Giovanni di Balduccio’s The Annunciation Goes on View at the Getty Center
The Annunciation by Giovanni di Balduccio is a pair of finely carved marble sculptures depicting the moment that the archangel Gabriel announces to Mary at Nazareth that she will become the mother of Jesus Christ. The two separate figures stand in relationship to each other. Gabriel, slightly smaller than Mary, looks at her with his head turned sli...
Italian consulate services come to Little Italy
The Italian honorary consulate of San Diego will be opening its office in Little Italy at Amici House in the early part of January. The office will be helping Italian co-nationals with consultations for dual citizenship, passport renewals, and vital records. Appointments can be made online through the San Diego consulate website (which is in the wo...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Guitar Concert by Alberto Lombardi
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an annual international memorial day commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust, guitarist Alberto Lombardi will play at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust together with the German duo consisting of Friedrich Edelmann (Bassoon) and Rebecca Rust (Violoncello). Organized by the Italian Cultural Instit...
Italian American Association donates toys to disabled veterans' families and local children
The Central Orange County Italian-American Association has been quietly doing good works for decades. And last Christmas was no exception. On Dec. 18, members of the association, comprised of individuals of Italian-American heritage, met at the Dikeman Engine & Hose Co. in Goshen to turn over dozens of toys they had purchased to veterans Pete and L...
Il "Premio Nonino Quarantacinquesimo anno" riparte da San Francisco con una visione internazionale
Il Palace of Fine Arts di San Francisco ospiterà la ventesima edizione del prestigioso “Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Awards”, il più importante premio internazionale nel mondo del vino e degli spiriti. A rendere speciale questa cerimonia per l’Italia sarà la presenza della Distilleria Nonino di Percoto, prima azienda italiana a essere premiata nella s...
Joseph "Shorty" Quartuccio
Joseph (Giuseppe) Quartuccio Jr. also known as "Shorty Joe," passed away peacefully on December 22, 2019 at the age of 95 with his daughter, son-in-law and family by his side. Shorty Joe was born in Monreale, Sicily on February 10th, 1924 to Joe Sr. and Jennie Quartuccio. He is survived by his daughter, Joanne (John). His death was preceded by his...
Camp Ono: Introducing WWII POWs into local American communities
Although California was mercifully far from the battles waged during World War II, the war did make its way to Highland through a variety of activities from the draft, to rationing, to scrap drives and the presence of prisoners of war brought to San Bernardino from overseas. From February 1944 to the end of the war, 499 Italian POWs were kept at U....
Forno Classico Opens Doors to Pizza Heaven
“I like food,” explains Giuseppe Crisa, founder and owner of the pizza oven company Forno Classico, “and that’s how everything happened.” Twelve years ago, and still new to the United States, the Sicilian-born Crisa was living in Summerland and craving a better pizza. So, like his grandfather before him, he decided to build his own oven. “My Englis...
Concerto Italiano: "Venice, Rome, Naples"
Saturday January 11. 7:30 pm. St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 743 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037. The San Diego Early Music Society is proud to present the long anticipated San Diego debut of the award-winning Concerto Italiano under the direction of renowned harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini. Concerto Italiano will perform music of Corel...
Italian American reconciliation in San Diego
From Friday, January 17, 2020, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Scripps Ranch Theatre, 9783 Avenue of Nations, San Diego, 92131. Age limit: 18+ Cost: $37 | Get tickets. The plot of this Italian American comedy is near operatic: 2 men, 2 women and an overseeing matriarch - Aunt Mae. Huey is married to Janice, Aldo loves Janice, Teresa hates Janice. Huey also loves...
Galerie XII Los Angeles Will Debut Paolo Ventura's First Ever West Coast Solo Exhibition
Galerie XII Los Angeles (www.galeriexii.com) is celebrating its first anniversary with the solo exhibition of world-renowned, Milan-based photographer Paolo Ventura. The exhibition of Ventura's magical photographic works, "An Invented World" spans six series over the last decade and will provide the most comprehensive overview of the celebrated Ita...
This is when Slay Italian Kitchen in Manhattan Beach restaurant is opening
The kitchen is ready to go. The white tablecloths are draped over the tables and the doors are ready to open, but diners will have to wait a little longer to taste the rustic Italian menu at Slay Italian Kitchen, the latest restaurant by respected chef David Slay. “As of now it will be after the new year,” Slay wrote in an email to the Southern Cal...