Italia: dove il cibo è un'arte
Museo Italo Americano - 2 Marina Blvd, Building C - San Francisco, CA - Sunday 04/22/2018, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm. Stefania Belli of La Lingua La Vita, Italian Language and Cultural School in Todi (Umbria), which has been running since 1988, will present a lecture on “ITALIA: dove il cibo è un’arte! Throughout the history of Italy, from ancient Rome to...
Kono Pizza aims to reshape Berkeley pizza landscape
Berkeley community members will be able to eat pizza from a cone at 2282 Fulton St. within the next month. Kono Pizza is a chain that offers a variety of cones, or “kones,” that range from traditional pepperoni and chicken parmesan to desserts such as Nutella and cannoli cones. Certain flavors available are also unique to location; for example, the...
Remembering JoAnne Ruvoli
JoAnne Ruvoli, former fellow of the “Cultures in Transnational Perspectives” Mellon Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities at UCLA, passed away unexpectedly on March 15, 2018. Diagnosed in December with a severe strain of leukemia, JoAnne was completing a second round of chemo, reportedly feeling tired but hopeful about full recovery. JoAnne Ruvol...
San Diego bartender is a finalist in the Manhattan Experience
Frank Magnasco, a California native, recently returned back to the Golden State after working as a bartender in New York for 13 years. Once in San Diego, he picked up at Little Italy’s Juniper & Ivy, just seven months ago. Throughout his years working behind the bar, he was always fascinated by the creativity and inventive nature of cocktail compet...
IAMLA - Presents ITALIANITÀ: Italian Diaspora Artists Examine Identity -- May 5, 2018 - Jan. 13, 2019
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA) is pleased to present a collective exhibition “ITALIANITÀ: Italian Diaspora Artists Examine Identity.” The exhibition features celebrated artists Joseph Stella, Ralph Fasanella, Italo Scanga, Leo Politi, Paolo Soleri, Luigia Martelloni, Cynthia Minet, and Robert Peluce, among others. In the arts, t...
“A Little Fellow”: il film su A. P. Giannini, visionario banchiere del popolo
Qualcuno ha mai sentito parlare di Amadeo Peter Giannini? Chi è a conoscenza del fatto che il fondatore della Bank of America era un italiano nato in California da genitori liguri? E chi potrebbe immaginare che la Bank of America era in origine la Bank of Italy? Un regista italiano arriva in California, cammina per le strade di San Francisco e, per...
L’America premia l’impegno di Alessandra, fondatrice del gruppo “Pugliesi in California”
Il “Sogno Americano” lo abbiamo letto nei libri e visto nei film ma quanti di noi conoscono qualcuno che lo abbia vissuto realmente? Abbiamo incontrato per i nostri lettori Alessandra Chimienti, giovane donna di origini salentine trapiantata in California che, in appena quattro anni negli Stati Uniti, ha rivoluzionato la propria vita iscrivendosi...
Screening Italy: A Memorable Morning of Learning and Film Appreciation
The third presentation of the Italian Perspective series took place in the Musco Center for the Arts, on Saturday, April 7, this year focusing on the intersection between cinema and culture. This celebratory symposium, exploring the complexity of Italy’s cultural and artistic import, brought together faculty, staff and students from Chapman Univers...
Supes vote to give Italian Americans, indigenous peoples equal billing on former Columbus Day
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to designate the second Monday in October as Italian American Heritage Day. The move came after a board vote in January to rename the former Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day drew protests from Italian Americans. Italian American community groups began collecting signatures to overturn th...
Robert Davi reading at the legion of Honor
Saturday, April 28, 2018 | 3:30pm-5:00pm - 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118. Free Admission | RSVP Required The Ancient Art Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco invite audiences to participate in a exclusive event combining ancient art and contemporary poetry. As a d...
California Wineries Joined Their Italian Counterparts for a Very Successful 2018 Slow Wine Tour
Slow Wine’s 10th annual US Tour and launch of their annual guide was held last month in four cities across the US, to an enthusiastic reception from trade, press, and consumers. Grand Tastings, which brought together Italian and Californian producers for the first time ever, were held on February 27th in Atlanta at the Southern Exchange, March 1st...
Italy's Daniel Mancinelli wheels Ferrari to PWC GT Sprint Win Sunday in Long Beach
Italy’s Daniel Mancinelli won a spirited battle with Finland’s Toni Vilander Sunday in a battle of Ferrari 488 GT3 sports car drivers, scoring his first Pirelli World Challenge GT Sprint race win at the 44th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.Mancinelli, a three-time PWC GT SprintX winner in 2017, drove his No. 31 TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 mac...