A special night for Families of Italian Lineage
On Saturday, December 8, 2012 F.I.L. held its annual Christmas Gala at the Mission Viejo Country Club. Through the hustle and bustle of the preparation for the Christmas Season, chairlady Carolyn Minnot found time to be quite busy planning the last event of the year for F.I.L. The beautiful M.V.C.C. was enhanced by the chairlady's detailed preparat...
Sons of Italy Elects State President
By Nickolas Marinelli Even before the convention began, the Order Sons of Italy Grand Lodge of California was on pins and needles. There was going to be a change—a transition of power—and for the first time in recent memory, nobody knew how it was going to turn out. The delegates from the so-called filial lodges that make up the G...
L’ENIT presenta Expo Milano 2015: prima tappa Los Angeles
A un anno dall'inaugurazione, tra polemiche e scandali che sembrano inevitabilmente accompagnare eventi di questa portata, l'Expo di Milano 2015 debutta all'estero per farsi conoscere e per attrarre ancora di più su di sé l'interesse del pubblico internazionale. L'ENIT (Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo) parteciperà a tale missione in veste di...
Exploring San Diego's Little Italy
by Eric Brightwell In Los Angeles, nearly all of the city's officially-designated ethnic enclaves are for Asian ethnicities. Eurasia's Armenian community has Little Armenia and Russians in eastern West Hollywood have earned it the nickname "Little Russia," but French Town, Greek Town, and Little Italy have all faded into assimilation and o...
A Conversation With Francis Ford Coppola
The cement was barely dry from the hand- and footprint ceremony in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theater (Grauman's Chinese) in Hollywood where director Francis Ford Coppola had just been enshrined before he took the stage to talk about some of his seminal 1970s films with TCM Classic Film Festival host Ben Mankiewicz. Ostensibly, Coppo...
Umberto Eco, the Middle Ages, and The Name of the Rose
When: Thursday, January 26, 2017 a Friday, January 27, 2017Where: UCLA Royce Hall 314, 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Organized by : UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies - In collaboration with : IIC - Entrance : Free A symposium dedicated to the Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, and semiotician, also featuri...
The Riches of Italian culture and heritage: the House of Italy
The year was 1935. The United States was in the midst of the Great Depression, yet San Diego opened the doors to its iconic Balboa Park for its second attempt at a world fair. Approximately 25,000 guests attended the California Pacific International Exposition, which lasted from May 28, 1935 through the following year. It was then that the House o...
Italians of San Joaquin County
Sunday, April 12 • 2:00 pm • Admission $10@ The Italian Center, 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd., CarmichaelItalians were among the first European settlers in California with fishermen from Northern Italy arriving in the 1830's. The Italian experience in The San Joaquin Valley begins with the discovery of gold in 1848. By 1860, the largest number of...
Film and Workshop on Italian Body Language with Filmmaker Luca Vullo
Join us for this special event: Filmmaker Luca Vullo will show his documentary film on nonverbal"La voce del corpo" (The Voice of the Body) and give a workshop on using gestures to communicate effectively in Italy. The film has English subtitles and the workshop will be in English. $10/person at the door. RSVP at: http://it...
National Spaghetti Day is January 4: How to Celebrate Longevity With Pasta
by Amy Kunkle Who doesn't love a big bowl of comfy carbs on a cold winter's day? One of the New Year's Day food superstitions is about eating long strands of pasta without breaking the strand; which will provide you longevity in the New Year. National Spaghetti Day seems like a fine day to pay homage to this tasty tall tale. Spaghetti, w...
Darrell Fusaro: the art of surrendering to the current and making people happy.
In 2001, the creative artist and performer Darrell Fusaro had the opportunity to get closer to his Italian heritage for the first time in his life. His grandparents were part of the first generation of immigrants to the U.S. who needed to blend into the mainstream to survive, without exposing their native culture even at home with their own family....
October 17 – Italian Rootstock Festival – 1:00-8:00 pm
Santa Rosa Vintners Square. 1301 & 1305 Cleveland Avenue - Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Free for adults & children. A full day of family fun filled with local Italian artisan ambiance with Italian food, Italian folk music & dancing, silent auction, arts & crafts, face-painting, games for kids, grape stomp, wine tasting,...