First photos of Edoardo Tresoldi's wire mesh cathedrals at Coachella
Gates just opened at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and for the next two weekends, droves of festival goers will flock to the small town of Indio, California to see their favorite bands, performers (Beyoncé, anyone?)—and a host of large-scale art installations by emerging artists, designers, and architects. One of the most antic...
Celebrate “Baseball Italian Style” in San Francisco on April 26 and San Diego on April 28, 2018
The Museo Italo Americano and the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club as well as the San Diego Little Italy’s Amici House and Convivio are proud to co-present exciting nights in San Francisco (April 26) and San Diego (April 28) celebrating “Baseball Italian Style”. Special guests include renowned author Lawrence Baldassaro (Beyond DiMaggio: Italian...
Solare Ristorante’s Wine Vault Dinner is a Feast for Your Senses
If your idea of a good time is drinking and eating in a wine vault for three hours, Solare Ristorante should be at the top of the list. Our group was willingly sucked into a red wine vortex with no reference of time and no care to know. And oh God, was it good. A trifecta of perfection, Solare was recently named Best Italian Restaurant in San Diego...
After 128 years, Christopher Columbus Italian Society now admits women
For the past 128 years, the Christopher Columbus Italian Society in San Antonio has been known for many things: Homespun spaghetti dinners at its Italian Hall; charitable works; a beautiful, historic downtown church. Sure, there was the Ladies Auxiliary — after all, that spaghetti didn’t make itself — but to truly become a member of the society, yo...
L'italiano negli USA: DAL Comites di San Francisco una simulazione per gli studenti che si preparano all'AP
Promuovere lo studio della lingua italiana e incoraggiare gli studenti americani a sostenere l’esame Ap di italiano. Questo l’obiettivo del Comites di San Francisco che, attraverso la Commissione lingua e cultura, ha organizzato una simulazione online del test per gli studenti residenti nella circoscrizione consolare (Northern California, Utah, Ida...
Olivier Tomat | Research-based innovation in Europe & the US
When: Thursday, April 19, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura In collaboration with : Italia Geeks, Novedge - Entrance : Free There has been for years now an ongoing mythology built around some alleged features that would make the US research-based innovatio...
A Surprise Italian Restaurant Hides In a Two-Story Koreatown Strip Mall
Here’s an interesting one for always-churning Koreatown: Second Floor Restaurant Bar & Grillhas arrived, offering keenly-priced Italian pastas and wine from, yep, the second story of a strip mall off Vermont Avenue. If the name sounds vaguely familiar, that’s because this is the former 2nd Floor Gastropub and Sports Bar space, a more casual Korean-...
Little Italy gets architectural with OH! San Diego
Our region continues to exemplify the best in arts and culture programs, and this spring, a multitude of social and cultural opportunities with an added Italian flair abound for our community and visitors to embrace and to help in promoting San Diego’s arts and culture scene. Amici House in Little Italy was privileged this past weekend to be a part...
VINO e PIZZA, a Presentation and Tasting of Italian Wines
Cari Amici – Dear Friends, it is with the greatest pleasure that we announce this special event. With the title of Vino e Pizza, a Presentation and Tasting of Italian Wines, we are proposing the unusual joining of two traditional Italian culinary icons: The multi-flavored pizza much- loved by everyone all over the world and three excellent iconic...
Hidden pop examples of Italian design: the work in the US of Lella and Massimo Vignelli
Italian design was only recently celebrated in LA with the Italian Design Day and it is once again time to talk about Italy’s most creative minds and their ties with the US. What’s really striking, in the case we’re about to see together in a few lines, is how these artists are the minds behind some of the most iconic pop culture symbols of the US...
John Sparacino, city’s first elected mayor, dies at 92
John Sparacino, Martinez’s first elected mayor and a man described as a gentleman and “Mr. Martinez,” died Tuesday at home at 92. Sparacino was chosen the city’s mayor in 1973, then again in 1976 and 1978, when the post was a two-year-term position. “He deserves a public tribute. Everything he did was ‘first cabin,’” said Gus Kramer, Contra Costa C...
Luca Mignini nuovo chief Operating Officer di Campbell
Luca Mignini nominato Chief Operating Officer di Campbell nell’ambito di una riorganizzazione strategica del Gruppo alimentare. La nuova struttura dell'azienda americana produttrice di zuppe, bevande, snack e cibi preconfezionati, prevede la creazione di un’accelerator Unit. Come sottolinea il presidente e ceo, Denise Morrison, “semplificherà le no...