Anaheim’s Bruno Serato, Italian Chef Extraordinaire
Italian chef extraordinaire Bruno Serato has made his mark in a most Catholic way: he has formed an important project that has helped to feed hundreds of thousands of the hungry throughout the country. And he used his famed restaurant, the Anaheim White House restaurant in Anaheim, California, as a way to fund this charity, the Caterina’s Club. Ser...
Cinema Italian Style SF
La prima edizione di Cinema Italian Style SF, il festival organizzato dalla leggendaria casa cinematografica italiana Luce Cinecittà in collaborazione con l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco e con il patrocinio del Consolato Generale d'Italia a San Francisco, si terrà al Vogue Theatre dal 22 al 24 novembre 2019. La manifestazione sarà i...
Food in Federico Fellini’s Drawings | World Week of Italian Cuisine
Featuring works of art by the legendary director, drawn at the table and included in Il libro dei sogni (The Book of Dreams), a journal he kept for about thirty years. Special Spotlight on prosecco DOCG wine from the hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene that have just officially become Italy’s 55th UNESCO World Heritage Site. Organized by the Inst...
Martino Coppo talks Red Wine at World of Bluegrass
Part of the magic of attending World of Bluegrass is meeting new people and often quite randomly. I was meeting some friends in the very noisy Marriott hotel lobby and happened to meet Martino Coppo, mandolinist and vocalist with the Italian bluegrass band, Red Wine. I talked with Martino about having seen Red Wine at the Strawberry Music Festival...
Famed chef Bruno Serato and celebrated butcher and restauranteur Dario Cecchini headline the upcoming Food & Culture: An Italian Perspective event at Chapman University
Organized by the Italian Studies Program at Chapman University, the Food and Culture event will be the Þfth in the annual Italian Perspective Series. Scheduled for April 4, 2020, 10 am -2 pm, the event will take place at the state-of-the-art theater hall The Musco Center of the Arts. The event will include a series of TED Talk-style presentations...
Ferrante Workshop in North County
Join members of ICC and SDIFF for a night revolving around the world of Elena Ferrante. SDIFF Executive Director Diana Agostini and SDIFF Artistic Director Antonio Iannotta will hold a workshop on Elena Ferrante's first two novels: L'amore molesto and I giorni dell'abbandono. The workshop will be taught in English, with references to the original t...
Italian American Pulp Fiction as Diasporic Archive Between San Diego and Italy
When: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from 10:45 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. - Where: Belanich Engineering Center (Loma Hall), 302 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 In this presentation Dr. Clò will discuss The Invisible Glass, a novel written by San Diego native Lawrence Madalena under the pseudonym of Loren Wahl that is set in Italy, at the end of WWII. As...
Gualtiero Marchesi: The Great Italian
You are invited to an exclusive reception with director Maurizio Gigola following the screening of Gualtiero Marchesi: The Great Italian, a documentary about the great, revolutionary artist whose cooking has changed the history of Italian regional cuisine: with him, basic components become the absolute protagonist of his dishes in an immersive and...
Louise Canepa: For love of music
Napa composer Louise Canepa absorbed her love of music by listening to family and friends sing along with her father, a gifted singer and guitar player. Growing up in a large, loving Italian family in Monterey, her childhood home was always filled with friendly people coming and going. Healthy Italian food, music after dinner, exposure to opera and...
Italian American Lawyers of Orange County November Monthly Dinner at the White House Anaheim
We are pleased to invite you to our November Monthly Meeting when we will have a special tribute and presentation of the Hon. James J. Alfano Annual Lifetime Achievement Award to the late John DiCaro in recognition of his outstanding legal career and his support of the Italian American Lawyers of Orange County. Join us to celebrate John DiCaro and...
Trulli Tales and the Magic of Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Celebrating Puglia | World Week of Italian Cuisine
A special evening to discover the magic of extra virgin olive oil from Puglia and the secrets of Italian cooking. Maria Elena and Fiorella Congedo will present their Disney’s animated TV series Trulli Tales coming soon to Nickelodeon and cookbook "From Mom to Daughter. The quick tips of Italian cooking" by Maria Elena. Followed by a tasting of uniq...
Marilyn Musante Panelli: St. Peter School recognizes Class of ’55 alumna
Marilyn Panelli, who graduated from St. Peter Academy more than 64 years ago, is being honored by her alma mater for the life she has led since she left it in 1955. In a videotaped interview conducted by current students in advance of the 140-year-old school’s Alumni and Memorial Mass on Oct. 27 at St. Peter Church, Marilyn gave much of the credit...