Actor and Cambridge native Alex Rocco dies at 79
Alex Rocco, the Emmy-winning character actor best known for taking a bullet through the eye as the Las Vegas casino boss Moe Greene in "The Godfather," has died. He was 79. Rocco's daughter, Jennifer, announced his death Saturday. Details were not immediately available. Rocco's career spanned five decades, and he remained active up un...
A people's dream: the building of their own community church, the holy family church
by Cookie Curci During the great influx of Europeans to America, thousands of Italian immigrants came to the Santa Clara Valley. Word of California's fertile orchard lands had beckoned them to leave their impoverished towns and regions of Italy and travel to the "Golden State". They had heard tales that the streets of California were...
Adam Sobel channels Italian-American roots for new Mina Test Kitchen incarnation, Little Italy
For Middle'terranea, the first incarnation of two-month-old Mina Test Kitchen, Michael Mina found culinary inspiration in his Egyptian heritage, while chef Adam Sobel channeled his Jewish roots. While the temporary pop-up restaurant experiment was very well received, it was expected to be short-lived, and we now have an end-date: Saturday, Oct...
Grammy Museum celebrates 100 years of Frank Sinatra
By Sandra Barrera While interviewing Frank Sinatra's youngest child,Tina, some years ago, Bob Santelli seized upon the opportunity to ask, "If you ever decide to allow anyone to do an exhibit on your father, the Grammy Museum wants to be it." Her "we'll see" is now "Sinatra: An American Icon." Three years in the making, the i...
Italian in flux
It's a bit eerie to see the former Spiedo's Ristorante in downtown San Mateo starting to get stripped down to its studs and its facade peeled off. It was once the place to be, where power brokers met for lunch and Rotarians and members of the Chamber of Commerce could be seen in every booth. It was where I first had a drink with the late Gary...
Un Assaggio di Europa al “Taste of Europe Language Fair”
La scorsa settimana i rappresentanti istituzionali di quattro paesi europei si sono riuniti per organizzare un evento unico nel suo genere: "European Language Fiera: A Taste of Europe". Grazie alla partnership di Alliance Française, del Goethe Institut, dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura e del Centro per gli Studi della Grecia Moderna alla San Fran...
Naples that Chants and Enchants
On October 24, 2013 the Maestri Monzu will travel from Naples to the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club to celebrate with the Italian, and the Italian American Communities the Mayor of Naples Hon. Luigi de Magistris, and the artists of Naples' Teatro di San Carlo on the occasion of the United the Two Bays Concert featuring the Teatro di San Carlo'...
Dedicato a Nino Manfredi: a Los Angeles proiezione speciale di "Pane e cioccolata" e all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura una retrospettiva
Dalia Events, in collaborazione con la Onni, sbarca a Los Angeles per la proiezione speciale della versione restaurata del film "Pane e Cioccolata", prima tappa della manifestazione "Nino! Omaggio a Nino Manfredi", presentata lo scorso 10 aprile presso la sala della Protomoteca del Comune di Roma. Quasi già tutto esaurito per la proiezione...
Festa Italiana celebrates all things Italian
The Waterloo Gun and Bocce Club is the site of the 2014 Festa Italiana, a celebration of all things Italian. The fest runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 29, at the club, 4343 N. Ashley Lane, Stockton. Among the planned events:• A Bambini Zone (kids zone) featureing bounce houses, clowns, activities, Italian games and puppet shows.• Il M...
The Nutella truck (yes it's real), with free samples, in L.A. this weekend
Nutella is celebrating 50 years of its smooth chocolate-hazelnut spread with a Nutella truck tour around the U.S. And this weekend, the Nutella "Spread the Happy" truck will be in Los Angeles -- with free samples. From Saturday to Tuesday, the truck will be making stops around the city, handing out free samples of Nutella with a variety of...
Italian Educator Teaches Italian in Context
by Roberto Gallo Italian has become one of the world's fastest growing languages, as well as its related fields of inquiry into cinema, popular culture and media studies, according to the Department of European Studies, Italian Studies, at San Diego State University. Its relevancy in arts and humanities, including literature, theatre, hist...
Grammy Museum celebrates 100 years of Frank Sinatra
by Johanna Pugh The design-forward midtown pizzeria Hot Italian is launching a pop-up bicycle showroom tomorrow for the popular San Francisco-based boutique bicycle brand Public Bikes, created by Design Within Reach founder Rob Forbes. For the next three months, 20 bicycles will be on display inside Hot Italian, at the corner of 16th...