FESTA DI NATALE 2016
When: Sat, December 10, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM PSTWhere: Italian Cultural Center, 1669 Columbia Street, San Diego, CA 92101 It's our annual Holiday Potluck! Come one, Come All! Bring your favorite seasonal dish, some holiday cheer,and your best Italian smile! Live music with the fabulous Iris Moné, raffle-prizes, tombola, and much...
Dal Mezzogiorno alla Silicon Valley
Sotto la targa che dedica il parco giochi al figlio d'immigrati di Isola delle Femmine, i giovani imprenditori del Mezzogiorno scattano foto eccitati, primissima tappa del primo giorno del tour a Silicon Valley e dintorni che Antonio Perdichizzi, vulcanico presidente del Gruppo Giovani Confindustria Catania mi ha chiesto di guidare, come autore di...
The Gossiping Gourmet: After three months, Filomena's feels like family
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Why Columbus Day is safe in San Jose
A longtime reader sent me an email the other day with a question that perplexed me: What happened to Christopher Columbus' golden buckles, or more accurately, the gold-painted buckles on his boots? My correspondent was not, of course, talking about the explorer's real boots, but about the black marble pair that now adorn his statue at San...
The ITA presented Start Up with Italy: starting up Italian innovation in Silicon Beach
Los Angeles isn't just the world capital of entertainment anymore. An entire ecosystem has developed around the entertainment industry, creating new opportunities for international cooperation in the digital and technological fields. So L.A. is now following in the footsteps of the cousin in the North, San Francisco, and establishing its o...
Friday Nights on Main - La Dolce Vita in Belvedere Tiburon
July 31, 2015 / Friday 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM /Downtown Tiburon - Main Street - Belvedere Tiburon, California 94920. Tiburon celebrates the good life with Ol' Blue Eyes, Jonathan Poretz that is, with a swingin' tribute to Frank Sinatra and the fabulous music of the Rat Pack era. Dance Arts Studios will perform a Cha Cha, Jive and an...
Los Angeles lancia ‘La ballata dei senzatetto’ nella corsa agli Oscar dei corti
by Barbara Minafra In Italia non lo ha preso in considerazione nessuno. A Los Angeles hanno deciso che il piccolo Tommaso concorrerà per gli Oscar e i Bafta and Canadian Screen Award. "La ballata dei senzatetto" è lo struggente cortometraggio d'animazione della 38enne Monica Manganelli, scenografa e visual artist di Parma, da tempo al...
BUILD Pizzeria Roma, where everything tastes of happiness
By Josh Escobar At the new pizzeria in Downtown Shattuck are families with young kids, waiters in black, chefs in white and girls in college with flowers in their hair. "A flower comes with some of the drinks," explains owner Lisa Holt, sitting beside the other owner and her husband, David Shapiro. Read more Sour...
An Italian Evening With Erica Mou And Oblivion At Beverly Cañon Gardens
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Following Local Events around Town – Little Italy Festa
by Andrew Bagley It started early in the morning. Then apparently, wouldn't stop or even let up. The official start time was 10:00 AM but no matter. The onslaught kept on coming and from all over. You couldn't ask for a better day. The weather provided the perfect backdrop with sunny, bright blue skies as Italian food with inviting ar...
Sister Cities in Our Own Backyards
by Catherine Accardi Who says the world is shrinking? Just about everyone! However, a tape measured placed precisely at the equator would reveal that no actual shrinkage has occurred over the past thousand years. So, why is it that most of us "feel" in closer proximity to our colleagues across the globe? More than likely it is bec...
Curtain Calls: Tobin's 'In Therapy' at Del Valle Theatre
Described as "one part lasagna, one part kreplach (small dumplings) and two parts Prozac," the international hit comedy "My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy" comes to Walnut Creek in March. According to its star, actor/comedian Ron Tobin, you don't have to be Jewish or Italian to love this show: "All yo...