Hard Feelings Dominate Talk of Replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in LA
A Los Angeles City Council committee held an exploratory hearing Tuesday on a controversial proposal to swap out Columbus Day for a new holiday known as Indigenous Peoples Day. The proposal has proven to be divisive, as many Italian Americans view Columbus Day as a celebration of their national heritage, while many Native Americans view the day...
San Francisco si prepara a un 2013 tutto italiano
L'anno 2013 è stato dichiarato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri "l'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti". Anche la città di San Francisco si appresta ad ospitare una serie di eventi inaugurali che marcano l'inizio di una manifestazione di così ampia rilevanza ed importanza. L'inaugurazione ufficiale si terrà il prossimo Mercoledì 12 Dice...
Artists’ Tribute to Italian American Baseball Exhibit in San Diego’s Little Italy remembers Reid Rizzo
Everybody has heard about Chicago Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo and Washington Nationals President Mike Rizzo, but it's never too late to learn about the legacy of Italian American Reid Rizzo. If it had not been for renowned sports artist Chris Felix, most baseball lovers would have never have known about the impact that Reid Rizzo had on so many live...
Debra Scacco: The Space Between
by Elizabeth Sobieski Much of Debra Scacco's work relates to geography in its portrayal of location, dislocation, topography, maps and dream worlds. The artist, born in New York City to an Italian-American mother and an Italian immigrant father, has now made the move to Los Angeles after 16 years in London. Her paintings and drawi...
Salton Sea: An Italian Photographer Documents a Surreal American Oasis
With a classic North American cross-country road trip in mind, Italian photographer Nicholas Albrecht sold his digital camera, bought a motor home and hit the road. But within a few days of arriving at the Salton Sea — an enormous salt-water lake in the Southern California desert — those plans went out the RV window. Albrecht ended up stay...
Una nuova esperienza di informazione online: la startup italiana Theneeds
"Scopri il meglio del web basato sui tuoi interessi". È questo il messaggio con cui si presenta ai suoi utenti Theneeds, la startup di origine italiana la quale ha da oltre un anno la sua base a San Francisco, nella sede di uno degli acceleratori più importanti nel campo della tecnologia e innovazione. Inizialmente piattaforma web di infor...
Cento anni di The Voice, omaggio italo-americano per Frank Sinatra
Omaggio italo-americano per i 100 anni di Frank Sinatra. A dare il via alle celebrazioni tra l'Italia e gli Usa, in onore del grande cantante, attore e produttore sarà la kermesse "Los Angeles, Italia - Film, Fashion and Art Fest'. Il festival, uno dei più attesi al mondo, giunto alla decima edizione e promosso dall'Istituto Capri nel mond...
Valentine's day special event
Marc Huestis presents in Celebration of 20 Years at the Castro FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI'S ROMEO & JULIETwith LEONARD WHITING "Romeo" Live In-Person! R & J Event 8 pm Gala Plus 1 pm West Side Story Matinee "Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" - right here in San Francisco at ye olde Castro Theatre! And we're havin...
400-year-old books stolen in Italy are found in California
By Kristin J. Bemder Two stolen Italian books dating to the 17th century that were discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and many other plundered ancient artifacts will be returned to their country of origin, federal officials say. The books, "Stirpium Historiae" and "Rariorm Plantarum Historia Anno 1601," were taken from Italy...
Maria Carmela Mazzone Begins Her Journey of a Lifetime
By Cookie Curci My Grandmother Maria Carmela came to California from the little town of Tricarico, Italy. The young daughter of a tight knit Italian family, she and her siblings came to America after her parents had both died from the deadly influenza epidemic that had swept over their little town. Rather than face another year living in the town...
Last survivor of 1906 San Francisco earthquake dies at 109
by Kristin J. Bender The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Monday. William A. "Bill" Del Monte died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday. He was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday. His niece, Janette Barroca of San Francisco confirmed his death of...
J.B. Monaco - The Dean of North Beach Photographers
by Catherine Accardi Perhaps some people believe history is a thing of the past. Think again. It is all around you. You look at it every day and likely even admire it. Examples are the many Italian cultural sites of San Francisco's North Beach such as the Columbus Tower and St. Francis Church. These monuments to our cultural past...