Artist Nicola Verlato to Paint Italian Masterpiece inside Fiat 500L
FIAT Brand North America will bring a splash of color to this year's Los Angeles Auto Show by commissioning noted Italian artist Nicola Verlato to paint an Italian masterpiece, inspired by one of the most recognized fresco works of the Renaissance era, inside a Fiat 500L. Verlato will paint his masterpiece, which will pay homage to elements of Mich...
Italian Cultural Center Continues to Grow
San Diego's Italian Cultural Center will be holding a memorial service for its co-founder and Vice President, Graziella Spinelli at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, in Little Italy on Saturday, December 13th at 12 p.m. Following the funeral a reception will be hosted by Graziella's sister at the church hall. Upon attempting to teach her nati...
Vincenzo Marianella, the Italian renaissance barman
by Jenn Harris Before Vincenzo Marianella, the cocktail scene in Los Angeles, compared with London and New York, was a sticky wasteland of sweet-and-sour mix, triple sec and bottled lime juice. Then a 6-foot-4 Italian guy from a tiny town in Italy called Tolmezzo stepped behind the bar at Providence in 2005, started using fresh citrus and...
Gus Villalta, worker who helped build Golden Gate Bridge, dies
by Carl Nolte Gus Villalta was one of those young men you used to see around North Beach in San Francisco all the time in tough times of the Great Depression of the 1930s. He was born in Italy, raised in San Francisco and had just graduated from Galileo High School. Work was scarce when he got out of school in 1935. It was the Great...
Get to Know: Marco Belinelli
by Alex Kramers A sharpshooting swingman with a knack for stepping up at crucial junctures, Marco Belinelli is an undoubtedly welcome addition to a Sacramento squad that ranked 28th in both three-point makes (461) and attempts (1,350) and 20th in three-point percentage (34.1) in 2014-15. The ninth-year pro placed fifth in the League in do...
A pioneering banker from Genoa to San Francisco
In 1973, the U.S. Postal Service issued a special 21¢ stamp with a portrait of Amadeo P. Giannini. If you haven't heard of Giannini, you've probably heard of the bank he founded: The Bank of America. Born in 1870 in San Jose, California, Giannini was born to two Italian immigrants originally from Favale di Malvaro, a town near Genoa in Liguria. Pe...
Italy invades Beverly Hills in 'Bruna in Beverly Hills.'
by Ron Irwin Italy invades Beverly Hills in 'Bruna in Beverly Hills' and the result is amazing hilarity. Let's take a look behind the scenes. Ronn Moss, known to his fans as Ridge Forrester, married to Brooke Logan in 'The Bold and the Beautiful', has a new lady in TV. Moss is starring alongside actress Kim Kopf in the new si...
Ferrara Flame Introduces New Italkero Luxury Patio Heater Into the USA
Ferrara Flame, the company that introduced the USA to the Falo, the luxury patio heater which was highly coveted by manufacturers worldwide, now presents the next line of innovatively designed patio heaters, the Lightfire Dolcevita designed and manufactured in Italy by Italkero! The patented design of this next generation luxury patio heat...
Meet Italian Rugby Team and Italian Heritage night with the Quakes!
Just Announced!!! Come meet members of the Italian Rugby team in Little Italy San Jose! Thursday June 16th at 5pm take photos and get Autographs with members of the Italian National team at Paesano Ristorante. Buy your tickets now for the USA vs Italy Rugby match at Avaya Stadium on Saturday June 18th at usarugby.org/tickets or buy them in person o...
Celebrating Italian heritage: Helen Fisicaro named honorary Queen Isabella
Like her namesake, San Mateo's new honorary Queen Isabella is an example of the wide-ranging influence of Italian culture and its connection to other countries. This year, longtime public servant and newly crowned honorary royalty, Helen Fisicaro, will celebrate Italian Heritage Month as an honoree of the Peninsula Italian American Social...
San Francisco Kicks Off “2013 Year of Italian Culture”
"Research, discovery, and innovation are keys to understanding the spirit of the Year of Italian Culture in the United States. This project, organized under the auspices of the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, aims at showcasing Italian creativity and culture both in our artistic heritage and in our "Made in Italy" (brand), po...
Original San Gennaro Feast Brings Italian Food and Music Festival to San Diego
The original San Gennaro Feast is bringing an Italian food and musical festival to San Diego, May 30-June 2, 2013, at the Qualcomm Stadium South East parking lot. The festival's producer, Anthony Palmisano, is a third generation Royal Festivals man who has produced the popular San Gennaro Feasts in Las Vegas for more than 34 years. Qualcomm Stadium...