Peter Mondavi, Napa Valley wine pioneer, dies at 101
By Esther Mobley American wine industry trailblazer Peter Mondavi Sr. died Saturday, Feb. 20, at his home in St. Helena, on the property of his Charles Krug Winery. He was 101. A representative of the Mondavi family confirmed the news. Mr. Mondavi enjoyed a long career in the Napa Valley: His parents purchased the historic Charles Kru...
Eating pasta off the floor
The Marsh Discovery Series Presents: EATING PASTA OFF THE FLOOR. Written & Performed by Maria Grazia Affinito. Developed with & Directed by David Ford. April 23 – May 15 | San Francisco. Saturdays at 8:30pm | Sundays at 5pm. Buy Tix. "Hilarious and bittersweet..spins a spellbinding tale." — Sam Hurwit...
Recital and Lecture ” A Beautiful Woman in Venice”
When: Sunday, August 7, 2016 4:30PMWhere: Italian American Museum of San Francisco, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., Building C, San Francisco, CA 94123 Illustrated lecture by Author Kathleen Gonzalez who will present the biographies of Venetian composers Antonia Bembo and Barbara Strozzi, additionally including the histories of poet V...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley, Charity of Choice for the Los Angeles American Golf Association
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley has been selected as the Charity of Choice by the LAIAGA, Los Angeles Italian American Golf Association. The Boys & Girls Clubs will receive the proceeds from the LAIAGA's annual tournaments. "We are so pleased to select the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley to be our lo...
Federated Italo-Americans bring the community together
Last June 1st, the Federated Italo-Americans of Southern California celebrated one of the most important recurrences of the year, the Italian Republic Day. They met at Casa Italiana for a gala dinner that brought together over a hundred guests, evidently proud of reuniting for such an important occasion. A cocktail hour welcomed the guests before...
A Retrospective, 1964 to Present by Joe Oddo Sicily Revisited by Jean Marchese Gallagher
Time: December 14, 2012 to March 10, 2013Location: Museo Italo AmericanoCity/Town: San FranciscoWebsite or Map: http://museoitaloamericano.orgEvent Type: exhbitionOrganized By: Museo Italo Americano The son of Sicilian immigrants, Joe Oddo is a long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay area and a self-described "traditionalist" painter. During t...
San Francisco’s Italian Community
The images above on the Italian Heritage Mural are part of the life work of Italian immigrant Gino Sbrana, who started his American life in San Francisco as a vegetable peddler. By 1911, he had launched a large photographic studio, Pisa Foto, at Columbus and Broadway in San Francisco. Later Gino founded a studio in Oakland and, in 1919, settled in...
Italian Innovation Day 2014: Six Take-Aways
by Mauro Battocchi Thanks to the Mind the Bridge Foundation more than 250 high-tech professionals from Silicon Valley learnt something that hardly ever pierces through the media walls - facts about Italy's innovation capabilities that are generally confined to a smaller circle of hands-on experts. Such is Italy's success in culture, food,...
Finding the Motherlode Returns to California Riding a Wave of Acclaim
by Mauro Battocchi After a successful California premier and screenings in New York City, Finding the Motherlode — thedocumentary about the history of Italians in California by Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, co-sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs — has been invited back to California for a tour of eight screenings aro...
Una finestra sull’Italia al Festival del Cinema Internazionale di San Francisco
La 57^ edizione del San Francisco International Film Festival è alle porte, e come ogni anno in primavera questo evento presenta per quindici giorni una straordinaria selezione di opere cinematografiche provenienti da tutto il mondo. Fra gli oltre duecento film ed eventi live in programma e cento registi in persona, anche l'Italia avrà la...
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...
HIT WEEK Announces the L.A. Return of Prog Rock Legends PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM)
Hit Week, the world's only festival showcasing Italy's music scene on the global stage, heads to Los Angeles for its 6th edition with Prog Rock legends Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) on Friday November, 13th at the Whisky a Go Go. The first Italian group to achieve international acclaim, between 1973 and 1977 PFM charted 5 English language albums...