Cafe Society: Restaurateur Giovanni Tromba returns to his roots with The Mad Rose in Ventura
Giovanni Tromba means no disrespect to any of the 11 other restaurants he has opened since moving to the U.S. from his native Italy in the late 1960s. But No. 12 — also known as The Mad Rose in downtown Ventura — is the farm-to-table place he has always dreamed of having. "Fresh food, made with ingredients that just came out of the ground. That was...
Los Angeles va in Campania. Il Consolato: "Costruiamo ponti"
Il Satiro ebbro custodito al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), proveniente della Villa dei Papiri di Pompei, in esposizione dal 2019 alla Villa Getty di Malibu, ricostruzione della rovina pompeiana voluta dal filantropo Jean Paul Getty. Poi l'accordo tra il porto di Los Angeles e quelli della Campania per scambiarsi buone pratiche. Inf...
Rossini Under the Star | La scala di seta
In conjuction with the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), a yearly international music festival held in August in Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), and on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the composer's death, the IIC will host an outdoor screening of La scala di Seta. This sparkling 1812 farsa comica in one act weaves a burl...
Italian eats: Here are Newport Beach's top 5 options for pizza
Need more pizza in your life? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top pizza spots in Newport Beach, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to satisfy your cravings. 1. The Original Sgt Pepperonis Pizza Store. Topping the list is the Beatles-themed The Original Sgt Pepperonis Pizza Store. Located at 230...
IT'S FERRAGOSTO TIME, AMICI!!
Ciao, Amici! Italians are crazy about Ferragosto! They brave bumper to bumper traffic to go the the beach on vacation where they are supposed to enjoy nature and time away from ‘crowded’ cities while resting and relaxing…. While this is an excellent idea, reality often turns out to be quite different! In the meantime, the great Italian cities are w...
Il fumetto italiano al Comic Con di San Diego
Zerocalcare, Enrico Marini ed Efa: sono loro i tre fumettisti europei – i primi due italiani, il terzo spagnolo – che terranno alta la bandiera del fumetto europeo al “Comic con” di San Diego, inaugurato ieri. Coordinati da “Europe Comics”, i tre artisti presenteranno l’edizione americana dei loro ultimi lavori: “Batman: The Dark Prince Charming” d...
Highway 12 featured at the 150th Italian Heritage Parade Grand Ball
San Francisco – Highway 12 Winery has generously donated wine for the San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade Grand Ball on October 6, 2018. The winery bears the name of the legendary road which is home to dozens of world-renowned vineyards and wineries in the Carneros District of California. For more information about their wines, please see their w...
Teatrino Giullare
A comedic, poetic and magical show: a triumph of masks that revisits the themes of Commedia dell’Arte with a modern and ironic twist is on its way to San Francisco. Two actors give life to the stylized and surreal characters of Italian theater tradition combining acting, music and puppets. The leather masks, made specifically for this show by maste...
Story of Friendship Behind New Nado Republic Restaurant
It was their passion for bike racing in Europe that brought them together and created a bond of friendship reminiscent of brothers. Both from Italy, David Arato and Sandro Lattenero left their home country 15 years ago and went their separate ways, David landing in Seattle and Sandro finding his place in Thailand. They have now reunited to create a...
Silicon Alleys: New Book Chronicles Young Da Vinci's Obsession with Spheres
I first met David Eastis 15 years ago when he presided over the Silicon Valley chapter of Slow Food, originally among the first five chapters the U.S. Eastis was the Shakespearean "mine host" of a gluttonous event at the upscale Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park, where 56 gastronomes of all shapes and sizes feasted at a snail's pace for over three hou...
Five Fun Facts About North Beach
Until 1909, everyone’s favorite diagonal thoroughfare was known as Montgomery Avenue, creating a de facto intersection of “Montgomery and Montgomery” at the site that would go on to become the Transamerica Pyramid six decades later. That year, the city of San Francisco, in post-earthquake recovery and consolidation mode and with more than 400,000 r...
Local Artists Showcase Work At Festa Italiana
Get into the spirit of Italy at Festa Italiana on Sunday, July 29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds. This annual event is designed to bring the community together through the finest food, activities and entertainment of the Italian culture. As you stroll through the streets of Festa, you’ll be amazed by the beautiful creatio...