Academy Museum to honor Sophia Loren, Haile Gerima at gala
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is assembling a star-studded cast for its opening gala in September. Italian screen legend Sophia Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards, and Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are being saluted for their efforts to raise $388 million for the long gestating museum,...
Dantedì (Dante Day) | At the gates of a new world: Dante in North America
To mark the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri in Ravenna in 1321, activities and celebrations are being organized all over the world, confirming the universality of the message and the familiarity of The Divine Comedy, a work that not only contributed to the consolidation of the Tuscan dialect in the Italian language, but has also b...
No ketchup on spaghetti, on the shelves last book by the Queen in the Kitchen, Ale Gambini
Ale Gambini, known as A Queen in the Kitchen, is an Italian food ambassador in Los Angeles, writer, award-winning online program host and cooking teacher. Born and raised in Northern Italy, in beautiful Milan, she learned to cook and love good food from her beloved grandmother, Nonna Fernanda. Ale has taught hundreds of food lovers about authentic...
Filming Italy Los Angeles Festival 2021: a chat with Tiziana Rocca.
I am very happy to participate to the Filming Italy Los Angeles Festival, which has brought me so much luck.” With these words Claudia Gerini, godmother for the second consecutive year of the well-known film festival, sends her personal wishes to the event, which will be held from March 18 to 21, 2021 in Los Angeles. The festival will be 90% in vir...
mostra > DRAWING DANTE. Uno, nessuno e centomila volti.
Tour virtuale di una mostra collettiva organizzata presso Magazzeno Art Gallery che ha sede in un palazzo del 1836 del centro storico di Ravenna , a pochi passi dalla tomba del sommo poeta. Per l’occasione, sono state selezionate circa 30 opere facenti parte delle prime 4 edizioni di Dante Plus, mostra collettiva sul volto di Dante Alighieri. Intro...
Discover Naples! Four Virtual Live Walks with Actor, Storyteller, and Naples' Guide Andrea Fiorillo
March 11, 12, 18, 19, 2021. 8:00 am PST / 11:00 am EST. Tickets $25-30 for the series. Join us for a virtual exploration of one of the most magical cities in Italy! Each live event will last about 1 hour and you will have a chance to ask questions :) Register here. You will receive a link after your ticket purchase. 3/11 - Spaccanapoli. 3/12 - Piaz...
He Won a Varsity Letter at 16. He Finally Got It When He Was 79.
He was a skinny high school student who had asthma, a high-pitched voice and effeminate mannerisms. He kept his distance from football players, who he said bullied him, but when his Catholic school in New Jersey formed a track team, Tom Ammiano decided to join. Mr. Ammiano, who would grow up to become one of the country’s pioneering gay leaders, an...
The Online Almanac of The History of The Italians of California - Coming April 5
COM.IT.ES of San Francisco and the Italian American Heritage Foundation San Jose are excited to announce a new website dedicated to California’s Italian and Italian American experience. The Online Almanac of the History of the Italians of California (thealmanac.online) will launch on April 5, 2021. We invite all Italifornians© to become Members and...
The sixth edition of Filming Italy, Los Angeles
The sixth edition of Filming Italy - Los Angeles, presented with the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, will take place from March 18th to 21st, 2021 in Los Angeles with 90% streaming, in collaboration with APA (Audiovisual Producers Association) and under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles. Created and organized...
“A casa” with the Museo series: Looking at Italian America from the Pacific
The Italian community of San Francisco has been one of the most investigated in Italian American history. Rarely, however, has its experience been examined in relation to the distinctively multiethnic context of the West Coast. Italian immigrants, arriving to California between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, encountered differen...
Poetry’s Rock Star
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died on Monday at the age of 101, was one of the key figures in 20th century American culture. He was as responsible as any single other person for the rise of the Beats, the end of obscenity laws, and, not least, the transformation of San Francisco from a backwater province to a vibrant artistic center. He did all this t...
Los Angeles commemorates Auschwitz with Italian director's documentary
Nine Italian citizens, all survivors of Auschwitz, shared their stories and these stories, alternating with personal and historical photographs and archive images from 1945, resulted in a documentary about the imprisonment in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Andra Bucci, Esterina, Calò Di Veroli, Nedo Fiano, Luciana Nissim Momigliano, Liliana Segr...