Praying for Italy: A Candlelight Vigil at City Hall
By Ann Potenza On Monday August 29th, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Joe Buscaino and Italian Consul General Antonio Verde, together with the Los Angeles Italo-American community, organized a candlelight vigil on the steps of City Hall to pay tribute to the victims of the recent earthquake in central Italy and raise awareness for relief efforts....
Sardinian textiles and more at the IIC in San Francisco
January 19 - February 24, 2017. Sardinian Textiles: An Exhibit of Contemporary + Antique Handwoven Art An exhibit of hand-woven textiles from Sardinia, Italy, opens at the Italian Cultural Institute - San Francisco on January 19, 2017. The exhibit will feature contemporary weavings from the few remaining tessitori artigianali, Sa...
Mayor Rossi and the Bay of Bridges
Can you name the seven principal bridges of San Francisco Bay? Perhaps least known is the Carquinez Bridge which connects the East Bay to Vallejo. Also obscure, but known well to the Silicon Valley crowd, is the Dumbarton Bridge, the shortest bridge over the Bay, which connects Palo Alto to Newark across the water. (Newark, by the way, is...
Italian identities through war
Date: Friday, January 23, 2015 - Saturday, January 24, 2015 Hours: 10am - 5pm Venue: Herbert Morris Seminar Room 306 Organized by: UCLA dept. of Italian In collaboration with: IIC The conference seeks to examine the experience of war as a seminal factor in the formation of identity within the Italian context and the ways this critical...
Italian art and architecture in the Bay Area: then and now
February 3, 2015 - Tuesday 6:00 PM - 9:00 PMClub Fugazi- Beach Blanket Babylon. 678 Beach Blanket Babylon - San Francisco, California 94133 Italian Community Services and BAIA (Business Association Italy America) join together to host a lively evening of networking and conversation about how Italian art and architecture has...
Maddalena Bearzi and her mission to protect SoCal dolphins
By Valerio Viale Are you familiar with those hardcore conservationists, paladins of our beautiful planet and its amazing variety of animals and plants, the likes of British primatologist Jane Goodall, late French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, Indian activist Vandana Shiva, or American former Vice President Al Gore? Despite numerically U...
Stars of Puglia – A special night in Los Angeles
It was a great night the one at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, where the Puglia Center of America awarded Hollywood star Joe Mantegna with the Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America – Special Edition. Almost 200 guests attended the evening, together with a delegation of the Comunità Pugliese della California. Several...
Monterey's Festa Italia celebrates Sicilian traditions
By Andy Stiny A wreath of pink flowers floated away from Fisherman's Wharf on Saturday, in silent homage to the fishermen and their families who shaped an industry and carved new lives in a new world. The wreath was tossed into the water by Festa Italia Queen Gina Pennisi, after her father, Mario, read the names of local fishermen...
Join us!
The Little Italy Association of San Diego invites you to join us on Wednesday, July 30th for the Annual State of the Neighborhood Dinner Reception on the rooftop of Nelson Photo. The evening starts off with food provided by local restaurants and a wine reception sponsored by Coppola Rosso & Biano. Once you have met your neighbors and f...
Little Italy Arch Groundbreaking Celebration
**The ceremony will be held in Little Italy SJ at W. Julian and North Almaden (Next to Paesano Ristorante), the 5th August at 10:00. We are partnering with the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce in breaking ground on the 31 foot Gateway Arch to anchor the developing Italian District in Downtown San Jose. This Arch Is being made po...
West Coast Premiere: Emergency Exit by Brunella Fili'
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 At 6:30 pm Organized by: IIC in collaboration with Italian Film Festival USA Entrance: Free Location: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90024 - USA Six stories of ordinary separation, one question: What happened to Italy? Emergency Exit (2014, 66 min, in...
Sons of Italy to host annual Polenta Dinner
The Sons of Italy Diablo Valley Lodge #2167 will be holding a Polenta Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. The event will be held at the Martinez Veteran's Hall, 930 Ward St., in downtown Martinez. Please join the Sons for a lovely dinner prepared by Catering by Cynthia. The buffet menu consists of: creamy polenta, grilled Italian sausages,...