Bellissimo! Monica Bellucci, 53, flaunts her incredible figure in a classic black gown as she's honored at Italian Institute of Culture in LA
It's a well-deserved honor for one of the world's most-accomplished actresses. Monica Bellucci was the center of attention as she was honored Wednesday at the Harmony Gold theater in Los Angeles, in a dual effort from the Filming on Italy festival and the Italian Institute of Culture Los Angeles Creativity Awards, Variety reported. The 53-year-old...
Bye-Bye Columbus? Addio Italian Heritage Day?
On Tuesday, January 23, 2017, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted to approve a proposal to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Tuesday's vote was 10-1, with Aaron Peskin the only supervisor to vote against it. San Francisco Italian community leaders were shocked and surprised by this action, one that came with no prior warning...
Hollywood Chamber to Honor Gina Lollobrigida with Walk of Fame Star
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that iconic Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida will be honored with the 2,628th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. PST. The star will be dedicated in the category of Motion Pictures at 6361 Hollywood Boulevard. “Gina Lollobrigida is one of the most iconic actres...
North Beach Italian-Americans Protest Columbus Day Renaming
Members of San Francisco's Italian-American community gathered at City Hall yesterday to protest last week's decision by the Board of Supervisors to rename Columbus Day. The Board voted 10-1 to designate the second Monday in October as "Indigenous Peoples Day." District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who represents the historically Italian-American Nor...
San Jose Considers Removing Columbus Statue from City Hall
A Christopher Columbus statue that’s been the subject of repeated vandalism and an impassioned campaign to oust it from San Jose City Hall may finally find a new home after this week. The City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to fork out $12,000 to remove the 6,000-pound marble monument, which activists have long decried as a symbol of genoc...
Coolwater Ranch presents musican Gambetta, world class picker
Coolwater Ranch, located in Ahwahnee, is happy to bring back, with the kind help of The Redwoods, the inimitable Beppe Gambetta, world renowned flat/cross picker, singer and entertainer. From Genoa Italy, Gambetta tours North America three times per year, taking part in prestigious festivals such as Merlefest, Walnut Valley Music Festival in Winfie...
Residents pack City Council meeting ahead of controversial Christopher Columbus vote
In one of the most diverse cities in the country, San Jose leaders Tuesday debated the fate of the Christopher Columbus statue standing in the City Hall lobby — a symbol that has ignited a storm of controversy and launched a petition drive for its removal. “I think everyone’s been twisting themselves into pretzels to avoid hurting people,” said May...
Connecting youth across borders: Chapman Italian Studies students will serve as counselors to Italian juniors in Lombardy
Italian Studies minors Massimo Lesti and Morgan Barraza have been selected by the Dante Alighieri Society to participate in the VoluntarItaly Program during summer 2018. For a period of six weeks, they will be hosted by an Italian family and assist with educational and recreational activities in summer camps at oratories throughout Lombardy in Nort...
Long-time owner of stylish downtown Redding clothing store Nicola Girimonte dies
Nicola "Nick" L. Girimonte, who owned and operated with his younger brother a stylish men's clothing store in downtown Redding for four decades until it was sold in 1984, has died. Girimonte died Dec. 12, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. He was 97. Girimonte was born in 1920 in Weed and raised in Dunsmuir. He partnered with his brother, J...
#1 Italiani si nasce Hollywood & the American dream: Lucia Senesi
L’American Dream, il sogno americano, da sempre iperbole di potenzialità di successo. attrae sforzi ed attenzioni di milioni di ragazzi da tutto il mondo, in qualsiasi campo. E noi italiani non se siamo esenti. Il mio ha avuto inizio Il 23 settembre del 1986 dopo aver comprato un biglietto di sola andata MILANO-LOS ANGELES, grazie alla voglia di po...
PBS Star Pasquale Esposito Comes To Montalvo Arts Center, 3/23
Montalvo Arts Center continues its acclaimed Carriage House Concert Series with an exciting performance by Italian lyric tenor and star of PBS specials Pasquale Esposito, 8pm, March 23. The lauded singer will perform "An Evening with Pasquale: A Musical Journey" that will include songs from his upcoming PBS special, as well as a variety of contempo...
Italian Community unites to protest supervisors' lack of transparency and open government
Under the auspices of C.I.A.O. Bay Area—the Coalition of Italian American Organizations—a protest will be held today, January 30, 2018 at 1:00 at City Hall. The protest is in reaction to last week's action by Supervisor Malia Cohen, who, in an apparent back-room deal, rammed through legislation that would change the name of Columbus Day to Indigeno...