Professor Alessandro Carrera – a 360° thinker – talks at UCLA
Professor Alessandro Carrera, a native of Lodi (Lombardy, Italy), has had at least three separate, but, at the same time, intertwined careers. His early attempts at songwriting have run in parallel to his awarded writing efforts in prose and poetry. Philosophy has always reigned supreme, with German thought holding a special place in his heart. T...
San Francisco’s Italian Consul General Looks Forward to the Year Ahead
The year 2017 has begun con gusto and the San Francisco Bay Area’s Italian community, and fellow Italophiles, look forward to a year filled with the charm and culture that represents our native Italy. On that note, Italian Consul General, Lorenzo Ortona is in his fifth month as Italy’s representative to the San Francisco Bay Area. In his statement...
INSULAE - The Everyday Landscapes of Venice
An exhibition by Italian photographer Claudia Corrent, on view March 3-April 7, 2017. Insulae – meaning “Islands” – is a photographic project by Claudia Corrent about the city of Venice and its territory, which investigates the relationship between place and identity. In pursuit of a fresh perspective on the visual topography of the city, Corrent d...
A perfect storm: Italian classical music artists, composers to arrive Feb. 20
The Venice Baroque Orchestra, one of Europe’s finest period instrument ensembles, performs in Danville at Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts on Feb. 20 in a program featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s vividly programmatic “Four Seasons” concertos, with the zesty, challenging solos played by rising Scottish star Nicola Benedetti. “This performance...
L’Italia di San Remo: cosa c'e' dietro il Festival
Quando: Mar 28 Feb 2017 Dalle 18:30 alle 20:30 - Luogo:Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco Organizzato da : Leonardo da Vinci Society - In collaborazione con : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Ingresso : Libero An evening about Italian Music with Rolando Giambelli: photographer, musician, and judge at the 2016 San Remo Festival, who will talk...
Budino is the Dessert of Los Angeles
There’s something about Los Angeles and budino. On other cities’ menus, where you might find pot de crème or straight-up pudding, in L.A. that jar of creamy chocolate (or butterscotch, or salted caramel) greatness is often called budino, a word whose fat, tactile syllables conjure the way the dessert feels in your mouth, smooth and round and creamy...
Newport Beach power lunch restaurant, Il Barone, relocating
Il Barone, known for hosting power lunches over elegant plates of fine Italian cuisine, is relocating within Newport Beach. But business executives who’ve grown accustomed to handshake deals inside Il Barone’s bistro should not fret. The restaurant, tucked in MacArthur Square near John Wayne Airport, is moving one mile away to a shuttered Coco’s on...
Cremona Musica alla fiera Internazionale degli strumenti musicali Namm di Los Angeles
Quella fra industria e cultura musicale è una relazione feconda che Cremona Musica International Exhibitions stimola da diverso tempo, promuovendo un modello fieristico nel quale mercato e arte rappresentano le due facce della stessa medaglia. Allo stesso modo, anche il NAMM di Anaheim – la manifestazione di Los Angeles punto di riferimento a livel...
New Italian restaurant by Scott Conant to replace Terrine. And yes, he'll be making spaghetti
None bowl of spaghetti has probably garnered as much attention as the spaghetti pomodoro from New York chef Scott Conant. The mound of perfectly twirled pasta with basil and tomato has followed Conant from restaurant to restaurant, and it has landed at his newest venture, an Italian restaurant called the Ponte that he’s opening with Los Angeles res...
Hollywood’s Prominent “LA, Italia” Film Festival to Screen International Docufilm, “Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?”
Pierette Domenica Simpson, a 9-year-old survivor of the deadly Andrea Doria-Stockholm shipwreck in 1956, produced an award-winning docufilm about her harrowing immigration from Italy to Detroit and reveals the untold truth about the most controversial maritime disaster in history. Award-winning docufilm, Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved? head...
Drago Ristorante Now Serving Italian Fare In The Petersen Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum now has a restaurant where you can dine on modern Italian cuisine if you're feeling peckish after salivating over a $2.6 million Bugatti. Drago Ristorante now joins the ranks of Los Angeles' esteemed museum-adjacent restaurants, like The Broad's Otium or LACMA's Ray's & Stark Bar. The Italian eatery opened in December...
Feeling Like a Million Bucks at Original Joe’s
Cozy leather booths. Waiters in tuxedos. Massive portions of Italian-American food. A wide smile on every diner’s face. Welcome to Original Joe’s. Though initially established in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco in 1937, Original Joe’s opened a second and third location in 1956—in Daly City and San Jose. Wanting to bring the big city,...