Bocelli squeezes in rare Sacramento date
by Debbie Arrington A matter of scheduling convenience brings renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli back to Sacramento for the first time in almost a decade for a June 10 concert at Sleep Train Arena. Bocelli, who has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, squeezed the Sacramento date between performances at the Hollywood Bowl...
Mina Test Kitchen’s new incarnation, Little Italy, debuts Saturday night
By Sarah Fritsche This is your friendly reminder that the new incarnation of Michael Mina's Test Kitchen, Little Italy, debuts this Saturday night (October 31).As Inside Scoop reported last month, the Italian American-themed menu will be a tribute to the rustic Italian immigrant cooking of chef Adam Sobel's grandmother and the Sunday famil...
The art of Pasta-making in Los Angeles: Semolina artisanal pasta
We met Leah Ferrazzani, the founder of Semolina Artisanal Pasta. Adopting the traditional techniques that she learned from Italian pasta makers, she uses high-quality ingredients to produce five types of pasta in Downtown Los Angeles. Leah's experience with Italian food dates back to when she was the restaurant manager at Pizzeria Mozza, in Los An...
Pino Masnata, Futurist: A Life in Science and Art
When: Thursday, 4 August 2016 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Organized from : Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Entrance: Free The San Francisco Italian Institute of Culture will host a talk on the extraordinary career of Pino Masnata. Dr. Roberto Masnata of Stradella, Italy, will speak about his father's...
Emanuele Guglielmino wins the MTB Startup School!
Last Thursday the MTB Italy Tour stopped in Genoa.Genova is a home of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the new Technology Park "Erzelli" and a prestigious University: an enormous but highly unexploited potential for innovation.Our goal for this second stop of our Tour is Genova was simple: spread the message, as loud as possible, that bui...
Puccini Night at the Movies
Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:00 pm Illustrated lecture by San Francisco Opera Director of Music Administration, Kip Cranna who will explore with you two of Puccini's most beloved operas in two very different cinematic treatments.
Adopt An Italian-Language Student Campaign Kicks Off with Consulate Luncheon at SFIAC
by Krista Dossetti On Thursday, February 13, 2014, members of the Italian community gathered at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC) in North Beach to support his Excellency Claudio Bisogniero in kicking off the Adopt An Italian-Language Student campaign. Bisogniero, who was originally scheduled to speak at the event, w...
Italian eatery opening at La Cantera
A family-owned restaurant group will open its eighth San Antonio location next week at The Shops at La Cantera. Luciano Restaurants, owned by the Centofanti family, will takeover 3,200 square feet of space at La Cantera's former food court to house its Va Bene concept. The restaurant opens Thursday, May 1. Read more Sourc...
Experience "a taste of Italy" in So Cal
Piana Development Group dba JBgmg is pleased to announce our Proposed So Cal Little Italy Development http://www.jbgmg.com/piana-development-group.html We are looking for 20 - 40 acres ripe for development or redevelopment within the 5 county area Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange Ventura Our proposed destination when...
Eataly is Finally Coming to Los Angeles
Eataly, as many of you know, is Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, and Lidia Bastianich's Italian megastore/restaurant hub/Nutella haven that started in Torino, spread to New York's Flatiron District, and later opened in Chicago. Well, now that apotheosis of Italian cuisine is coming to the West Coast. Although it's not set in stone, it's likel...
Position at Berkeley
Assistant Professor - History of Art and Italian Studies - Renaissance/Early ModernVisual Culture. Departments of History of Art and Italian Studies, University of California at Berkeley. Assistant Professor of Renaissance/Early Modern Visual Culture in the Mediterranean world (tenure-track). Appointment effective July 1, 2015; candidate...
The Italian American values behind Chapman’s growth
by Silvia Simonetti "To serve our university's mission we need, as a learning community, to do all we can to build, nurture and sustain the most vibrant, exciting, involving and challenging intellectual environment where we treat each other with dignity and respect." These are the values, underpinning James L. Doti's vision of Chapman Uni...