Estate Italian Festival
The Italian artistic excellence, wherever you are: all you need is an Internet connection to attend 21 events of 11 Italian festivals. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the ItaliaFestival Association and with participation of some of the most prestigious Italian Festivals, presents over two months of high-quality shows in...
Actor Giancarlo Giannini Gets His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2021 Announced by Walk of Fame Chair Ellen K and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Rana Ghadban A new group of entertainment professionals in the categories of Motion Pictures, Television, Live Theatre/Live Performance, Radio and Recording have been selected to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by...
Il Covid a San Francisco e nella Bay Area nella Comunità Italiana
La vita della comunità italiana di San Francisco e della Bay Area ha cambiato drasticamente la vita giornaliera di tutti noi. Era il 13 marzo quando il Governatore della California ordinò la chiusura completa di tutte le attività commerciali in California. Per coloro che avevano attività commerciali come me fu una pugnalata al cuore non avendo mai...
Meet ‘Snowpiercer’ star Annalise Basso, a Hollywood vet at age 21
Annalise Basso might be young, but she’s already a Hollywood veteran. The 21-year-old actress currently co-stars opposite Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs in “Snowpiercer” on TNT (Sundays at 9 p.m.), the small-screen adaptation of Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho’s 2014 movie of the same name. Before the apocalyptic drama, her best-known role...
Deep pain inflicted on Italian-American community by San Francisco's statue removal
The Bay Area Italian-American community is disappointed by the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue, which has served as a symbol of pride for our contributions to San Francisco and the nation. In fact, the Columbus statue was erected in part to address the fierce prejudice and widespread discrimination Italian-Americans faced in America in t...
For Mario Del Guidice, giving back to the Coachella Valley is second nature
There are innumerable approaches to the art of charitable giving and countless ways to give back to one's community. Any one of a thousand profiles of people helping others is bound to impress, yet the story of Mario Del Guidice and his relationship with the Coachella Valley, as well as his unwavering devotion to Desert Arc, is an especially heart-...
Christopher Columbus statue to be removed from California Capitol at direction of top Democrats
Top California lawmakers on Tuesday ordered the removal of a marble sculpture depicting explorer Christopher Columbus and his patron, Queen Isabella, from the Capitol Rotunda. The statue has been in the Capitol for more than a century. Top lawmakers called for its removal a day after a statue showing white settler John Sutter was taken down in fron...
San Francisco Columbus Statue Defaced
As counties continue to reopen, people are expressing their anger over police brutality in different ways. One way is by taking down or defacing statues that some say represent oppression. It’s happening all over the world and it’s happening in San Francisco. Coit Tower is a major symbol in the city and right below that is a statue of Christopher C...
Italian-American Group Raps Chula Vista Removal of Columbus Statue
A day after Boston removed a Christopher Columbus statue — which vandals had beheaded — the city of Chula Vista took down its own 8-foot, 1,200-pound tribute to the Italian explorer. The bronze statue was removed from its pedestal at Discovery Park early Friday and placed in storage “out of public safety concerns,” city officials said without citin...
Remembering Jim Bregante
Jim Bregante, longtime resident of San Diego and docent for the Maritime Museum and Convivio, passed this month. We remember Jim for his kindness and candor, his calming cadence, and his ability to connect with folks through the power of narrative. “I’m a product of people,” Jim would always say, referring directly to the many influential individua...
La più bella del mondo. Perché amare la lingua italiana
Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? Once the language of philosophy and poetry, up to the point that John Milton could sing “questa è lingua di cui si vanta Amore” (this is the language of which Love makes his boast), in the late twentieth century Italian was certainly the language of football and fashion; but is this still t...
A Statement from the IAMLA
As a institution dedicated to the teaching, preservation, and exploration of history, the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles recognizes the dangers of intolerance and the deleterious effects of hate, discrimination, and violence on our society. The IAMLA believes in universal and inalienable human rights and stands in solidarity with those who...