From Italy with love in Santa Barbara
Goleta Valley Historical Society - 304 N Los Carneros Rd, Goleta, CA 93117. The Santa Barbara Italian immigrant families and their descendants have had a significant impact on the Santa Barbara region in business, agriculture, education, construction; and have become part of the civic, social, and cultural fabric of our community. This exhibit woul...
Italy opens a National Innovation Centre in Silicon Valley
This summer Italy will open its first overseas National Centre for Innovation and Culture in the United States, as an experimental model that can be replicated in other countries. Promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation following a proposal by the Embassy of Italy in Washington, in collaboration with the Consulate...
Taste of Little Italy is back!
We’re so excited to bring back Taste of Little Italy this year on June 22 and 23 from 4 to 6 p.m., closer to a format you’ve all grown to know and love. As one of the top events in our beautiful neighborhood, it’s a great feeling to be able to welcome everyone back, after the turbulent year we’ve had. For this year’s Taste we currently have 31 part...
book presentation > Voyage of the St. Louis Graphic Novel
When: Wednesday, June 09, 2021 At 1:00 pm - Organized by : Red Car Press In collaboration with : San Diego Italian Film Festival and Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles - Entrance : Free Join us for an online discussion about the events surrounding the tragic Voyage of the St. Louis, as told in the graphic novel Voyage of the St. Louis made in I...
Vicky Carabini knighted Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia
The Honorable Silvia Chiave, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles, Knighted Vicky Carabini, Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) on behalf of Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy. This distinction is one of Italy’s highest honors for Italians abroad and is bestowed upon individuals who have disti...
IAMLA Director Knighted by Italian Republic
IAMLA executive director and cofounder Marianna Gatto has been awarded the Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) by the Italian republic. Hon. Silvia Chiave, Italian Consul General in Los Angeles, knighted Gatto in a small ceremony on May 26 in Los Angeles on behalf of Sergio Mattarella, president of...
HOWL! Remembers Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Saturday, May 29. 12:30 PM – 7 PM PST. Streaming Live on Howlarts.org. Earlier this year we lost the incomparable poet, painter, and social activist, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021). Howl! Arts and Bob Holman are honored to bring together a spectacular group of poets, writers, filmmakers, activists, musicians, and artists...
Det. Benedetti Laid to Rest After Thousands Attend Memorial Services
“The world is a better place because of Luca, and he will forever be our hero.” On May 20, friends, family, community members, and fellow law enforcement officers gathered to honor fallen San Luis Obispo Police Department, Detective Luca Benedetti. Almost 2,000 people gathered at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo for the memori...
From Humanism to Renaissance
A cycle of 4 lectures by Professor Luigi Ballerini (Emeritus UCLA): First session: June 4, 6 PM EST Dante’s Ulysses and Boccaccio’s Guido Cavalcanti: early examples of a renewed concept of VIRTUE. The value of LITERATURE. Second session: June 11, 6 PM EST Florentine Humanism – A philological approach to Greek and Latin Texts. The Fall of Constantin...
Kumeyaay Say ‘Goodbye, Columbus’ as Chula Vista Council Bans Park Statue
Columbus took 36 days to cross the Atlantic. Chula Vista took 488 days to banish a 10-foot statue of him from Discovery Park. But the Italian explorer didn’t have to navigate a worldwide pandemic and reckoning on racial justice issues. After 3 hours of discussion including educators, Kumeyaay Indian officials, Knights of Columbus and Italian group...
Michael Fiorelli’s Long, Strange Trip to Italian Cooking Nirvana
Beneath the Kimpton La Peer Hotel, down an echo-filled stairwell, Michael Fiorelli is deeply focused on dinner prep. This subterranean, stainless steel workstation isn’t where the Olivetta chef expected to be before the pandemic started, but he’s more comfortable than ever cooking food like this: coastal Mediterranean cooking with Italian overtones...
Anthony Lazzaro, who helped USC grow into a sprawling bastion of research, dies
Anthony Lazzaro, a longtime USC administrator who guided the rapid expansion of the university’s campus and helped make USC central to the 1984 Olympics, has died at his home in Palos Verdes Estates. Lazzaro died Thursday of natural causes, his family members said. He was 100. During his 42-year tenure with USC — first as an assistant business mana...