'Avengers: Infinity War' Directors Inducted Into Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
The Russo Brothers were a pair of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's best directors even prior to Avengers: Infinity War. If there were any questions in regards to the A-list status of the brothers, those should have been resolved after Infinity War skyrocketed to the fifth-highest grossing movie of all time. Now, thanks in part to the added recogniti...
San Francisco renames street in honor of singer Tony Bennett
San Francisco celebrated singer Tony Bennett Saturday by re-naming part of a street in his honor. A stuntman disguised as Bennett rappelled down The Fairmont Hotel to get the party started. Moments later, Bennett himself took the stage. Bennett first performed his iconic hit "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" at the Fairmont in 1961. The block of M...
Cross the line - mostra fotografica a LA
Si è recentemente conclusa a Los Angeles, presso la galleria d’arte The Loft at Liz’s, la mostra fotografica “Cross the line” di Marinella Paolini. La mostra, allestita dal Direttore artistico Patrizia Biba Mogherini, è stata curata da Guy Dill, famoso artista-scultore californiano. L’artista è nata a Civitavecchia (Roma), ha iniziato il suo perco...
La Festa Nazionale celebra a Los Angeles il 70mo anniversario della Costituzione italiana tra arte, cultura, economia, sport e social media
Le celebrazioni per la Festa della Repubblica hanno avuto luogo quest’anno presso la “Casa Italiana”, storico punto di incontro degli Italiani di Los Angeles. «Si tratta di un doveroso omaggio alla nostra comunità» ha ricordato il Console Generale Antonio Verde «per rinsaldarne le radici culturali, rinnovandone lo spirito e onorandone la memoria». ...
Al LACMA di Los Angeles il chiaroscuro nel Rinascimento italiano
Il LACMA di Los Angeles, in collaborazione con la National Gallery of Art di Washington, presenta "The chiaroscuro woodcut in Renaissance Italy" ovvero "Il chiaroscuro nelle incisioni rinascimentali italiane", una mostra di circa cento xilografie, la prima negli Stati Uniti, ad esplorare più approfonditamente la prospettiva e l'arte dell'incisione...
Artist Honors St. Vincent's at iMadonnari
St. Vincent’s is celebrating 160 years of service to the Santa Barbara community with their participation in the I Madonnari – Italian street painting festival. St. Vincent’s will have two drawings celebrating the outstanding ministry of the Daughters of Charity during these years. The first illustration depicts the Daughters of Charity who estab...
An ‘amazing public orator’: UC Berkeley Italian studies professor Steven Botterill dies at 60
Steven Botterill, a UC Berkeley professor of Italian studies, died at age 60 on May 5. Botterill came to UC Berkeley from England in 1986 to become an assistant professor of Italian studies, according to Albert Russell Ascoli, a professor and colleague of Botterill’s for 23 years in the campus department of Italian studies. He added that Botterill...
I Madonnari Is the Chalk of the Town This Weekend at Santa Barbara Mission
Thousands of spectators strolled along the Santa Barbara Mission’s plaza Sunday to watch artists at work during the free I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival, which runs through Monday. Roughly 140 large-scale images are being drawn with pastel chalk, and they stretch across the pavement in front of the mission. The 32nd annual gathering —...
The shameful treatment of Italian immigrants during WWII shows America’s propensity for xenophobic hysteria
The men in suits were at the Maiorana family’s Monterey, California, home again. Mike, the family’s young son, watched as the agents rummaged through their belongings in search of guns, cameras, and shortwave radios. And again, they found nothing. This was during World War II, and the FBI had declared Mike’s mother an “enemy alien.” The sole source...
FremantleMedia North America to Bring Michelangelo to Hulu with Award-Winning Writer Richard Mason
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has announced a first-look deal with Bob Cooper's Landscape Entertainment. Under the pact, Landscape Entertainment will develop and produce scripted projects for the U.S. and international markets. The first project in development through this new partnership is a scripted drama centered on Michelangelo, written...
L’eredità di Fermi: la ricerca italiana che ha fatto la storia della fisica USA
L’eredità di Enrico Fermi, da La Sapienza di Roma alla Bay Area. A ricordare il grande fisico e premio Nobel sono stati i suoi “eredi” scientifici Angela Barbaro-Galtieri e Claudio Pellegrini, il 5 maggio all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco nell’incontro “Fermi’s Legacy: from La Sapienza to the Bay Area” organizzato dal Consolato Gene...
Italian Catholic Federation opens branch at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach
A new branch of the Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) celebrated its grand opening recently at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach. Sixty-seven members were initiated as founding charter members of Branch #447. Founded in 1924, the ICF is a nonprofit, family-oriented organization open to men, women, and children of all ages and heri...