Etruscan Italy: life and afterlife | February 28-29, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020 | 7:30-9:30 pm. Marines’ Memorial Theatre, San Francisco. 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco CA. Buy tickets by clicking here or at City Box Office 415.392.4400. Information: https://humanitieswest.net The Etruscans were major contributors to some of Western civilization’s greatest achievements in architecture, engineering,...
Sons of Italy host Sweetheart Serenade this weekend
The Sons of Italy are reigniting an old Hanford tradition and inviting the community to celebrate Valentine’s Day while supporting a good cause. “We want to have a fun night like we used to and get everyone away from their phones and computers,” organizer and club member Michael Leoni said. The Hanford Sons of Italy Lodge #1543’s annual Sweethea...
Angelo’s Pizza & Pasta: Owners of authentic restaurant bring flavors of Italy to Bay Area
To Angelo’s Pizza & Pasta co-owners Tony and Angelo Viscariello and James Ritz, their restaurant is more than just a place to eat: It is a place for family to gather. For 26 years the restaurant has served the area with made-from-scratch food inspired by traditional Italian cuisine, and it all started when Tony made a spontaneous turn while driving...
Food and Culture: An Italian Perspective – Get Your Ticket Today!
Don’t miss the fifth edition of the Italian Perspective series. This year, Food and Culture: An Italian Perspective will be a thought-provoking celebration of Italian food culture, featuring talks by influencers, scholars and chefs, access to a tasting pavilion from local Italian restaurants and food producers. A lively schedule of presentations, c...
Michelangelo: Mind of the Master
February 25–June 7, 2020, Getty Center - 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Michelangelo was one of the most creative and influential artists in the history of Western art. This exhibition explores the full range of his work as a painter, sculptor, and architect through more than two dozen of his extraordinary drawings, including desig...
Gucci is opening a Beverly Hills outpost of its Michelin-starred restaurant in Florence — here's a look inside
Gucci is set to open a restaurant on the top floor of its flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, Joshua Levine of the Wall Street Journal Magazine reports. The restaurant, Gucci Osteria, is the latest high fashion branded restaurant to open in the past few years, though it's not Gucci's first foray into the culinary sphere. The...
Massimo Bottura’s Michelin-Starred Gucci Osteria to Open in Beverly Hills
In 2018, Osteria Francescana chef and Netflix Chef’s Table star Massimo Bottura hinted at opening Gucci Osteria, his Michelin-starred restaurant in Florence, at the Gucci boutique in Beverly Hills’s tony Rodeo Drive. Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that Bottura will open Gucci Osteria on the top floor of Gucci’s redesigned store very soon; m...
The 4 best Italian spots in Anaheim
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Anaheim, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to satisfy your cravings. Winter is the top season of the year for consumer spending at restaurants across the Anaheim area, according to data...
Innovation and Italian tradition make their mark during the 2020 Winter Fancy Food in San Francisco
January in San Francisco marks the month of food, for food lovers, experts, and professionals. In fact, once again, the Moscone Center was home to the Winter Fancy Food Show from January 19th to 21st, featuring more than eighty thousands specialty foods and beverages, a range of new products, industry’s top networking events and more than 1,400 exh...
Italian tenor on a mission to unite cultures
Rosario Monetti is an Italian Tenor who is committed to bringing the cultures of Italy and America together. His is a story of perseverance and a determination to succeed in the competitive world of opera and classical music. Ten years after he left his homeland of Italy, Rosario has been embraced fully in the United States as a true patriot and a...
Italy's Third Golden Age - Carla Gambescia in San Diego
Sunday, February 16, 2020. 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST. House of Italy, 2191 Pan American Rd W, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101. Discover how Italy morphed from the face of Il Duce to the face of La Dolce Vita and conquered the world through passion and excellence in the realms of film, fashion & design, gastronomy & viticulture. The lecture will be led...
Commedia Italian Style
Saturday, February 22, 2020. 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PST. Lower Hall, Our Lady of the Rosary, 1654 State Street, San Diego, CA 92101. San Diego Italian Film Festival and Italian Cultural Center present a lecture on Pietro Germi, his comedies, and Italy in the 1960s. The lecture will be taught by Antonio Iannotta, PhD, Artistic Director of SDIFF and profe...