Palazzo Strozzi High School Renaissance Award Ceremony
The Palazzo Strozzi High School Renaissance Award winners will be recognized by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA . The mission of the foundation is to preserve the values of openness and creativity of the Renaissance, one of the foundations of the Enlightenment and of modern Western societies. The winners of the competition travel to Ita...
Italia-USA, Alemanno a Los Angeles e San Francisco
Roma - Con l'intervento alla convention dei Cavalieri di Colombo, davanti a una platea di oltre duemila delegati provenienti da tutti gli Stati Uniti e ad altri ospiti internazionali, ha avuto inizio la missione del sindaco Gianni Alemanno a Los Angeles e San Francisco. L'intervento del sindaco ha ripercorso la quasi centenaria relazione tra la com...
Francis Ford Coppola to Direct Italian-American Saga
by Tatiana Siegel Godfather fans rejoice. Francis Ford Coppola is returning to the Italian-American experience for his next directing effort. The Godfather helmer is readying an untitled film that will chronicle an Italian-American family and span from the 1930s to the 1960s. Coppola became one of the most celebrated director...
Right on point: Prada toasts updated San Francisco boutique with ballet tribute
More than 300 ballet fans turned out Tuesday night at the newly refurbished downtown San Francisco Prada boutique to honor the San Francisco Ballet School. As reported by wwd, pretty ballet students, perfectly poised, traded tutus for the newest Prada styles. "This is a fantastic celebration of young talent at the San Francisco Ballet School, and a...
Italian Entrepreneurs Build API Hit in San Francisco
Necessity is the mother of all invention. It's been proven time and time again, and for blooming tech company Mashape (mash + shape, pronounced muh-shape), the story is no different. The idea for a mass-market API store was born out of the work three young Italians had been doing for another tech company, in which they sold an "explosion"...
Lorenzo Thione, founder of the search engine “Bing”
Nowadays we constantly hear of the brain drain, of young people without hope who are forced to leave Italy in search of a fortune they can't find at home. But this is not the case of Lorenzo Thione, native of Como and now living in California. He is 35 and the creator of Bing search engine. Interviewed by Roberto Bonzio, journalist and aut...
OC International Fair: Eat, Drink, and Be Italian
The Italian Spirit is alive and well, and it was in full swing at the city of Orange. International Fair. This past Labor Day weekend, despite the scorching summer heat, the Fair turned out record crowds. With musicians playing everything from Salsa to Rock, people of all ages cruised Orange circle and its adjoining streets, buying everyt...
Marcello Moccia, trades Italy for California for photographic opportunities
by Robert Gallo Abraham Lincoln once told of an Old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion that "it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams," indicating that doing so could be risky. Ignoring this sage advice, Italian Photographer, Marcello Moccia, born and raised in Naples, Italy, "one of the most beautiful cities in...
L’esperienza del Matrimonio al Consolato Generale d’Italia in San Francisco
di Mauro Battocchi Se desiderate sposarvi presso un Consolato italiano la prima cosa da fare e' la cosiddetta "istanza celebrazione matrimonio consolare". E' un documento che dovrete sottoscrivere entrambi, e che dovrete presentare di persona all'ufficio consolare, oppure inviare per posta, fax o email con allegata la fotocopia dei vostri document...
The Godmother: Alison Martino Preserves the History of Old LA and the Sunset Strip
By Kyveli Diener When Alison Martino enters a room, it's as if someone flipped the switch on a spotlight. Maybe it's her creative energy, which has been channeled into television, music, writing and interior design. Maybe it's the shiny blonde locks, sun-kissed skin and boho chic style that give her away as the ultimate native Angeleno. &...
Gina Lollobrigida a Hollywood
di Mariella Salvatori Hollywood ha reso omaggio alla nostra signora del cinema italiano, considerata da tutti una leggenda: Gina Lollobrigida. E' stata ospite d'onore del Festival del cinema classico TCM, che si è svolto dal 28 aprile al 1 maggio. La nostra diva "multitalent" nel 1968 guadagnò la nomination al Golden Globe per il film Buon...
Fiera del Libro +
La Libreria Pino insieme con l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura sono orgogliosi di presentare la prima Fiera del Libro + San Francisco! In questo evento di 10 giorni sarranno presentati libri, cd e dvd importati direttamente dall'Italia. La Fiera del Libro + San Francisco avrà luogo presso l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura , situato a 601 Van Nes...