Marin nonprofit aims to revive street painting festival
San Rafael’s revered Italian street painting festival took a hiatus this year, but a new nonprofit has announced plans to revive the event, making it bigger than before. “Street painting is always going to be the focal point,” said Kevin Marlatt, executive director of the festival. “But we want to expand upon it and do some other things within the...
Neighbors help Neighbors in Little Italy!
Get ready to party and benefit your Neighborhood all at the same time! It is that time of the year again! Ferragosto's final event: "Pirates Invade Sicily" is heading to Little Italy on Saturday, August 17, 2019. There will be pirates, shipwrecks, dancing, food, and giving for Little Italy's deserving charities. Reserve your seat and party and bene...
Photos From a Vanished Italy: A Gritty 'Reality Show' Comes to S.F.
After all 115 photographs were finally ensconced on the walls of the Museo Italo Americano, assistant curator Bianca Friundi took a good look at what she'd help put in place. "It was almost like a punch in the gut," she said. "I was realizing how true the words of my parents and grandparents and the history books were. The power of these photograph...
Presentate a Perugia le iniziative per le celebrazioni del 50mo anniversario del gemellaggio Assisi-San Francisco
Una serie di appuntamenti per onorare un rapporto di gemellaggio storico che, dopo 50 anni, è stato rinsaldato con una dichiarazione congiunta siglata lo scorso settembre in occasione della visita istituzionale di una delegazione del Comune di Assisi a San Francisco. Questa mattina a Perugia, nella sede della Giunta regionale di Palazzo Donini, il...
Il Consolato Informa - Passports: the additional calendar for appointments works!
We are pleased to inform the users of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles that the recent introduction of an additional appointment related calendar has allowed us to streamline considerably waiting times. As much as 40% of those users who received an appointment through our “Prenota On Line” system have obtained it within just a few days...
Passaporti a Los Angeles/ Il Consolato: il calendario supplementare di appuntamenti funziona!
La recente introduzione del calendario supplementare di appuntamenti per il rilancio dei passaporti al Consolato generale d’Italia a Los Angeles ha permesso di snellire sensibilmente i tempi di attesa. A darne notizia, con evidente soddisfazione, è proprio la sede consolare, che in una nota precisa: “ben il 40% di coloro che hanno ricevuto un appun...
Modern Guide to North Beach: The Beat (and all the pizza) goes on
Beyond the throngs of tourists and kitschy Italian restaurants hides the real North Beach, a bastion of hidden alleyways and Beat-laced history. Whether you're sipping a stiff cocktail or searching for a just-right book of poetry, keep your eyes—and your mind—wide open when exploring this richly cultured neighborhood. North Beach has been hit espec...
The Italian Job
A visit to San Francisco’s Consulate General of Italy typically begins with talk of not dinner but dessert — specifically, zabiaone. That’s because the friendly Labrador that belongs to Consul General Lorenzo Ortona and his wife, the journalist Sheila Pierce Ortona, is named for the dessert of the same deep golden color. They call her Zaba for shor...
Billy Drago, Veteran Bad Guy Actor, Dies at 73
Veteran actor Billy Drago, perhaps best known for his role in the gangster movie The Untouchables, has sadly passed away at the age of 73. The circumstances surrounding his passing haven't yet been made clear, though his rep confirmed the actor died on Monday in Los Angeles. Drago is survived by his sister Patty, brother Steve, sons Darren and Derr...
As Layers of Old Varnish Are Removed, Italian Renaissance Painter Ercole de’ Roberti’s Brilliance Is Revealed Once Again
Although he was among the most renowned Italian painters of the late fifteenth century, Ercole de’ Roberti almost slipped through the cracks of history. Within a hundred years of his death, historians had muddled even the basic details of his life, and over the next three centuries all but two of his surviving works were attributed to different art...
'Little Italy, Los Angeles' In Consideration For An Emmy
The award-winning short form comedy series, "Little Italy, Los Angeles," produced by Adriano Valentini Productions & Adaptive Studios, is in consideration for a 2019 Emmy in the category: "Short Form Comedy or Drama Series" LA's Little Italy is a neighborhood undergoing change. From corporate stores to hipster salons, foreign food trucks to gay ba...
Great success for the 2019 Italian National Day
On June 3rd 2019 the Italian community of LA celebrated the historic day, back in 1946, when a pivotal referendum decided the fate of Italy about being a Monarchy or a Republic. The actual day of celebration was on Sunday June 2nd but, due to a strategic choice based on local habits, it’s been postponed to the day after. The celebration took place...