Celebrating Italian heritage: Helen Fisicaro named honorary Queen Isabella
Like her namesake, San Mateo's new honorary Queen Isabella is an example of the wide-ranging influence of Italian culture and its connection to other countries. This year, longtime public servant and newly crowned honorary royalty, Helen Fisicaro, will celebrate Italian Heritage Month as an honoree of the Peninsula Italian American Social...
San Francisco Kicks Off “2013 Year of Italian Culture”
"Research, discovery, and innovation are keys to understanding the spirit of the Year of Italian Culture in the United States. This project, organized under the auspices of the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, aims at showcasing Italian creativity and culture both in our artistic heritage and in our "Made in Italy" (brand), po...
Original San Gennaro Feast Brings Italian Food and Music Festival to San Diego
The original San Gennaro Feast is bringing an Italian food and musical festival to San Diego, May 30-June 2, 2013, at the Qualcomm Stadium South East parking lot. The festival's producer, Anthony Palmisano, is a third generation Royal Festivals man who has produced the popular San Gennaro Feasts in Las Vegas for more than 34 years. Qualcomm Stadium...
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. Announces New Pompeii Exhibition
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. PRXI +0.68% , a leading presenter of museum quality touring exhibitions, announced today that it has added an eighth concept to its touring exhibition portfolio. In partnership with the Italian Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Naples and Pompeii (SANP), Premier Exhibitions, Inc. has developed a new exhibition...
Italian Festival serves up a taste of La Dolce Vita
The desert was painted green, white and red over the weekend for the third annual Italian Festival benefiting Desert Arc, an event that drew about 6,000 residents to Whitewater Park over two days. Families basked in the sun as they feasted on sausage sandwiches, authentic pasta, cannolis and Peroni beer. A large white banner reading, "Amici Benven...
Italian Madonnaris Take Back the Streets
The extent of my chalk paintings date back to hot, sunny childhood days when my mother would unearth the sidewalk chalk from the garage and let me have the run of the sidewalk in front of our house. By the end of the day, the hot pavement would be covered with different flowers, a stick figure rendition of my family - complete with our hou...
Wine, Cheese and Reveles: Chiacchierata sul Don Giovanni
Join us for a wonderful evening discovering Mozart's "Don Giovanni". Dr. Nicolas Reveles, Director of Education at the San Diego Opera, will lead the talk. Cheese and wine will be offered to our guests! Italian Cultural Center of San Diego - Friday, February 6, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. ICC Members Only Event. Click here to RSVP...
Jack DeMeo, attorney and civic leader, dies at 82
Jack DeMeo, a preeminent Sonoma County trial attorney who grew his family's Depression-era law practice and became renowned as much for his community leadership and civility as for his dogged brilliance in the courtroom, died Thursday at his Santa Rosa home. He was 82. DeMeo, a native son of Santa Rosa, practiced law in the city for 58 yea...
The Secret Wonders of Sardinia and Corsica
Time: February 16, 2013 from 4pm to 5pmLocation: Museo Italo AmericanoWebsite or Map: http://museoitaloamericano.orgEvent Type: travel, talkOrganized By: Museo Italo AmericanoAlessandra Gardino will introduce the Museo's exciting new trip for 2013, The Secret Wonders of Sardinia and Corsica and answer any questions you might have.If you are interes...
Gary Palladino authors book on his life
Midway through his 12-year love-hate project of putting down in words a life story and describing the road which took him from a childhood in Bristol to a 31-year basketball coaching career Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Gary Palladino came face-to-face with yet another challenge. A casual friend happened to mention that, on average...
Little Italy is looking to add Board of Directors and Committee Chairs
Little Italy San Jose is looking to add two Board of Director positions and a few committee chairs as we take the next steps as a 501c3 and look to finalize our Cultural Center and Museum project and bring new events and life to our Little Italy San Jose District. Currently, Little Italy San Jose has two Board of Directors and a 12 person Advisory...
From Calabria, Back to Calabria: Old and New Migrations Explained by Professor Francesco Filareto
Fifteen years was the time of an investigation around the migrations of the Calabrese people. The final thoughts and insights can now be found in a book called "Fuga e ritorno di un popolo" (Escape and Come back of a Population), written by Professor Francesco Filareto and introduced to the American audience at the Italian Cultural Institute in San...