Italian Festival Volunteer Coordinator
Desert Arc is excitedly planning its 4th Annual Italian Festival, where attendees will enjoy a variety of Italian foods and wines, wonderful music and entertainment, merchant vendors, raffles, contests, and a family fun zone. Volunteer Coordinator/Event Assistant; The Volunteer Coordinator will manage volunteers for the Italian Festival. T...
Expo demolitions leave fair traditions in limbo
With the recent demolition of two exhibit halls and the structure housing six nonprofit food booths, the August earthquake will have a long-lasting impact on the Napa Valley Expo. Napa's Sons of Italy Lodge has had a food booth at the fair since 1956. Losing its stand is less about how it impacts the organization financially and more about...
Elezioni Comites di San Francisco: i risultati
È terminato lo spoglio delle schede per le elezioni del nuovo Comites di San Francisco. Sulla base dei risultati, il Comitato Elettorale Circoscrizionale riunitosi presso il Consolato Generale ha proclamato i 12 eletti che andranno a formare il Comites. Hanno preso parte al voto 545 elettori. 53 schede sono risultate nulle o annullate. 3 e...
Vittorio Grigòlo
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2015 - Hours: 7:30 PM Venue: The Broad Stage, Santa Monica Organized by: The Broad Stage con il sostegno di Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation In collaboration with: IIC Los Angeles Tickets and information at www.thebroadstage.com After a triumphant, sold-out debut at The Broad Stage in Febru...
Joe Mantegna reads Hercules by Gabriele Tinti
When: Date: Saturday, March 05, 2016 at 3:00 PM Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Poetry reading by actor Joe Mantegna in front of The Hope Herakles (Hercules) a Roman, 2nd- or 3rd-century marble sculpture copy after a Greek original of circa 370–350 B.C. by Skopas that is part of the Willia...
The San Francisco Bay Area Welcomes Lorenzo Ortona, San Francisco’s New Italian Consul General
By Catherine Accardi The Bay Area is pleased to welcome Lorenzo Ortona as the new San Francisco Consul General of Italy. Although headquartered in San Francisco, the Italian Consulate serves Northern and Central California, and a territory that extends from Hawaii to Alaska and Washington State. Consul General Ortona graduated wit...
Fazioli Piano Series – Contemporary music in L.A.
The first appointment with Fazioli Piano Series was hosted by the IIC in Los Angeles last March 17. The initiative, launched by the Italian Cultural Institute, gets its name from the Italian company that produces grand and concert-grand pianos, worldly renown for the high quality materials and the finest technology of its products. The series is d...
La Nuova Italia che Avanza: in 3Dgallery
Da gennaio a marzo un gruppo di startup italiane (map2app, Atooma, in3Dgallery e Bad Seed Entertainment) hanno vissuto a San Francisco l'esperienza del programma di accelerazione di Mind the Bridge che prevede, accanto ad un un finanziamento seed fino a 65mila dollari, dieci settimane di duro lavoro al Gym (acceleratore e sede di Mind the Bridge a...
Don’t Miss “Napoli Milionaria” at the American Conservatory Theater
By Mauro Battocchi Eduardo de Filippo's Neapolitan masterpiece Napoli Milionaria is kicking off at the American Conservatory Theater in just two days. The English version is called: "Napoli!" Marco Barricelli (Vigil at A.C.T.) and Stratford Festival star Seana McKenna (Phèdre at A.C.T.) lead the cast. During the tough days of World War II,...
A Renaissance Mystery Woman Enchants and Puzzles San Francisco
By Mauro Battocchi Behold this Renaissance lady. How would you describe her expression? For a woman of her era - the early Sixteenth century, she looks rather daring to me: she gazes straight into your eyes, as a modern young woman would do today. Her countenance appears to me coquettish, even mischievous. Her stunning elegance -...
The Italian artist and concert pianist Fabiola Addamo
Dear Readers,L'Italo-Americano's director, Simone Schiavinato, recently wrote that we must celebrate not only the discovery of America, but the Italian American spirit that pushes forward in Silicon Valley, startups that create high tech products made in Italy and relocated in California and other states in the U.S.A. where we live as Italians and...
Carla Viparelli: Silicosophy
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2015 - Monday, September 28, 2015 Hours: www.sixty29contemporary.com Venue: Sixty29 Contemporary, Culver City Organized by: ART1307 In collaboration with: Sixty29 Contemporary and the IIC www.sixty29contemporary.com Carla Viparelli lives and works in Naples and Maratea. She is both a prolific and a multifaceted a...