Bye-Bye Columbus? Addio Italian Heritage Day?
On Tuesday, January 23, 2017, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted to approve a proposal to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Tuesday's vote was 10-1, with Aaron Peskin the only supervisor to vote against it. San Francisco Italian community leaders were shocked and surprised by this action, one that came with no prior warning...
Hollywood Chamber to Honor Gina Lollobrigida with Walk of Fame Star
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that iconic Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida will be honored with the 2,628th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. PST. The star will be dedicated in the category of Motion Pictures at 6361 Hollywood Boulevard. “Gina Lollobrigida is one of the most iconic actres...
North Beach Italian-Americans Protest Columbus Day Renaming
Members of San Francisco's Italian-American community gathered at City Hall yesterday to protest last week's decision by the Board of Supervisors to rename Columbus Day. The Board voted 10-1 to designate the second Monday in October as "Indigenous Peoples Day." District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who represents the historically Italian-American Nor...
San Jose Considers Removing Columbus Statue from City Hall
A Christopher Columbus statue that’s been the subject of repeated vandalism and an impassioned campaign to oust it from San Jose City Hall may finally find a new home after this week. The City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to fork out $12,000 to remove the 6,000-pound marble monument, which activists have long decried as a symbol of genoc...
Residents pack City Council meeting ahead of controversial Christopher Columbus vote
In one of the most diverse cities in the country, San Jose leaders Tuesday debated the fate of the Christopher Columbus statue standing in the City Hall lobby — a symbol that has ignited a storm of controversy and launched a petition drive for its removal. “I think everyone’s been twisting themselves into pretzels to avoid hurting people,” said May...
Long-time owner of stylish downtown Redding clothing store Nicola Girimonte dies
Nicola "Nick" L. Girimonte, who owned and operated with his younger brother a stylish men's clothing store in downtown Redding for four decades until it was sold in 1984, has died. Girimonte died Dec. 12, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. He was 97. Girimonte was born in 1920 in Weed and raised in Dunsmuir. He partnered with his brother, J...
#1 Italiani si nasce Hollywood & the American dream: Lucia Senesi
L’American Dream, il sogno americano, da sempre iperbole di potenzialità di successo. attrae sforzi ed attenzioni di milioni di ragazzi da tutto il mondo, in qualsiasi campo. E noi italiani non se siamo esenti. Il mio ha avuto inizio Il 23 settembre del 1986 dopo aver comprato un biglietto di sola andata MILANO-LOS ANGELES, grazie alla voglia di po...
PBS Star Pasquale Esposito Comes To Montalvo Arts Center, 3/23
Montalvo Arts Center continues its acclaimed Carriage House Concert Series with an exciting performance by Italian lyric tenor and star of PBS specials Pasquale Esposito, 8pm, March 23. The lauded singer will perform "An Evening with Pasquale: A Musical Journey" that will include songs from his upcoming PBS special, as well as a variety of contempo...
Italian Community unites to protest supervisors' lack of transparency and open government
Under the auspices of C.I.A.O. Bay Area—the Coalition of Italian American Organizations—a protest will be held today, January 30, 2018 at 1:00 at City Hall. The protest is in reaction to last week's action by Supervisor Malia Cohen, who, in an apparent back-room deal, rammed through legislation that would change the name of Columbus Day to Indigeno...
Brooklyn To Hollywood To THE GODFATHER: Johnny Martino Has A Story To Tell
Hands down, The Godfather is one of the most iconic films in history. Its individual performances are among the most-admired, its lines are among the most-quoted and its themes, among the most-imitated. It was nominated for 10-total Oscars, winning three, including Best Picture and Best Actor, on the heels of a brilliant performance by Marlon Brand...
LA Italian film fest to fete Bertolucci
This year's Los Angeles Italia Film Fest is to fete legendary director Bernardo Bertolucci on the 30th anniversary of his multi-Oscar triumph at the Oscars with The Last Emperor. "It will be a sincere and dutiful homage to the legendary maestro whom all of Hollywood still adores today," said fest founder Pascal Vicedomini.
A chat with Valeria Rumori: a new year full of events for the Italian Cultural Institute in L.A.
Not only Hollywood, but culture, fashion, entrepreneurship and good food as well. Los Angeles is no longer just the world capital of cinema. And the Italian Cultural Institute seems to be aware of it. At the beginning of the new year, we had a chance to interview IIC Director Valeria Rumori about her goals for 2018 in the many fields where the Inst...