Fringe Festival Showcases Sicilian Stage Drama
The second annual San Diego International Fringe Festival launched on Thursday, July 3. Boasting more than 75 shows, 200 artists and close to 400 performances in various downtown locations, continues the inaugural festival's tradition of bringing "the beautiful, the bizarre and the unexpected to America's Finest City." The award-winning fe...
Celebrating Italian American pride at Los Angeles City Hall
Italian Heritage Month means, first of all, a period of continuous celebrations. This is a special moment when all Italian Americans feel particularly proud to show their heritage and traditions, a moment when we stay together, united not just by the same flags, but also by the same passion. The month of October gives us the opportunity to...
New Italian Cinema
This year's New Italian Cinema offers several distinct elements in the competition section, including the first-ever animated feature, an Italian production entirely in Arabic and a suspense-oriented film in the giallo tradition, among other extremely impressive first or second features. Opening Night features a very special evening with E...
Luca Brinciotti Explores Italian-American Culture Clash in His Preeminent Short Film, "Free Refill"
During the Hollyshorts monthly screening at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theater on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a lot of great shorts were shown. The one that stood out for it's own original content was "Free Refill." A movie about the cultural diversities between Sebastiano (Alessandro Nori), an Italian student, that shares an apartment with Josh (...
Lido Cantarutti Receives 2016 Marin Cultural Treasure Award
Lido Cantarutti, the director of the Italian Film Festival in Marin County, was recently awarded the 2016 Marin Cultural Treasure award, for his excellent work in directing the film festival since its inception 39 years ago. I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Lido for this meaningful distinction, and also reinforce how l...
"La bottarga è più buona del caviale" L.A. Times esalta il prodotto sardo
Bottarga, Cannonau, casu marzu, fregola, culurgiones e tante altre prelibatezze. La stampa internazionale rilancia le eccellenze dell'enogastronomia sarda come tra le migliori al mondo. Lo rivela una ricerca condotta dall'Osservatorio Internazionale della Stampa Estera "Nathan il Saggio". Cinquanta tra le più autorevoli testate sono state monitorat...
Italian Film Festival
Il Festival del Cinema Italiano celebra il suo 40esimo anniversario nel 2016 con otto commedie e film drammatici di successo dall'Italia. 8 lungometraggi da settembre 24 a novembre 5 (solo fine settimana). Tutti i film sono in italiano con sottotitoli in inglese. Il Festival avra' luogo al Marin Center Showcase Theatre, San Rafael, Califo...
Serafina Sunset Opens In Los Angeles: 5 Fabulous Reasons To Hit Up The Italian Hotspot
After debuting on Madison Avenue over 20 years ago, Serafina instantly became a popular destination for local families and trendy jetsetters. Assaf and Granato's unique Serafina style was quickly embraced in New York and beyond as they opened seven more locations in NYC and expanded around the world. Alongside partners Mel B and Stephen Belafonte,...
Valley residents come together for annual Italian Festival
Pasta, pizza, cannolis and all things Italian were on display at the annual Coachella Valley Italian Festival over the weekend. The sixth annual festival ran Saturday and Sunday at Rancho Mirage Community Park. Attendees could sample traditional Italian fare, as well as garlic knots, funnel cakes and a selection of beers and wines, from ov...
SF City Hall Transforms under the Tricolore
What a landmark day for Italian-ness — italianità — in the United States! In a testament to how profoundly linked our two countries are in matters past and present, representatives from both nations congregated across the country to herald the coming 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States. After Minister Terzi and Ambassador Bisogniero c...
Italian American Historian To Speak At Los Feliz Library March 14th
Historian and author Marianna Gatto, executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, will be the featured speaker at the Architecture and Beyond Lecture Series Thurs., March 14th, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., at the Los Feliz Library, 1874 Hillhurst Ave. Gatto will speak on "Chasing Ghosts: Los Angeles (Hidden) Italian Ro...
The resurgence of San Diego’s historic Little Italy neighborhood
While New York's Little Italy is in serious decline, San Diego's Little Italy is a thriving community. Walk down Little Italy's main drag and you see coffee-sipping window shoppers brush past old Italian men relaxing in the spotless piazza. New businesses keep popping up and the restaurants are always packed. But it wasn't always that way...