IAMLA - Presents ITALIANITÀ: Italian Diaspora Artists Examine Identity -- May 5, 2018 - Jan. 13, 2019
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA) is pleased to present a collective exhibition “ITALIANITÀ: Italian Diaspora Artists Examine Identity.” The exhibition features celebrated artists Joseph Stella, Ralph Fasanella, Italo Scanga, Leo Politi, Paolo Soleri, Luigia Martelloni, Cynthia Minet, and Robert Peluce, among others. In the arts, t...
“A Little Fellow”: il film su A. P. Giannini, visionario banchiere del popolo
Qualcuno ha mai sentito parlare di Amadeo Peter Giannini? Chi è a conoscenza del fatto che il fondatore della Bank of America era un italiano nato in California da genitori liguri? E chi potrebbe immaginare che la Bank of America era in origine la Bank of Italy? Un regista italiano arriva in California, cammina per le strade di San Francisco e, per...
L’America premia l’impegno di Alessandra, fondatrice del gruppo “Pugliesi in California”
Il “Sogno Americano” lo abbiamo letto nei libri e visto nei film ma quanti di noi conoscono qualcuno che lo abbia vissuto realmente? Abbiamo incontrato per i nostri lettori Alessandra Chimienti, giovane donna di origini salentine trapiantata in California che, in appena quattro anni negli Stati Uniti, ha rivoluzionato la propria vita iscrivendosi...
Screening Italy: A Memorable Morning of Learning and Film Appreciation
The third presentation of the Italian Perspective series took place in the Musco Center for the Arts, on Saturday, April 7, this year focusing on the intersection between cinema and culture. This celebratory symposium, exploring the complexity of Italy’s cultural and artistic import, brought together faculty, staff and students from Chapman Univers...
Supes vote to give Italian Americans, indigenous peoples equal billing on former Columbus Day
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to designate the second Monday in October as Italian American Heritage Day. The move came after a board vote in January to rename the former Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day drew protests from Italian Americans. Italian American community groups began collecting signatures to overturn th...
Robert Davi reading at the legion of Honor
Saturday, April 28, 2018 | 3:30pm-5:00pm - 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118. Free Admission | RSVP Required The Ancient Art Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco invite audiences to participate in a exclusive event combining ancient art and contemporary poetry. As a d...
First photos of Edoardo Tresoldi's wire mesh cathedrals at Coachella
Gates just opened at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and for the next two weekends, droves of festival goers will flock to the small town of Indio, California to see their favorite bands, performers (Beyoncé, anyone?)—and a host of large-scale art installations by emerging artists, designers, and architects. One of the most antic...
After 128 years, Christopher Columbus Italian Society now admits women
For the past 128 years, the Christopher Columbus Italian Society in San Antonio has been known for many things: Homespun spaghetti dinners at its Italian Hall; charitable works; a beautiful, historic downtown church. Sure, there was the Ladies Auxiliary — after all, that spaghetti didn’t make itself — but to truly become a member of the society, yo...
Olivier Tomat | Research-based innovation in Europe & the US
When: Thursday, April 19, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura In collaboration with : Italia Geeks, Novedge - Entrance : Free There has been for years now an ongoing mythology built around some alleged features that would make the US research-based innovatio...
Little Italy gets architectural with OH! San Diego
Our region continues to exemplify the best in arts and culture programs, and this spring, a multitude of social and cultural opportunities with an added Italian flair abound for our community and visitors to embrace and to help in promoting San Diego’s arts and culture scene. Amici House in Little Italy was privileged this past weekend to be a part...
John Sparacino, city’s first elected mayor, dies at 92
John Sparacino, Martinez’s first elected mayor and a man described as a gentleman and “Mr. Martinez,” died Tuesday at home at 92. Sparacino was chosen the city’s mayor in 1973, then again in 1976 and 1978, when the post was a two-year-term position. “He deserves a public tribute. Everything he did was ‘first cabin,’” said Gus Kramer, Contra Costa C...
Duo Alterno | Foto-songs from Italy and the WorldDuo Alterno | Foto-songs from Italy and the World
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Entrance : Free Duo Alterno, featuring Tiziana Scandaletti, soprano, and Riccardo Piacentini, piano and foto-songs, presents a program entitled Foto-songs from Italy and the World, featuring work...