Global Aviation Manufacturers Awareness Study: Italian Trade Commission Los Angeles
The Italian Trade Commission Los Angeles (USA) recently conducted its study on the global awareness of Italian solution providers in the aviation industry with the following objectives: •Investigate awareness levels of Italian machinery for the aviation industry; •Determine perception of manufacturing equipment from various countries; •Examine a...
The Getty Foundation helped bringing back to life an ancient Italian art masterpiece
Italy is incredibly rich in art treasures, but quite a number of them is regrettably damaged or neglected due to the passing of time or other factors. Among them was also Giorgio Vasari's monumental painting Last Supper, separated into 5 pieces as a result of the flood in Florence in 1966. After almost 50 years, thanks to the collaboration...
Great Online Resource for Italian Publishing, Language and Culture
by Mauro Battocchi BooksinItaly is an important new website for the promotion worldwide of Italian publishing, language and culture. It is available in Italian and English versions, and intended for Italian and foreign publishers, translators, Italianists, Italian Cultural Insitutes and Italians abroad. In order to promote Italian...
Le Vigne Winery Opens New Tasting Room
Le Vigne Winery was founded with a passion for terroir, exceptional wines, and spectacular food. This passion is evident more than ever this year as the Paso Robles, CA winery unveils its stunning new tasting room, exciting culinary offerings, acres of new plantings, and a series of compelling new releases. The 100-acre vineyard estate pro...
Italian Father of Microprocessor Awarded Enrico Fermi Award
By Mauro Battocchi Our beloved Dr. Federico Faggin, inventor of the microprocessor and advanced researcher of human consciousness, has been awarded the Enrico Fermi Award by the Società Italiana di Fisica, for his work in pioneering the technology that has radically and irreversibly changed the face of humanity. Dr. Faggin, I am h...
Classical: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzosoprano
Tickets to Cecilia Bartoli's March 21 and 26 performances are on sale to the public. Purchase online or by calling 310.434.3200. Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center - 1310 11th street - Santa Monica, CA 90401 Cecilia Bartoli lights up the Westside with an extravagant evening of sonic fireworks and dramatic costume changes...
New Dean is Italian Scholar from University of Connecticut
Norma Bouchard, Ph.D., will join San Diego State University as dean of the College of Arts and Letters, following the retirement of Paul Wong, Ph.D., later this year. Bouchard is professor of Italian and comparative literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut. She has served as interim associate dean for humanities,...
Leah Ferrazzani: pasta maker in L.A. using the authentic Italian technique
by Nancy Casas Semolina Artisanal Pasta, located in Los Angeles, has an authentic fresh wheat flavor that founder Leah Ferrazzani's traditional methods accomplish in order to keep the Italian heritage alive. One woman's insistent passion on making pasta the old-fashioned Italian way, in small carefully dried batches, is what sets...
Circolo's winter events, Don Giovanni and pranzo di Natale
Ciao, Amici! After Cinema Italiano Contemporaneo, our traditional Fall event, Circolo Italiano is now opening our Winter schedule with two delightful events. We start with a combination of a fabulous Matinee at the Opera and a lovely champagne luncheon at La Cumbre Country Club on Sunday, Nov. 8th. For this event Circolo Italiano is j...
Touchdown, 49ers: Eddie DeBartolo Jr. makes Hall of Fame; Anquan Boldin wins Man of Year award
by Matt Barrows The chants of "Eddie D! Eddie D!" from the crowd outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium heralded the announcement that was made later inside. Eddie DeBartolo Jr., who won five Super Bowls when he owned the 49ers but who has been a conspicuous missing piece from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, finally was voted in on...
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana - 5:30pm-9:30pm. Join IALOC for our annual Bocce Tournament at Il Fornaio in Irvine, California. Appetizers are included in the cost of attendance of $20.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members. The Bocce Tournament will guarantee that you will play at...
With Agrodolce, a family delves deeper into Sicily’s cuisine
This month, Angelo D'Alo will open Agrodolce, a Sicilian restaurant in Berkeley. But from the very start, there was little doubt that he would get into the restaurant business. His food career began improbably decades ago as a San Francisco Chronicle paper boy. His mother, Rosa D'Alo, was bored as a housewife in the 1980s and was itching t...