NBICF Scholarships at Santa Rosa Junior College
The NBICF Scholarships are offered to students of SRJC Italian Language Studies. NBICF will award three $500 scholarships to students of Italian 1, 2, or 3 for the Fall Semester 2018. Visit the Scholarship page for additional information and an application by clicking here. The deadline for applications is Friday, October 26. Consideration will b...
Italian Chef Opens First U.S. Vegan Wine Bar and Restaurant Pura Vita
Vegan drinking venues are nothing new. Within the past few years, gastropubs and breweries have been the new social “thing,” serving slightly outrageous yet equally delicious plant-based bar food with an impressive selection of local beers (on tap, of course). However, this culture has yet to truly permeate the wine world. Tara Punzone wanted to ch...
Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza died, pioneer of population genetics – Biotech
At the age of 96, the geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza died, famous for having laid the foundations of population genetics and for having demonstrated the scientific groundlessness of the concept of the human race. Born in Genoa on January 25, 1922, he died in Belluno, where he lived. His scientific career had begun in Great Britain, and since...
A ‘New, Old’ Little Italy in Los Angeles’ San Pedro
If Italian immigration to Los Angeles is a little-known chapter in the history of Italian immigration to the U.S., then Italian immigration to San Pedro, 20 miles south of downtown L.A., may be an even more obscure component. And yet, this coastal community located on the southern end of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, encompassing in part the Port of...
Terra Sangue Mare Returns to California
Terra Sangue Mare returns to California with a series of Sicilian folk music and dance workshops at Chapman University (1 University Dr.) in Orange on September 11th, 12th and 13th. For more info visit www.michelamusolino.com They will also perform at the 10th Annual Festa Coloniale Italiana (1630 Stockton St.) in San Francisco on Saturday, Septemb...
Battistoni: Born with a Lucky Shirt
“When we get to Rome, I'll buy you a jacket in a fantastic place, at Battistoni's,” said Jude Law to Matt Damon in “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” a film that revels in the dolce vita of Americans in Rome in the 1960s. It's a dolce vita that unspooled not only at the cafè tables of Via Veneto but in the boutiques of Via Condotti. It was on that street,...
Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse
The textile and fashion industries produce millions of tons of solid waste every year through the many processes used, from yarn production, weaving, knitting, dyeing and finishing, to apparel construction and quality inspection, generating waste at each step. Typically, this waste is sent to landfill, incinerated, or, at best, recycled into low-qu...
Feminist Revolutionary Tina Modotti (EXCLUSIVE)
Monica Bellucci has been cast as feminist revolutionary Tina Modotti in a miniseries to be set in Mexico, Los Angeles and Italy and to be directed by prize-winning Italian director Edoardo de Angelis (“Indivisible”). The role is one that Bellucci has wanted to play for years. Modotti was an Italian who emigrated to the U.S. in 1913, acted briefly i...
85th Annual Festa Italia Fisherman’s Festival
Friday September 7 15-22; Saturday September 8 10-22; Sunday September 9 10-18 PDT - Monterey Bay Custom House Plaza - Monterey, CA 93940. This year will mark the 85th Annual Festa Italia Fisherman’s Festival honoring the local fishermen of Monterey, past and present. It is a celebrated event with wonderful Italian food and drink and amazing entert...
JPL Panelists
It is the dream of almost every kid: look up in the sky, jump into your very own spaceship and race among the stars chasing adventures. I still remember when on April 12, 1981, with family and friends we gathered around in our living room to witness on TV the first launch of the Space Shuttle; I had dreams for days of being one of the astronauts o...
Italian-American Heritage Day Resolution
On August 21, 2018, the Sacramento City Council declared the second Monday of October as Italian-American Heritage Day. This is the same day as Columbus Day is observed. The Resolution was the result of efforts by the local Italian-American community to have their traditional holiday recognized by the City. Members of the Italian community were on...
Buon appetito: Here are Yorba Linda's top 5 Italian spots
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Yorba Linda, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fulfill your urges. 1. Stefano's Golden Baked Hams. Topping the list is Stefano's Golden Baked Hams. Located at 18220 Yorba Lin...