online screening > International Holocaust Menmorial Day: I Only Wanted to Live by Mimmo Calopresti (2006)
When: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 At 6:00 pm - Organized by : Italian Cultural Institute and Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles In collaboration with : he Holocaust Museum LA, the Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles, the USC Shoah Foundation., AJC Los Angeles and ADL Los Angeles This documentary chronicles the Holocaust as experienced in Italy,...
Inaugural Little Italy San Jose Wine Club
Little Italy San Jose in collaboration with Enoteca La Storia are proud to announce our 1st Wine Club shipment in February. We chose Tuscany (Toscana) as our theme for our inaugural shipment to acknowledge the County of Santa Clara/Florence, Italy Sister County relationship. Click here to join our Wine Club that is sommelier curated and a percentag...
Italian aerospace engineer Marcello Gori on his research about ocean worlds at NASA
Liquid water is a necessary condition to sustain life as we know it. This very simple concept, inspired by observing life on our planet, has led scientists from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (commonly known as JPL) to explore the so-called “Ocean Worlds.” Ocean Worlds are bodies in our Solar System where large amounts of liquid water are expected...
How Southern Italy Found Its Groove With the Restless Tarantella
Folk dances tell stories and reflect a group’s diverse history and culture. While the tarantella — arguably Italy’s most famous folk dance — is best known today as a dance performed at weddings, its origins are as ancient as they are peculiar. The tarantella traces its origins to Taranto, a city in Puglia, the “heel” of Italy’s “boot.” The dance da...
Where to find some of the best spaghetti on national spaghetti day
National Spaghetti Day is on Monday, January 4, and to celebrate (and help the local economy) we’ve decided to find some of the best places in Pasadena to get spaghetti. Check out some of these options, which are available for either curbside pickup and delivery. Located at 37 Union Street in Pasadena, Union Restaurant is a lively neighborhood Ital...
Miceli’s Italian Restaurant, Hollywood’s Oldest Pizzeria, Issues Fundraising Plea
The pandemic may claim another iconic Hollywood restaurant. Miceli’s, which boasts it’s the oldest Italian restaurant and pizzeria in Hollywood, has set up a GoFundMe to keep its doors open. Since opening in 1949, the restaurant (which also has a North Hollywood location) is known for its singing waiters and piano bar. Lucille Ball allegedly learne...
Diane DiPrima Park: the petition
Diane Rose di Prima (1934-2020), America’s most influential female poet of the past three-quarter-century, lived, wrote, taught, and worked in San Francisco from 1968 until her passing in 2020. She was the author of approximately 50 books of poetry, drama, and prose. Diane di Prima was named Poet Laureate of San Francisco in 2009 and retained that...
Online screening > Fellini degli spiriti (Italy 2020)
From Monday, December 28, 2020 to Wednesday, December 30, 2020. Time: At 6:00 pm PDT. Organized by IIC Los Angeles in collaboration with San Diego Italian Film Festival. Entrance: Free. See the trailer. US Premiere - Released in celebration of the centennial of Federico Fellini's birth the documentary explores for the first time, “the hidden world”...
Little Original Joe’s Is Open for Pizza Pickup in West Portal
Little Original Joe’s, the new spinoff from the wildly popular Original Joe’s, opened today in West Portal. Unlike the Original Joe’s locations in North Beach and Westlake, which serve Italian-American steak with a side of ravioli to red leather booths, Little Original Joe’s is a snappy counter and market with retail and to-go offerings, focusing o...
New book gives a glimpse of the ‘convivio’ food culture and the traditions of an Italian table
Lucy Ann Vallera Luhan, a Southern California restaurateur, shares insights on how to bring about quality time around the table and a healthier lifestyle by recounting her experiences and memories as a first-generation Italian-American. In “Convivio through the decades” (published by Xlibris UK), Luhan compares the food culture in the two countries...
Sweet Sicily Serves Up Authentic Italian In Downtown Sunnyvale
It is tough to open a restaurant at any time, but it’s especially tough during a pandemic. Still, the owners of Sweet Sicily in Downtown Sunnyvale felt that when the opportunity presented itself, it was simply too good to pass up. “My father is a career watchmaker and my uncle is the one who has been in the [restaurant] field for his whole life,” s...
ICC Zoom Christmas Party 2020
Sun, December 20, 2020. 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM CET. A Virtual Seasonal Celebration for the Households of ICC Members & Friends. Sign up by Friday December 18 and you will receive a Zoom Link on Saturday December 19. The small contribution ($5 members; $10 non-members) will be used to support our harpist and to continue producing ICC events. Thank you...