Making it in America: Family business spelled success for Italian Americans
The bay area is an eclectic mix of houses and people reflecting a unique blending of styles and cultures. Perhaps that's why this area was the chosen home for my Italian grandparents, uncles and aunts who came to America during the great Migration. The different styles and backgrounds they brought with them grace our family heritage with p...
Restyling dei monumenti, Marino vola in California per trovare mecenati
Ignazio Marino vola in California alla ricerca di mecenati e risorse per rifare il look ai monumenti della Capitale. Ma anche per prendere spunti per quanto riguarda il ciclo dei rifiuti e in particolare per la realizzazione dell'ecodistretto. Il sindaco di Roma partirà domani alla volta di San Francisco e della Silicon Valley, per poi tornare dome...
Little Italy Legends in San Diego
Strolling along the streets of Little Italy, it is not unusual to see banners with photographs of famous Italians. What is unusual is to see banners of Bobby Darrin, Lady Gaga and Claudio Jacuzzi. Usual or unusual, these too, are Italians. Most people are comfortable seeing banners of such well known Italians as Frankie Laine, Al Pacino, R...
Woman of the Year Lady Gaga's Raw, Revealing Interview
by Chris Martins Lady Gaga is sitting in her "sanctuary" -- the sprawling, olive tree-dotted backyard of her Malibu home -- when a silent, tie-clad man arrives with cocktails on a tray. "Thank you," she says, with the sort of silver-screen elegance that it's surprising a "dahhhling" doesn't follow. "I might have busted my ass on t...
Federico Faggin Describes Firsthand the Birth of The First Microprocessor
Among the great innovators of our time stands Federico Faggin, the Vicenza native turned Bay Area resident, who designed the first commercial microprocessor and, in doing so, left an indelible mark on the face of humanity. Take a look around the room. You will likely see myriad objects essential to our current way of life that are the fruits of his...
Il cinema italiano tra le stelle del Palm Springs Film Festival
PALM SPRINGS - Una nuova stagione di cinema iniziata, e a dare il via il Palm Springs International Film Festival. Giunto alla 24esima edizione, il festival con i suoi oltre 100 film provenienti da 60 Paesi è un'importante vetrina per gli addetti al settore. È un'occasione per fare il bilancio dell'anno appena concluso, ma è anche, in un certo sen...
Book presentation:"Tech and the city" @ MTB Open house
Time: April 26, 2013 from 5pm to 7:30pmLocation: Mind the Bridge GymStreet: One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 5th floorCity/Town: San FranciscoWebsite or Map: http://mindthebridge.org/ Phone: 4155136498Event Type: networking, eventOrganized By: Mind the Bridge Foundation
The brilliant Jewels of Bulgari go on display in San Francisco
Though the venerable jeweler Bulgari opened its first shop in Rome in 1884, it wasn't until the decades following World War II that the house developed what would become known as the "Italian school" of jewelry design, reinterpreting forms both Greco-Roman and Renaissance. Those influences and numerous others are evident in "The Art of Bul...
Spin Neapolitan Pizza pushes further into California
Spin Neapolitan Pizza is continuing to aggressively expand into California.Its first franchisee, Hofman Hospitality Group, has sealed plans for another two restaurants in Orange County, Calif. It's part of the group's plans to open 37 Spin restaurants in the state over the next decade. In December 2013, one restaurant will open in Los Alamitos at...
Documentarian Fred Kuwornu Sheds Light on Italian Citizenship Struggles for Global Audiences
Fred Kuwornu is a true humanitarian documentarian, and while you wouldn't know it from his last name, an Italian national drawn to giving disenfranchised subjects a voice through his lens. His latest triumph? "18 ius Soli," a documentary comprised of interviews with 18 Italians fighting to obtain citizenship in the country they were r...
L'opera di Verdi e Puccini inaugura la stagione musicale
Pur non essendo la città ideale dove godere l'arrivo dell'estate, dato il suo clima piuttosto fresco in questo periodo dell'anno, la città di San Francisco offre ai suoi abitanti e visitatori un programma musicale di grande livello, a cominciare dall'opera. La stagione estiva dell'Opera di San Francisco si è aperta a giugno avendo come pro...
This isn't your father's pasta: The future of Italian cuisine has arrived
The future of Italian cuisine has arrived. And while it's nothing short of a revolution in Los Angeles, it's a movement that has mostly evaded Orange County. It used to be that if you went out for Italian cuisine, you knew what to expect. You knew before you got there exactly what you would be eating: Caprese salad, fried calamari, brusche...