Italian Research Day 2018 in Los Angeles
Monday, April 16, 2018 at 6:30 pm. Organized by IIC Los Angeles in collaboration with UC Irvine and ISSNAF. Free entrance. Location: IIC Los Angeles - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90024 - USA. Emiliana Borrelli, Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at UC Irvine School of Medicine, will discuss her work and research activity, whic...
Lou Dematteis | A Journey Back
OPENING RECEPTION & ARTIST'S TALK Friday, April 20, 2018 | 6:30pm. ON VIEW Tuesday, April 17 - Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - 9:30am-5:00pm - Italian Cultural Institute, 601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F (Opera Plaza), San Francisco. Free Admission | RSVP Required San Francisco based photographer and filmmaker Lou Dematteis covers issues of social, political and...
Why Aren’t More People Talking About L.A. Pizza?
We’ll admit it, Los Angeles has never been known for its pizza. Despite the proliferation of chef-driven pizza restaurants in the past decade or so—thank you, Nancy Silverton—the humble pie still exists in the shadow of tacos, that other affordable casual food. The burgeoning growth of pizza spots in just the past year, however, represents somethin...
Longtime Santa Rosa grocer Ray Lazzini dies at 89
Ray Lazzini lived all his life in Santa Rosa, and nearly all his life he sold folks groceries and served his famous polenta stew to oftentimes hundreds of people at feeds that raised money for causes throughout the community. Lazzini and his wife, Kathy, had operated their family grocery store, Ray’s Food Center at Dutton and Hearn avenues, for 50...
Always room for Sinatra at Italian American Club
It has been many years since Ol’ Blue Eyes graced the stage in Las Vegas and 23 years since his last live performance at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California. Many of us still miss that man. We miss his dulcet tones, the way he captured an audience from the very first note, taking them to great heights with “Fly Me...
How Uncle Paulie from Queens Won Over L.A. with Italian-American Deli Sandwiches
The first thing you should probably know about Paul James, proprietor of the Uncle Paulie’s deli in Los Angeles, is that he doesn’t look like what you might expect. So when you roll into the Italian-American deli and want to meet the guy known as Uncle Paulie, you could be surprised to discover that he’s a 34 year old with a baby face that makes hi...
Cinema and Culture: An Italian Perspective
When: Saturday, April 07, 2018 At 10:00 am - Where: Musco Center for the Arts Main Stage - Info and tickets at chapman.edu/cinema - Organized by : Chapman University In collaboration with : IIC Los Angeles - Entrance : Free A group of distinguished scholars will discuss the influence of Italian film throughout a variety of historical periods, theme...
Eataly L.A.’s New Rooftop Restaurant, Terra, Opens This Week
On Thursday, Eataly L.A. opens its new rooftop restaurant, a wood grill concept called Terra. With one other location at Eataly Boston, Terra becomes the fourth restaurant at the 67,000-square-foot megastore/food hall that opened in L.A. in November. There are 40 Eataly locations worldwide, with the flagship being founded in Turin in 2007. Terra L....
Noi, italiani d’America
Liam Caruana, che nel circuito junior giocava con accanto la bandierina americana, è un ragazzo ancora poco conosciuto dalla maggior parte degli appassionati di tennis. Liam e la sua famiglia, in realtà, sono italiani anche se vivono negli Stati Uniti. Ora, italiano a tutti gli effetti anche per ITF e ATP, sta scalando molto velocemente la classifi...
San Francisco Welcomes Aldo Cibic for Italian Design Day 2018
On the occasion of Italian Design Day, March 2, 2018, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration with DZINE, presented architect and designer Aldo Cibic at the DZINE Showroom, in San Francisco. In 1981, as a partner in Sottsass Associati, Cibic was a founding member of Memphis, an artists’...
Solare Ristorante Receives Prestigious Italian Award
A fixture in Liberty Station for its seasonal Southern Italian cuisine, Solare Ristorante has received a coveted honor from Italy’s prestigious food and wine rating group Gambero Rosso. After spending almost two years visiting and examining the restaurant’s service and food, judges have bestowed the prized Tre Gamberi award to the local eatery and...
A Glamorous New Italian Restaurant Sprouts Up Along West Third Street
Inside N.10, backed by Italian soccer star Alessandro Del Piero. Today is the day for No. 10 (as in, the number ten), the new Italian restaurant backed in large part by former Juventus soccer star Alessandro Del Piero. Expect Italian hits like pizza and pasta, right along the bustling West Third Street dining corridor. First announced last fall, No...