San Diego Italian Film Festival
The 8th annual San Diego Italian Film Festival is going to start on Oct. 16 and will showcase the best of the year's Italian film production in the City of San Diego and in North County. The program includes: Anni felici (Those Happy Years), Il comandante e la cicogna (Garibaldi's Lovers), Alì ha gli occhi azzurri (Alì Blue Eyes), Miele (H...
Cine-gastronomic conversation with Justin Ambrosino
by Valerio Viale For our readers, who are not yet familiar with the Italian-American, very talented, young filmmaker, Justin Ambrosino, it is enough to say that his thesis short film, The 8th Samurai, won more than 20 jury awards worldwide and qualified for the Academy Awards, in 2010. In occasion of the pre-production stage of hi...
L.A. Italia Festival to Honor Liza Minnelli With Lifetime Achievement Award
Academy Award-winner Liza Minnelli will be honored with the 2015 Jack Valenti Los Angeles, Italia Legend Award at the 10th annual Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest Festival. Named after the longtime MPAA president, the award honors Italian-Americans who have made great contributions to cinema. Read more Sourc...
Festa della Repubblica Italiana at San Diego Italian Cultural Center
San Diego Italian Cultural Center - 1669 Columbia St, San Diego, CA 92101Sunday, June 7, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT) Come celebrate with us an important birthday....On June 2nd 1946 the Italian Republic was born! Learn more about the day in which the Italian people decided on their form of government. Our President, Roberto Ruocco, wi...
Moda Musa
Sunday, October 18 at 5:00pm | Santa Monica Place Center Plaza. From runways to city streets, fashion inspires the world. Join us for Moda Musa - an exclusive fashion show featuring the latest styles + trends from Santa Monica Place's luxury retailers with guest host, designer and celebrity fashion expert, Nick Verreos. Proceeds from this...
Fluxare! A New Italian Verb And An Art Exhibit
by Cahterine Accardi How many people do you know that are capable of creating a new Italian verb and use that verb to name their art exhibit? Not many. Leave that kind of creative genius to our own San Francisco living legend, Lawrence Ferlinghetti. On October 28, at the re-opening gala of San Francisco's Istituto Italiano di Cult...
“The Italian Republic had its 70th birthday, but it doesn’t look its age”
By Valerio Viale On June 2nd, 1946, Italians expressed their preference, through the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage. Republic won over Monarchy, with about two million differential in the ballots. 70 years later, at the Petersen Automotive Museum (along the so-called "Museum Row", on Wilshire Blvd.), Father Antonio Cacciapuot...
Gioia Italian Art and Products announces Meet The Artists, Italian Landscapes, Masks, Cafes January 15th 2017 in Los Gatos, California
Keep Italy Alive at home with Fine Artworks from Local, Award Winning, Recognized, Fine Art Painters at Gioia Italian Art and Products Open House Event January 15th, noon to 6 pm. Let us show them a very warm welcome and un grande abbraccio for bringing Italy to life in home decor. Gioia Company is created to bring joy through the arts of Made in I...
Una nuova mostra rivela il volto moderno della "Città Eterna"
Inaugurata recentemente all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles, la mostra intitolata The Making of (a new) Rome - Recent Works by Roman Architects, rimarrà aperta al pubblico fino al 1 marzo 2014, per mostrare la splendida capitale italiana in una veste affascinante, ma forse ancora inedita, al pubblico italo-americano e internazionale. &...
"Music in the Mansion 2015" started with the concert of Italian soprano Elisabetta Russo
To host one of the most important cultural events in town, there is no better place as the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. On Sunday 25th, in particular, the estate was the location of the 2015 "Music in the Mansion" opening. The music festival will run until July 24th, with a total of 7 high-level classical and jazz oriented performan...
Law enforcement received medals symbolizing archangel St. Michael
by Sierra Pizarro Our local law enforcement officials were honored this evening with special medals symbolizing one archangel, St. Michael. To Catholics, the archangel St. Michael means security, protection, safety, and peace. This angel is considered the patron saint of law enforcement, which is why the St. Michael medal was chosen t...
"Artisti per Amatrice" all'IIC di San Francisco
Bruce Hasson, conosciuto artista della Bay Area californiana, ha promosso, insieme a Charles Cunningham e Lori Sottile della Norfolk Press, una serata per celebrare l'arte come mezzo di umanità e compassione. Così l'8 dicembre scorso prominenti artisti della Bay Area di San Francisco si sono uniti per promuovere una mostra i cui proventi a...