Northern California chef, dies at 60
Donna Scala, a dynamic chef and restaurateur who influenced Northern California cuisine with Bistro Don Giovanni in Napa and Scala's Bistro in San Francisco, died of a brain tumor at her home in Napa on Tuesday. She was 60 years old. A fixture on the Bay Area food scene, Mrs. Scala was known for her vibrancy as well as her cooking. She gr...
San Jose's Little Italy Gets a Boost.
The efforts to establish a bona fide Little Italy neighborhood in San Jose have leaped a major hurdle. All one-zillion of the required permits to construct a gateway arch on Julian Street in front of Paesano Ristorante are now signed off. This is not as simple as it sounds because the intersection in question—North Almaden Avenue and Julia...
St. Joseph’s Day at Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano
St. Joseph's Day at Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano 10:00am – 2:00pm. This annual celebration includes: - St. Joseph's Table - Ringing of the historic bells - Live mariachi music - Community presentations - Special Guest Lecture On Cliff Swallows - Mission Basilica School performances - San Juan Elementary performances - History of St. Jo...
Young Talent Piano Series: Jacopo Giacopuzzi – 11 June, 6.30 PM
Piano recital by Jacopo giacopuzzi, a USC master's student from Verona with a passion for both classical music and film. Info – Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015 Hours: 6:30 pm Venue: IIC Organized by: IIC Read more Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/
Flames in the Ice
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera, the world premiere of Two Women / La Ciociara (2015) raises enduring and complex questions about love, loyalty, and the legacy of war. This opera takes its name from the eponymous Italian novel by Alberto Moravia that was adapted for the screen by Vittorio De Sica, thus making cinematic history when Sop...
Salvatore Ferragamo Celebrates 100 Years in Hollywood With ‘the Ferragamo Signature Film’
by Jasmin Rosemberg As a grand finale to its 100 Years in Hollywood campaign, Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo is premiering a new short film project, "the Ferragamo Signature Film," starring Ethan Peck, grandson of late Oscar-winning actor Gregory Peck ("To Kill a Mockingbird," "Moby Dick"), and Elettra Wiedemann, daughter of Isabella Ro...
Il Sindaco Doria ravviva il legame con la diaspora genovese a San Francisco
I genovesi non amano apparire. Molti di loro hanno fatto dell'Understatement una loro filosofia di vita. Cosi' puo' succedere che a San Francisco, la citta' piu' genovese d'America, con una presenza fortissima della diaspora ligure dall'Ottocento sino ad oggi, Genova non sia molto conosciuta come citta' industriale, d'arte e di cultura, tanto meno...