Artigianato, tecnologia e design: l'innovazione si fa bellezza
Costruire un ponte tra l'eccellenza del Made in Italy nel creare bellezza e la capacità industriale e tecnologia della Silicon Valley. È questo il fulcro del progetto Making in Italy-Making in Usa: Artisanship, Technology and Design. Innovating with Beauty, che si terrà dall'11 al 24 giugno a San Francisco nell'ambito dell'Anno della Cultura Italia...
Announcing la Festa di Ferragosto!!!
Join us for a great Italian Festa at Montecito's beautiful Lower Manning Park for a fabulous, FUNTASTIC Festa di Ferragosto! And, even better, it will benefit our local students by helping us raise much-needed money for our Scholarship Fund. For those of you who have no idea what Ferragosto is all about, please scroll all the way to the en...
Solar, Italian Style
Enel has deployed a large franchise operation to spur installation of renewable power technologies in its home territory of Italy, and it is now eager to replicate its successful venture in the United States. Francesco Venturini, chief executive of Enel Green Power North America, told EnergyBiz that his company will focus first on Californ...
Ca’ Momi – Italian sensibility in northern California
by Lisa Carley Sometimes you meet people who seem to have a great story. I had dinner a couple of weeks ago at L'Artusi with Valentina Migotto and Dario De Conti from Ca' Momi in Napa Valley, thoroughly enjoyed their story, the food and their wine. Dinner was a fun and festive evening pairing their wines with L'Artusi's creative I...
1st Annual Cannoli Tournament of Little Italy San Jose
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CLICK THE "SILICON VALLEY GIVES" OPTION TO HAVE YOUR $25 DONATION MATCHED! Let the competition begin!!! Little Italy San Jose will be hosting a Little Italy Cannoli tournament at Bel Bacio (Bel Bacio - 350 W. Julian St #4 San Jose, CA). We will be bringing together contestants from Pastry chefs, to Italian Bakeries, to...
Italian Family Festa comes to San Jose Aug. 23 and 24
By Leeta-Rose Ballesterl Residents have an opportunity to enjoy the "sweet Italian life" and to help preserve a piece of history at the Italian Family Festa, sponsored by the Italian American Heritage Foundation. The Festa, which takes place on Aug. 23 and 24 at Guadalupe River Park, is free and begins at 11 a.m. both days, and closes at 8 p.m. Sa...
Pranzo della Campania Regional Lunch with Madeline Damiano
Thursday, May 21 - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.425 N. Fourth Street -San Jose, CA 95112$12 members - $15 non-members RSVP online, or by email or call 408-293-7122. Madeline will be preparing a feast in the Avellino-style of cooking which her grandmother brought with her from Italy. The signature dish will be the 'dolce' Pastiera, a t...
Museo Italo Americano Planning Move To Northeast Waterfront
Museo Italo Americano, dedicated to Italian and Italian American art and culture, plans to move from Fort Mason, where it has rented space for the past 30 years of its 37 years in existence, to 940 Battery St. in the northeast waterfront area of the FiDi. It owns its future building outright via a donation, and the move could happen as ear...
La Balena and Il Grillo: Earthy, rustic Italian flavors
By Michael Bauer In Carmel-by-the-Sea, where dozens of restaurants and cafes echo the town's quaint charm, Emanuele and Anna Bartolini seem to go a different direction by channeling the rugged California coastline. Whereas most restaurants offer a safe Western menu, the couple, who opened La Balena three years ago, concentrate on the rustic. Earl...
200 Anni di Giuseppe Verdi – All’LAOpera il suo ultimo capolavoro
Tra i molti eventi legati alla cultura italiana che segneranno l'anno appena cominciato, spicca la celebrazione di un "compleanno" particolare. Nel 2013 ricorrono infatti i duecento anni dalla nascita del compositore italiano Giuseppe Verdi. Il mondo intero è pronto a ricordarlo, e l'LAOpera lo fa dedicandogli lo spettacolo di chiusura del 2013. P...
A new Italian Opera Series in the heart of North Beach – Interview with soprano Elizabeth Koontz at Colosseo
By Roberto Natalini For all the lovers of the opera in San Francisco, there is now a special opportunity to enjoy some of the best repertoires from the masters of classical music, uniquely sung in Italian within an elegant but informal atmosphere right in the center of North Beach. Every Thursday night since the last month of August, Rist...
Vita da Soprano
by Elena Vipera Lontana da qualsiasi stereotipo o cliché che solitamente rivestono i cantanti lirici, Elisabetta Russo, soprano calabrese trapiantata a Los Angeles, che vanta collaborazioni con artisti di fama internazionale, sta rivoluzionando ogni preconcetto della sua antica arte. Elisabetta ammette il ruolo fondamentale della...