Sister Cities in Our Own Backyards
by Catherine Accardi Who says the world is shrinking? Just about everyone! However, a tape measured placed precisely at the equator would reveal that no actual shrinkage has occurred over the past thousand years. So, why is it that most of us "feel" in closer proximity to our colleagues across the globe? More than likely it is bec...
New Book: Italian Fishing Families of Monterey
The Italian Heritage Society of the Monterey Peninsula recently released their new book "Italian Fishing Families of Monterey", a work that is written by fishermen, their families and friends. The purpose of the 302-page book is to preserve the history of the Italian fishing community of Monterey. Impressively, the Italian Heritage Society has co...
5th Annual Italian Festival
November 7 and NOvember 8, 11 AM - 5 PM. Indian Wells Resort Hotel - 76661 Highway 111 - Indian Wells, CA 92210. Buy tickets here. http://www.facebook.com/CVItalianFestival A community event to celebrate the Italian heritage and culture! Outstanding food, all day entertainment, specialty merchandise and a bit of old world charm. Fun f...
From Vesuvio to Silicon Valley and Back: Unite the Two Bays
Finally coming to fruition as part of 2013 Year of the Italian Culture in the US, the project's first major initiatives will include two major events in San Francisco: the Meeting Between the Two Mayors and the Gala Dinner in June and the Concert of the Two Bays in October. The Viva L'Italia Gala Dinner to benefit October's Concert of the Two Bays...
POMPEII: THE EXHIBITION opens at the California Science Center 5/20
In the year 79 A.D., Pompeii vanished beneath thick layers of volcanic ash left by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. But what nature destroyed, it also preserved. Pompeii: The Exhibition will open at the California Science Center on May 20, 2014. This dramatic 13,000-square-foot exhibit features over 150 precious artifacts on loan from the N...
Maurizio Seracini, ‘Master of Old Master Paintings,’ to speak at event in Rancho Santa Fe
Is it possible to find Leonardo Da Vinci's most priceless and highly praised work of art, lost for centuries? And, in that quest, as he looks behind other artist's masterpieces for the missing Da Vinci, will Maurizio Seracini find new perspectives on these artists and the masterpieces they created? These were the questions posed to Seracini more t...
OC Specialist in Art Restoration: Ardenia Capannelli - Keeping Things Bright and Beautiful
In life and in art, we treasure and often pay for what we deem most precious. Whether it be a Michelangelo or a Modigliani, your daughter's fourth grade creation, or that porcelain vase your Sicilian grandmother bestowed on you on your wedding day, we want our artistic belongings to last and be passed down to our children and our children's childr...
Italiany.US LA-Italia – 16 May
A collection of photographs highlighting Italians living in the US. An unveiling of the exhibition's latest chapter in Los Angeles (after NY and Miami). Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015Hours: 6:30-8:30 PMVenue: Building Bridges Art Exchange Gallery - Bergamot Station Arts Center Santa Monica Read more Source: http://www....
Monica Manganelli: author of an animated short, selected at L.A. Shorts Fest
by Valerio Viale The 19th edition of the L.A. Shorts Fest – running at the L.A. Live in Downtown from September 3rd to the 10th – showcased a total of 265 films from 26 countries. This festival's distinguishing feature is that it's officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the winning shorts fro...
Italian Cultural Center Continues to Grow
San Diego's Italian Cultural Center will be holding a memorial service for its co-founder and Vice President, Graziella Spinelli at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, in Little Italy on Saturday, December 13th at 12 p.m. Following the funeral a reception will be hosted by Graziella's sister at the church hall. Upon attempting to teach her nati...
Gus Villalta, worker who helped build Golden Gate Bridge, dies
by Carl Nolte Gus Villalta was one of those young men you used to see around North Beach in San Francisco all the time in tough times of the Great Depression of the 1930s. He was born in Italy, raised in San Francisco and had just graduated from Galileo High School. Work was scarce when he got out of school in 1935. It was the Great...
Italy invades Beverly Hills in 'Bruna in Beverly Hills.'
by Ron Irwin Italy invades Beverly Hills in 'Bruna in Beverly Hills' and the result is amazing hilarity. Let's take a look behind the scenes. Ronn Moss, known to his fans as Ridge Forrester, married to Brooke Logan in 'The Bold and the Beautiful', has a new lady in TV. Moss is starring alongside actress Kim Kopf in the new si...