Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia tackles the Constitution at Santa Clara University
By Katie Nelson If there was one phrase Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia could eliminate from our vocabulary, it would be "living constitution." "God, I hate that phrase," Scalia said. "I prefer 'enduring Constitution.' " Scalia spoke to a full house at Santa Clara University on Wednesday, a place familiar to the nearly 30-ye...
Lorenzo Soria brings his journalistic professionalism to the chair of the HFPA
Lorenzo Soria's parents were Jews, urged - by the suffocating climate following the "Italian Racial Laws" - to embark on a diaspora to Argentina. They settled down in Buenos Aires, where, in 1951, Lorenzo was born. The boy grew up in a circle of Italians, until at the age of 11, he experienced the tragic loss of his father. His m...
Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Spyder to Make its Debut in North America
As Italian custom coach builder Touring Superleggera turns ninety years old, the company handmade a bold interpretation of a open top car – the 'Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Spyder'. The eye-catching hand built two-seater is based on the Alfa Romeo '8C Competizione Spider', and will only see seven examples built. With a seamless aesthetic, a s...
Opening Rossini Opera Summer Series: L’Italiana in Algeri
When: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 At 6:00 pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute of LA, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles,CA 90024 Organized by : IIC & Rossini Opera Festival - Entrance : Free. RSVP mandatory. RSVP HERE L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers, 2013, 153 min) is the first opera of this special screening series...
Lorenzo Ortona nuovo Console Generale a San Francisco: il messaggio ai connazionali
Prima settimana a San Francisco per Lorenzo Ortona, che da lunedì scorso, 19 settembre, ha assunto le funzioni di Console Generale. "Mi sento profondamente onorato di poter rappresentare l'Italia a San Francisco e nel quadrante nord-occidentale degli Stati Uniti", scrive Ortona nel suo primo messaggio ai connazionali. "Sento la grande comples...
L.A. Meets Ambassador Varricchio and His Contagious Optimism
The recently appointed Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio was born in Venice, Italy, but completed his MA (summa cum laude) in International Relations at the prestigious University of Padua. Appointed, on December 2013, with the highest ranking honor of "Grand Officer of the Order of merit of the Republic of Italy...
Position available: Project Manager Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West - Los Angeles, California
The ideal candidate for this position will be an innovative and energetic individual with a passion for promoting trade relations between Italy and the Western United States. Responsibilities to include but not limited to: Promotes the mission of the Chamber and creates interest in its services;Develops initiatives, calculates costs and drafts pr...
Matinee At The Opera – Don Pasquale
Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara presents: A BUFFET LUNCH AT LA CUMBRE COUNTRY CLUB followed by MATINEE AT THE OPERA – DON PASQUALESunday, April 28th, 2013
Work of Two Local Artists Comes to the Museo Italo Americano
Coming to the Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco's Fort Mason this Friday, is an exhibition that will be featuring two artists. Titled Ageless, the exhibition is a showcase of artists Elena Civoli Brittain and Nola Pardi Proll, and the works featured are between contemporary abstraction and sculpture that expresses a love of anything nature. B...
Verdi’s Masterwork: Opera and the Birth of Modern Italy
In the early 19th Century, Italy was essentially a "geographical expression," a patchwork of principalities spread across islands and peninsulas, dominated by foreign powers. By century's end it had united as the independent Kingdom of Italy, its people citizens of a modern nation with an emerging common culture and language. The great Giuseppe Ver...
California Science Center Presents 16th Annual Discovery Ball Amidst the Splendor and Elegance of "Pompeii: The Exhibition"
On Friday, May 16, 2014, California Science Center Discovery Ball guests will experience an ancient city at the height of the Roman Empire as they preview the west coast premiere of Pompeii: The Exhibition. Gala attendees will be the first Science Center guests to see more than 150 artifacts from the unparalleled collection of the Naples National A...
Bitter radicchio gets little love from mainstream America; here’s why it’s the next breakthrough vegetable.
Ask the first 10 people you see if they know what radicchio is and here's what will happen. Of the 10, three will be unable to replicate the pronunciation (rah-DEE-kee-oh) and will walk away shaking their heads. Four others will stand there with a quizzical look on their faces, searching their memory banks, saying they know they've heard of it som...