94-year-old Lucca Ravioli Company to close in SF’s Mission district
Lucca Ravioli Co., the 94-year-old Italian deli in San Francisco’s Mission District, will close on April 20. Business is still brisk at the deli, which specializes in sandwiches, fresh pasta and imported goods. But owner Michael Feno wants to retire, said the deli’s manager, who gave his name as Jim. “We’re still busy as hell,” the manager said. Lu...
Roberta Giallo: "Astronave Gialla World Tour"
When: Wednesday, February 06, 2019 From 6:30 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles Roberta Giallo is an international singer-songwriter and poliedric artist. Author, actress, theatrical performer and painter, during her career she collaborated with many artists, Lucio Dalla, Samuele Bersani, Pupi Avati, Simona Molinari, th...
Arrangiarsi (pizza... and the art of living) in San Francisco
Sunday, February 10 | 2:00pm & 4:30pm. Vogue Theatre, 3290 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA. Watch the trailer. Writer, director, cinematographer, editor Matteo Troncone begins this fascinating and philosophical first-person travelogue with no job, no relationship, and no home. While living in his VW van on the streets of San Francisco, he dec...
Answering the call of the wild with Isabella Rossellini and her ‘Link Link Circus’
Isabella Rossellini stops in her tracks, her eyes fixed on a California scrub jay. Its feathers are deep azure blue, its belly a soft gray-brown. Perched on a security guard’s finger, it sits near the historic Japanese house at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. The guard is feeding the bird a peanut...
Bruno Serato, lo chef italiano che fa da mangiare per i poveri degli Usa
Un italiano comanda alla Casa Bianca. Non è il presidente degli Stati Uniti ma il suo ruolo è ugualmente se non più importante per le migliaia di bambini poveri a cui ogni giorno regala un piatto di pasta ben condita. Si chiama Bruno Serato, ha 62 anni e la sua White House (chiamata così perché assomiglia alla residenza dei presidenti Usa) è un ris...
Musica Serenissima
Saturday February 9, 2019. 7:30pm PST. St. James by-the-Sea, 743 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037. "Italian Cultural Center of San Diego Current Members can use the discount code "ICCSD" to purchase discount tickets on line or by phone http://www.sdems.org/concerts.html Limited number of tickets available, purchase them today! Accademia Bizantina: A...
Primo Levi and the Holocaust, A Date to Remember
Sunday January 27 2019. 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm PST. Museo Italo Americano, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd. Building C, San Francisco, CA 94123. Primo Levi and the Holocaust, A Date to Remember. Lecture followed by Wine reception with the Professors. Co-presented with the Venice Center for International Jewish Studies and the Jewish Community Library o...
2018 Italian Startup Review - A Talk with Damian Scavo and Paolo Privitera
Thursday, February 7, 2019. 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PST. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP. 1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. The Silicon Valley remains a magnet for global innovation and, as a result, Italian startups have entered this market in search for opportunities. Despite the challenges associated with raising capital and scaling up in a v...
Meet the Author: Enrico Deaglio
When: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 From 6:30 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: IIC Los Angeles A talk with journalist and author Enrico Deaglio, conducted by Prof. Mark Axelrod (Chapman University). Deaglio will also be giving a talk at Chapman University on February 11 as part of its Literary Arts Reading Series.
The best of tradition, innovation, and family business at the 2019 Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco
The annual Winter Fancy Food Show by the Specialty Food Association was back in the Bay Area, as the largest marketplace devoted to specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast kicked off, on January 13. It was 1952 when, for the first time, New York City hosted the just born not-for-profit trade association. Today, with two annual editions betw...
Michelin-Rated Italian Chefs Relocating to San Diego
The owners of Little Italy’s Civico 1845 are revealing more about their newest restaurant project that’s opening at the corner of 5th and Laurel in Bankers Hill. Brothers Dario and Pietro Gallo, who run the successful India Street eatery that features dishes from their native Calabria, Italy, will partner with a father and son chef duo who have a M...
Vinitaly International Takes the Cream of Italian Wine to the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco
Vinitaly International’s first mission for its 2019 tour took some of the best Italian wines to San Francisco, California, where the 44th edition of the Winter Fancy Food Show was in full swing from January 13th to 15th at the Moscone Center. For the third year in a row, Veronafiere and Vinitaly International spread the gospel of Italian wine cultu...