Giuseppe Rossi's connection with Bob Bradley leads to LAFC training invite
LAFC coach Bob Bradley has a fondness for calling up players from his past and Wednesday he welcomed another when former Italian international Giuseppe Rossi began training with his MLS team at Cal State L.A. Rossi was born in New Jersey the same year as Bradley’s son Michael and the two attended soccer camps together when they were growing up. B...
South SF choirs to perform at St. Peter’s and Italy music fest
Up to 145 parishioners of St. Augustine Church will travel to Rome, Italy, to attend the performances of Chancel Choir and The Children’s Choir during the Music Festival of Peace and Brotherhood on March 21-25 and. The choirs, along with parents and family members, Fr. Ed Dura, and Sr. Nona Barairo will represent not only the St. Augustine Parish,...
Carlo Fierens: "A Guitar at the Opera"
From Thursday, March 07, 2019 to Monday, March 11, 2019. Organized by Riverside Community College, Ventura Guitar Society, University of Southern Nevada and Casa Italiana, Desert Oasis High School. In collaboration with : Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles. Entrance: Free As a part of his "A guitar at the Opera" series, guitarist Carlo Fierens...
San Diego community reflects on vandalized Columbus statue
The paint was quickly cleaned up after a statue honoring Christopher Columbus was vandalized this weekend in the South Bay. Some called the act violent, but others said they want the statue removed altogether because of what the explorer represents. “They don’t have to come out and vandalize a statue,” said Valeria Corona, Chula Vista Resident. The...
Alessandro Del Piero reveals ownership of US team LA 10
Alessandro Del Piero has revealed he became the owner of an American third-division football club based in Los Angeles. The franchise, named LA 10 FC, are a professional development football club currently competing in the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) in the Western Conference after gaining promotion last November. Del Piero retired from his...
Readers’ Choice 2019: Best Italian Restaurant: Evelyn’s Big Italian Pizzeria & Ristorante
Evelyn’s won the Daily Republic’s Readers’ Choice for best Italian restaurant, but gorgeous pie isn’t the only thing putting the restaurant on the map. If it’s food and it’s Italian, Piero “Peter” Tropeano and Evelyn’s has it. “If people come in here and they aren’t happy, I’m going to make them happy one way or another,” Tropeano said. “They alway...
Five Women. Five Industries. One Community
Thursday, March 7, 2019. 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST. Organized by BAIA. Location: SAP.io - 344 Brannan Street - San Francisco, CA 94107. March is Women's History Month and BAIA is excited to celebrate it with the community. This panel event will feature stories of Italian women in different industries, from Science to Entrepreneurship, from Tech and the...
‘Genocide’: South Bay Columbus statue vandalized
A Christoper Columbus statue in the South Bay was found vandalized Sunday morning, with red paint splashed on the figure's head and the word "genocide" scrawled in red spray paint along its base. Viewer Mel McBroome spotted the vandalism at Discovery Park in Rancho Del Rey, a neighborhood of Chula Vista, and sent FOX 5 a photo. "Genocide," reads th...
Genius Loci, how two Italian artists capture the soul of historic sites through art
A unique project, called GENIUS LOCI, made its way to San Francisco and opened with an exhibition at the Museo Italo-Americano on February 7th. The work has been created by two Italian artists, Stefano Forgione and Pino Rossi, who work under the pseudonym of TTOZOI. Genius Loci, the Latin word for the guardian spirit of a place, was created by TTOZ...
Little Italy Cultural Center & Museum Survey
Last year Little Italy San Jose was excited to receive a $250,000 Grant from The City of San Jose and Mayor Sam Liccardo. These essential funds for our Museum and Cultural Center were the 1st public funds Little Italy San Jose has received and we are extremely grateful to the City of San Jose for their support. The tremendous monetary and In kind...
The LA Artist Who Turned Down Disney and Fulfilled His American Dream
Best known as a Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator, Leo Politi pioneered multiculturalism in children’s literature and captured bygone eras and communities with his paintbrush. The son of Italian immigrants, Leo Politi was born Atiglio Leoni Politi in Fresno, Cali., in 1908. Located in California’s Central Valley, Fresno is typically no...
“Seeds of disruption”: la IACCW apre una finestra sul futuro alla terza edizione di “Savor Italy” Los Angeles
Prosegue con “Seeds of Disruption” l’attività promozionale della Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West - Camera di Commercio italiana per la West Coast USA - a beneficio delle produzioni agroalimentari e vinicole italiane autentiche, nell’ambito della campagna “True Italiana Taste”, il progetto promosso e finanziato dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Ec...