Il genetista italiano che disarmò l’Hiv guida la ricerca per il colosso Usa
«Potrebbe sembrare fantascienza, ma ormai è scienza» aveva scritto l'Economist, solo l'anno scorso, citando il lavoro del genetista Luigi Naldini, 57 anni, direttore del Tiget e fondatore, con Pierluigi Paracchi, di Genenta Sciences. Che non fosse fantascienza lo devono avere pensato anche i manager di Amgen, la più grande società indipend...
SF celebrates 148th Italian Heritage Parade
Local marching bands beat drums and twirled batons, a 93-year-old in a chicken suit danced atop an Italian Catholic Federation float, and a 1938 motor bus decked out in Giants colors drove through cheering crowds Sunday in the 148th Italian Heritage Parade in North Beach. Run by a local nonprofit called the Columbus Day Parade, the parade started...
Anche la Bay Area ha le sue DIVE
Fra le tante organizzazioni che promuovono spontaneamente la cultura italiana in questa area della California, L'Italo-Americano è venuto recentemente a conoscenza del gruppo tutto femminile DIVE.Non si tratta, come il nome potrebbe far credere, di appartenenti al mondo dello spettacolo o del jet set, ma piuttosto di Donne Italiane che Vivono all'E...
Newport Film Festival's Italian Film and After Party
martedì 30 aprile 201319.45 Edwards Big Newport 6300 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA (map) Run time: 100 min. | ItalyITALIAN SPOTLIGHT "Immature-The Trip (Immaturi-Il Viaggio)"This follow-up to the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival Italian Spotlight once again follows the group of thirty-somethings on a vacation to Greece for a chance to r...
Italy Is Preeminent at the Intel Business Challenge Europe 2013
di Mauro Battocchi Some very encouraging news just came out of the Intel Business Challenge Europe 2013 (IBCE) with regards to Italy's prominence in the European startup sphere. Of the twenty-three European startups selected as finalists, eight are Italian — a full third of these promising endeavors come from Italy! The IBCE is a pan-Euro...
Un ponte da Napoli a San Francisco diviene realtà
di Roberto Natalini Il più grande ed ambizioso evento nel programma delle celebrazioni per il "2013: Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti". Si profila essere un evento storico la prima collaborazione artistica tra il Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, il più antico teatro d'opera ancora attivo in Europa, e la rinomata San Fra...
Bocce, Ferarris and much amore
When in Sacramento, do as the Romans do – at the annual Festa Italiana!, anyway, which energized the Croatian American Cultural Center over the weekend. The event, presented by the nonprofit Sacramento Italian Cultural Society, featured food, dancing, music and the Italian lawn-bowling game called bocce. Read more Source:...
Italia-USA - Busto bronzeo di Verdi in dono alla Los Angeles Opera
In occasione del bicentenario della nascita di Giuseppe Verdi, un busto bronzeo raffigurante il celebre compositore sara' donato alla Los Angeles Opera. L'evento avrà luogo il 9 novembre alla prima del Falstaff al Dorothy Chandler Pavillion nel Music Center di Los Angeles. Alla cerimonia parteciperanno il console generale d'Italia, Giuseppe Perrone...
An Interview with Mary Trigiani, marketing professional
Everybody in the Italian and Italian-American communities in San Francisco knows Mary Trigiani. She is a greatly respected marketing professional, very well connected with the Italian and Tech communities in the city. Over the years, through her own consulting company Spada Inc. and thanks to her invaluable experience and skills, she has h...
The Missoni Clan Is Coming to San Francisco to Become Doctors
Angela Missoni and Margherita Maccapani Missoni are receiving honorary doctorate degrees from the Academy of Art's School of Fashion. The graduation and awards ceremony is on Thursday, May 8, but the designers (plus family matriarch Rosita Missoni) are en route to SF today, straight from last night's Met Ball festivities, to attend tomorro...
Threshold: a photographic exhibition by Graziano Paiella
60 photos by RAI TV director Graziano Paiella, with the theme of the 'frame' as threshold: the photographer's choice of what to photograph and what to leave out, the way objects in the environment create frames, and how the concept of the frame invites new modes of perception. The photographs are the result of Paiella's extensive travels t...
Rita’s West LA’s Grand Opening Will Offer Complimentary Italian Ice for a Year to First 50 Customers
Rita's Italian Ice of West LA is offering Angelenos an incredible giveaway that will generate chills at its official grand opening Friday, September 12, 2014. Presenting a unique blend of Italian Ice and old-fashioned frozen custard, first recognized and loved by East Coasters, every guest who visits the West LA location during the grand o...