Giannini’s miracle: How an immigrant helped save an American ideal
At 5:12 on the morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by a severe earthquake estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The San Francisco quake devastated a great many of the city's buildings and generated fires that burned for four days. By the time the fires were out, more than 80 percent of the city's built-up area h...
In the Art of Laguna: Artist Giorgio Dimichina
by Gaya Linn In its heyday, Laguna Beach, a seaside city in Orange County, was il centro of a rich and flourishing artist colony. All along the Pacific Coast, "en plair air" (in open air) artists were seen with their brushes and easels, depicting Laguna's coastline of coves, beaches and picturesque landscapes. Much has changed since those...
Professor Jamiolkowski and Professor Viggiani: a talk with the two engineers who saved the Leaning Tower of Pisa
"It can even incline five steps more without falling": the history of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is full of anecdotes and legends, which come along with interesting researches and studies. One of these stories, from which the quote has been taken, dates back to 1728: when Charles Louis de Secondat, the Baron de Montesquieu visited the Piazz...
Solunto's Bakes Up a Delicious Modern Renaissance in Little Italy
After a year and half absence, the famous bread and other baked goods at Solunto's Bakery are available again, plus so much more. The iconic bakery, founded in Little Italy in the 1960s, reopened yesterday after a complete remodel and now features an enhanced bakery section and expanded food and drink offerings. Owner Antonino Mastellone,...
Gabriele Ciampi. Un italiano in America
Da Roma, sua città natale, a Los Angeles, dove vive attualmente: il compositore e direttore d'orchestra Gabriele Ciampi ha esportato il suo modo di comporre negli Usa. Su invito della First Lady Michelle, nel 2015 si è esibito alla Casa Bianca per la famiglia del Presidente Obama. E ora annuncia due importanti notizie per una carriera artistica in...
Italian Studies as Disciplinary Interface: Art, Science, and Culture
by Federico Pacchioni Local folks and students from the Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of Art, and the Italian Studies program attended Dr. Kevin Petti's engaging and rich lecture on the nexus between art and anatomy during the Italian Renaissance. Italy's medieval universities established the study of human anato...
Treasures from Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo Arrive in SF
Yesterday at the Italian Cultural Institute, was the official unveiling of the Treasures from Naples' Teatro di San Carlo, a stunning collection of rare stage costumes, jewels, tapestries, and other treasures, whose provenance spans the last 250 years of Teatro di San Carlo's rich history. The auction of these items at the June 15th Gala Dinner and...
A taste of Italy in September
"La cucina Italiana è la madre cucina del mondo." ("The Italian cuisine is the mother cuisine of the (western) world.") Lorenzo II De' Medici was a banker in Florence who attained significant power and wealth by bankrolling the monarchies of Europe. When his daughter Catherine De' Medici married King Henry of France in 1547 and she moved...
An Interview with Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien Producers of Finding the Mother Lode
L'Italo-Americano had the opportunity to interview filmmakers Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, producers of Finding the Mother Lode, the new documentary on the history of Italian immigrants in California. The documentary premiered last Friday, November 8th, 2013, at the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco. This comprehensive tel...
Consolato Generale d’Italia in Los Angeles
di Antonio Verde Los Angeles è fra le città americane più vividamente presente nell'immaginario italiano. Una metropoli vivace e creativa, sulla quale si stagliano i capolavori di Hollywood e le bellezze naturli. Un luogo dove i sogni si possono ancora inseguire e realizzare. Los Angeles è soprattutto un centro mondiale di attivit...
San Juan Capistrano Sister City Celebration
by Vicky CarabiniMay 16, Saturday San Juan Capistrano Sister City Celebration at the Camono Real Playhouse -6:00-9:30pm Enjoy an evening of fabulous food and wine fundraiser for the playhouse to celebrate the sister city relationships with Capestrano, Italy; home to San Giovanni di Capestrano - patron saint of the Mission and our official Sister Ci...
Simply Sinatra: “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer”
Sunday, September 27, 2015 4:30pmFort Mason Center2 Marina Blvd., Building CSan Francisco, CA 94123 "No one could sing of loneliness better than Frank Sinatra. Even his songs of joy and unbounded happiness were manifestations of a fundamental loneliness." Join Stephen Gill as he narrates through story and song the rise and fall and resurrection on...