Italian Society at Berkeley
Dear friends, After more than ten years as the International Italian Students Association (IISA), we have decided to join forces with the Berkeley Italian Network (BIN), an informal network of Italian students and researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and, together, form the 'Italian Society at Berkeley'. Wit...
Mucho Gusto Seaside’s Gusto honors hand-crafted pasta and pizza duties phenomenally
The Weekly waits three months for a critique in order to allow kitchens and service staffs to work out the kinks (see story, p. 134), but my editor told me we could break our rule because Gusto has hit the the ground running. My first observations reinforced that: a warm smile by a greeter, the soothing hum of diners conversing, serv...
Special Premio Strega – IIC Book Club (8 June, 6:30 PM)
Started in 1947, the Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. A special book club at the IIC participates in the ballot that produces the finalists. The final round of voting, followed by the proclamation of the winner, takes place on the first Thursday in July at Villa Giulia, Rome. Event is for Strega Voting Memb...
Little Studio Films exports the talent of Italian directing team for Hollywood ventures
Little Studio Films, a Los Angeles based production, distribution and representation company owned by Alexandra Yacovlef and Alexia Melocchi, have signed the accomplished Italian directing and producing team of Luca Boni and Marco Ristori for representation and a series of Hollywood projects. Little Studio Films will introduce Boni and Ristori and...
Convivio della Delegazione di Los Angeles gennaio 2016
di Mariella Salvatori La Befana vien di notte... la Delegazione di Los Angeles, a conclusione delle celebrazioni natalizie, ha voluto iniziare il 2016 con una cena dedicata alla Befana, cioe' ad una festa tipicamente italiana e praticamente sconosciuta negli USA. Proprio per colmare questo gap da parte americana, la simposiarca nonche...
SF Amatrice Event to Raise Funds for Italy Earthquake Relief
A fundraiser for Amatrice earthquake relief efforts is scheduled to take place this Sunday, September 25 in San Francisco. Beginning at 12 pm, the event will feature Italian food and drinks from top San Francisco Italian restaurants, cafes and food shops, including 54 Mint, which will host the event. Among the treats on offer: antipas...
CBS News welcomes Artists’ Tribute to Italian Americans in Baseball to San Diego’s Little Italy
There was no better way to celebrate Phil Rizzuto's birthday than in the company of San Diego's finest news crew at CBS Channel 8 and renowned sports artist Christopher Paluso. On September 25th, CBS News Anchor Carlo Cecchetto hosted the grand opening evening celebration of the new exhibition Artists' Tribute to Italian Americans in Baseball after...
Italian Heritage Night — at the Ball Park!
by Mauro Battocchi San Francisco is lucky to have AT&T Park as the home of their beloved Giants. The modern behemoth is nestled against San Francisco Bay and, if the action on the field lulls, the bleacher seats can gaze out over the water and watch the container ships drift by. Usually, though, the game has good pep, considering the G...
San Diego’s Little Italy: The pizza and piazzas are just like the real thing
By Lori Weisberg Ask me where I'd like to vacation, and whatever the day or year, my answer will invariably be the same: anywhere in Italy. A devoted Italophile without the means to travel overseas regularly, I feed my passion instead by seeking out Italian-centric neighborhoods in U.S. cities. How fortunate, then, am I to live just minut...
The Old Country and New Western – A Singing Cowboy’s Tale
When you think of Italians and music, you might just think of the great opera composers, Verdi, Pucchini, Rossini, or the powerful voices of Caruso, Pavarotti or Bartoli. Perhaps your mind fills with the smooth sound of Sinatra and Martin but that is only part of our history. What if I told you Italians also made the best toe tapping, boot scooting...
Sabato Rodia’s Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development - Edited by Luisa Del Giudice - Wednesday, October 15 | 7 PM
The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles cordially invite you to the presentation of the book "Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development". Edited by Luisa Del Giudice (NY: Fordham University Press, 2014) it represents a tour de force culmination of the last five years of activity around the extraordinary Watts Towers,...
Mario Savio: cinquant’anni fa a Berkeley il suo discorso storico che diede il via alla protesta studentesca. Preannunciando il ’68…
di Roberto Bonzio "Arriva un momento in cui il funzionamento della macchina diventa così odioso, ti rende così infelice che non puoi più farne parte, non puoi farne parte nemmeno passivamente. E devi mettere il tuo corpo sugli ingranaggi, sulle ruote, sulle leve, su tutto l'apparato, e devi farla fermare. E devi mostrare alle persone che l...