Italian Innovation Day 2013 March 12
Here it comes. The annual showcase of what the Italian innovators are all about.2013 though is not yet another year.2013 is the "Year of Italian Culture and Innovation" in US. A unique opportunity to celebrate the Italians who have changed, are changing and will change the world with their creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and technological excell...
In Los Angeles - Hidden Voices: A Celebration of Italian American History in Southern California
Join the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles at Hidden Voices: A Celebration of Italian American History in Southern California. The all-day IAMLA History Conference features guest scholars presenting on Italian-American history and literature in Southern California; a children's educational workshop; and a Special Musical Performance by MUSICaN...
Community in pictures: Fiat America on the Streets of San Francisco
By Roberto Natalini Last week was epic for Italian cars enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Following the opening of the Fiat of San Francisco dealership in San Francisco, which took place last Tuesday at the new automobile showroom, vintage and modern Italian cars invaded the Bay Area on Sunday, October 20, for the "Streets of San Francis...
Amcham vola in Silicon Valley…a gennaio!
Dopo il successo dell'iniziativa dello scorso giugno a NYC, AmCham organizza una nuova missione di business nella West Coast degli USA. Il viaggio, inizialmente ipotizzato per gli inizi di novembre è posticipato dal 26 al 31 gennaio 2014. La missione sarà l'occasione per conoscere e condividere i processi, i prodotti e i sistemi più innovativi dell...
Joseph Gatto Memorialized as Father, Grandfather, Friend and Teacher
By Allison B. Cohen and Colin Stutz Over 800 family members, friends, political dignitaries and dozens of his former students gathered Monday at Our Mother of Good Counsel Catholic Church to memorialize Joseph Gatto, who was killed Nov. 13th in his Silver Lake home. Gatto's son, California State Assemblymember Mike Gatto, said his family'...
Italian Semantic Intelligence Firm Opens Offices in Silicon Valley
by Mauro Battocchi Descartes famously said "Cogito Ergo Sum", and in doing so, posited that human thought is the ultimate proof that Reality exists. Who knows if there's something out there beyond our ability to perceive things and make sense of them through language. In the tech age, computers have gotten pretty good at understan...
Joseph di Prisco discusses and signs "Subway to California" in Santa Monica, CA - October 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes Joseph Di Prisco to the store to discuss and sign his new memoir, Subway to California, on Thursday, October 9th at 7pm. In 1961, the Di Priscos fled Brooklyn--and the FBI. The father had been implicated in police corruption and he escaped to California, where his wife and two of her four sons join...
Missione di start-up italiane dell'ICT in California
L'ICE-Agenzia organizza una missione di start-up italiane del settore ICT (tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione) in California, con tappe a Los Angeles e San Francisco, dal 20 al 24 ottobre 2014.L'iniziativa è rivolta esclusivamente alle start-up italiane del c.d. "Global digital market, indicatore dell'economia digitale che comprende...
La Comunità italiana si attiva per mantenere in carica il COMITES a San Francisco
La Baia di San Francisco avrà ancora la possibilità di essere rappresentata dai Comitati degli Italiani all'Estero, organo elettivo che risponde alle esigenze di una delle comunità più numerose di cittadini italiani residenti negli Stati Uniti. È notizia recente infatti, la riapertura da parte del governo italiano dei termini per la presen...
Musicantica Studio Zanni
Music & Commedia dell' Arte, Italy. *SUNDAY* Mar 22, 2015 | 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. - W.M. Keck Children's Amphitheatre - 135 N Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012. FREE. TICKET RESERVATIONS OPEN MARCH 12, 2015 Artists Roberto Catalano and Enzo Fina, creators of Musicàntica, perform the enchanting folk music of...
Committee considers making ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ an LA holiday
A City Council committee Monday ordered city officials to report back in about two months on the possibility of establishing an Indigenous Peoples' Day in Los Angeles, either as a replacement for Columbus Day or as a separate holiday. The Arts, Parks and River Committee called for the report following discussion of a motion by Councilman M...
Fermi Award Winner Claudio Pellegrini at the Consulate in San Francisco
There are people and stories that can make me feel so proud of being Italian. One of them is Professor Claudio Pellegrini (right in the picture above), whom we honored yesterday at the Consulate in the company of distinguished Italian scientists from Bay Area scientific institutions like Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCSF and the Lawrence Berke...