Robert Checchi joins yU+co as director of museum & special projects
Digital content creation studio yU+co has added Robert Checchi, the award-winning former sr. exhibition designer for the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, as its new director of museum and special projects. Checchi joins yU+co following 12 years at The Getty where he oversaw both temporary and permanent collection exhibition development, design, f...
Controversial Christopher Columbus Statue Removed From San Jose City Hall
The controversial Christopher Columbus statue located inside San Jose's City Hall building was removed and placed into a hall of the Italian American Heritage Foundation on Saturday, according to the City Hall building manager. At the City Council meeting on Jan. 30, Mayor Sam Liccardo and the City Council decided on a six-week deadline to remove t...
Father Kino’s California comeback
When it comes to the evangelization of California, Father Junípero Serra certainly gets his fair share of attention for founding nine Spanish missions across California in the 1700s, winning over Native American converts, and leaving a legacy of faith that’s lasted more than two centuries. Thus it came as no surprise that Pope Francis granted the F...
Disegnando California
Si aggira per San Francisco col suo cappotto blu, e vuole capire tutto. Aldo Cibic passa sempre più tempo in California ed è stato invitato dall’Istituto di Cultura di San Francisco per la giornata del design italiano. Ha deciso di reinventarsi in Silicon Valley perché, dice al Foglio, “qui c’è un nuovo rinascimento”, e lo dice anche alla platea am...
‘Save the date’ to honor Italian heritage with baseball
The Little Italy Association will be partnering with other Italian cultural groups, Convivio and the Italian Cultural Center, to celebrate Italian heritage through the sport of baseball in San Diego this spring. On Thursday, May 31, the organizations will come together to celebrate America’s favorite pastime — baseball — at the San Diego Padres “It...
Alfa Romeo Giulia Ti Review: Driving Perfection Comes At A Price
Ready to buy an Italian car? Prepare for the most passionate heart-wrenching relationship of your life. There’s a market near Brunelleschi’s famous cathedral in Florence, Italy that sells just about any leather good one can imagine. Like the cathedral, the leather goods are distinctly Italian in the sense that the craftsmen use the given medium, hi...
DeVito’s long career honored in L.A.
Actor-producer-director, Danny DeVito is the recipient of the 2018 Jack Valenti - Los Angels Italian Legend Award, in memory of long-time MPAA president Jack Valenti. It is the festival’s highest honor and is given annually to an outstanding Italian-American who has made major contributions to the global motion picture industry. Al Pacino, Anjelica...
60th Annual Swallow’s Day Parade
March 24, Saturday –60th Annual Swallow’s Day Parade – Mark your calendar to be a part of the Italian entry. There is no better way to show your Italian pride than by marching along a parade route lined with over 30,000 spectators, filmed on TV and broadcast live on several radio stations. Carry an Italian regional flag, dress in Italian colors or...
Sweetaly's Michele Santoro Talks New Products and Packaging Design
Dreams of panna cotta and Rome’s alleyways don’t seem so far away when the creators of Sweetaly Dolceria bring the fresh tastes of Italian sweets to retailers throughout the nation, harkening back to their youth in lo Stivale. My sweet tooth and I needed to know more about the company, its origin story, and where it plans to go next, so I reached o...
Announcing the 150th Annual San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade on October 7, 2018
The 150th anniversary of the San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade will take place this October 7th, 2018, to coincide with Italian Heritage month. Started in 1869, this parade is one of the oldest celebrating Italian culture and the contributions of both native Italians and Italian-Americans to America and the Bay Area. The 150th parade will start...
Discover Dopolavoro, a Little Market Big on Quality
You could be forgiven for strolling past Dopolavoro, tucked along a mellow stretch of Spring Street where the Historic Core transitions into the Fashion District, without realizing what it is. Just a few hundred square feet, the shop quietly debuted in December, minus the attention that larger grocers have received when arriving in Downtown Los Ang...
How a Major Italian Art Movement Influenced Rossoblu’s Marvelous Design
Rossoblu was a near-unanimous choice from the editorial team for Most Gorgeous Restaurant of the Year for Eater LA’s 2017 Awards. It’s clear why: the restaurant is well-known for its distinctive use of unique industrial space in Downtown LA, informed by chef Steve Samson’s upbringing in Bologna and seamlessly constructed as a first-rate dining room...