Valter Longo, a fast-mimicking diet to live long and healthy
How much does eating well matter to live a healthy life and enjoy a healthy old age? It is not a simple question to answer because, as pointed out by Valter Longo – professor of bio-gerontology and director of the Institute on Longevity at USC (University of Southern California) – Davis School of Gerontology – we should specify not only what we ea...
Musso and Frank Adds New Private Dining Rooms for the First Time Since 1955
One of LA’s most storied restaurants had adding new dining space for the first time since 1955, as Hollywood legend Musso and Frank has created three private dining areas lined with wine bottles and hand-painted murals to accommodate the demand for separate rooms. Designed by Gensler and built by J. Baer Construction, the rooms do their best to fit...
Music and memories in Little Italy
After a most busy October celebrating Italian American Heritage Month, we are taking some time to enjoy the fall season in Little Italy, relish our special place in the neighborhood, and express our grati-tude to our community for what we have accomplished together. Our respite will be brief, of course, as we begin to plan for the holiday festiviti...
VI Edition of World Week of Italian Cuisine 2021
"Tradition and perspectives of Italian cuisine: awareness and enhancement of food sustainability" is the theme of the sixth annual “World Week of Italian Cuisine” which will run from the 15th to the 21st of November 2021. The event is a worldwide initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation aimed at promoting...
concerto online > Pasquale Esposito Celebrates Caruso & Italian Opera Legends
Neapolitan tenor Pasquale Esposito pays homage to the great Italian tenors of the past century: Enrico Caruso, Franco Corelli and Giuseppe Di Stefano. Esposito performs a robust repertoire that highlights many songs that were made international hits by Caruso and re-interpreted by the two tenors. Recorded in Longola, an archaelogical site near Napl...
After Hollywood Success, Iconic Naples Pizzeria Expands With New U.S. Locations
With a Saturday lunch crowd packing the open-air courtyard at L’antica Pizzeria da Michele in Los Angeles, a power outage might have spelled disaster. But a recent blackout put a spotlight (albeit a battery-generated one) on what the two-year-old Hollywood restaurant does so well. When the lights and electric ovens suddenly went bust during my visi...
Italian History of Sacramento's Little Italy
Italian Americans were the largest immigrant group to come to the United States through Ellis Island and one of the largest immigrant groups to settle in California. By World War II in 1941, they were the largest immigrant group in California. Italian roots run deep in Sacramento. Italian Americans were among the earliest pioneers of Sacramento and...
Caruso, Corelli, Di Stefano (1921-2021) Italian Opera Legends
It was 1921, 100 years ago. Enrico Caruso, one of the most famous singers in history, died in Naples. That same year Giuseppe Di Stefano and Franco Corelli, two of the great tenors of the last century, and the stars of legendary performances at Teatro alla Scala (Milan), were born. To celebrate these great tenors who have been representing Italian...
Harvest 2020: Director Gigola's latest documentary explores wine and people from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region
Hundreds of planes grounded at airports around the world. Empty, lonely streets. People looking from inside their windows. These are some of the images we all remember about March 2020. It was the beginning of the pandemic and of the Italian first lockdown that would last almost two months. This is also the start of Harvest 2020, a documentary prod...
Maneskin: "Beggin'" platinum in the United States
Over the last forty-eight hours, a long trail of Måneskin has crossed the entire United States, but not only. It's not only the concert in Los Angeles, but also an extremely important recognition: the cover of "Beggin'" by the Roman group is certified platinum in the States. This means that one million copies have been sold in the US: an extraordin...
LA Opera Presents Holiday Production Of Rossini's CINDERELLA
Just in time for the holidays, LA Opera presents Gioachino Rossini's fairytale romance Cinderella (La Cenerentola) from November 20 through December 12 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This delightfully entertaining spin on the ultimate rags-to-riches tale finds our spunky heroine (no damsel in distress here) seizing the opportunity to nab the mos...
Cipriani Is Coming to Beverly Hills, Planning Restaurant on Camden Drive (Exclusive)
Cipriani — the iconic multigenerational hospitality empire — is planning to open a restaurant in Beverly Hills at 362 N. Camden Drive, THR has learned. Multiple sources say that the company, known for its huge event spaces in New York and restaurants around the world, has taken a lease at the space, which was most recently occupied by Madeo. (The s...