Giuseppe Sterparelli inaugurates Burri Prometheia in L.A.
Italian figurative artist, Alberto Burri (Città di Castello, province of Perugia, Umbria 1915 – Nice, France 1995), took a degree in Medicine and served as a military doctor for Italy’s Army during WWII. Painting started as a mere pastime, during his internment at the war camp in Hereford, Texas, and, eventually, turned into his full-time career, o...
Comfort Cuisine: First look at Amaro Italian Bistro & Bar
Casual diners on the R Street corridor are already spoiled for choice, with counter-service cafes like Nido, Metro Kitchen and Billy Ngo’s Fish Face and gastropubs like Iron Horse Tavern, Burgers & Brew and Fox & Goose. But Amaro Italian Bistro & Bar, which opened Jan. 8, brings something new to the neighborhood dining scene. Owners Jason Boggs, Ga...
Classic Italian food comes to Whittier via Ravello Bar & Grill
Those who went to Dattilo during its long reign as Whittier’s destination, special occasion Italian restaurant, can be forgiven for doing a double take, or even a triple take, upon entering the new Ravello Bar & Grill. Where Dattilo had a certain edge of Las Vegas to its décor — all that Roman statuary, urns, fountains and copies (somewhat inexplic...
Interns wanted at the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles seeks qualified undergraduate or graduate students in the fields of Museum Studies, History, Art History (or other Social Science), Liberal Arts, Urban Planning, and other relevant areas of study to serve as a research scholar or collections intern. ABOUT THE ITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES (IAMLA)...
Bocce Court dedicated at Notre Dame High
On Nov. 19, 2016, the Mercer County Italian American Festival Association hosted a dedication ceremony of the new Bocce Court at Notre Dame High School. The Bocce Court was donated by the MCIAFA in an effort to introduce Bocce as part of their sports curriculum. In the future, MCIAFA will be reaching out to other high schools in the area to install...
Carnevale 2017: Masquerade, Dinner and Dance
When: Friday February 24, at 6:30pm Where: Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton St, San Francisco 94133 The Leonardo da Vinci Society, The Italian Cultural Institute, The San Francisco Italian Athletic Club with the support of the Italian Consulate General Cordially invite you to Carnevale 2017: Masquerade, Dinner and Dance. Enjoy a family evening...
Filming On Italy
Filming on Italy, an event promoting Italy as a cinematic set, will begin on February 3 in Los Angeles, thanks to the collaboration between Angus Dei Production by Tiziana Rocca, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles and its Director Valeria Rumori and the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles. The first edition of the project will be...
Woman who co-founded MLK scholarship recalls her experience in an immigrant family
Jennie Hiltel, the daughter of Italian immigrants, was severely shaken by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The Martin Luther King Jr. High School Memorial Scholarship Fund, which Jennie had helped start the year after King’s death, and its annual barbecue fundraiser were as important as ever in 1992. Jennie, then in her late...
SF school board wipes ‘Columbus Day’ off academic calendar
Surprised to learn that public schools in San Francisco still celebrate Columbus Day, the Board of Education scrubbed the holiday off the academic calendar on Tuesday to appease Native American students in the district. Far less radical school districts than the San Francisco Unified School District have ditched Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous...
Valentina che insegna l’italiano alle nuove leve della Silicon Valley
Si chiama così: «La Scuola». In italiano. Difficile non notarla a San Francisco, a poche centinaia di metri dalla sede principale di Twitter. Nata solo pochi anni fa come piccola scuola per gli espatriati italiani che non vogliono fare perdere ai propri figli il bagaglio culturale d’origine, La Scuola, anche grazie all’applicazione del metodo di Re...
LOS ANGELES: NASCE "FILMING IN ITALY"
Al via il prossimo 6 febbraio la 1ª edizione di Filming in Italy a Los Angeles, un evento di promozione dell’Italia come set cinematografico nato grazie a un accordo tra Agnus Dei Production di Tiziana Rocca, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles e il suo Direttore Valeria Rumori, e il Consolato Generale d’Italia a Los Angeles. La prima edi...
Restaurant of the Week: Caffe Allegro, Upland
It can be easy to take a restaurant for granted. Downtown Upland’s fortunes ebb and flow, but Caffe Allegro has hung in there for nearly two decades. It opened in 1998, five years after the original location debuted in La Verne, and both are still operating today. I’ve been to the Upland version perhaps a half-dozen times, both in the early days an...