West Coast Premiere: Emergency Exit by Brunella Fili'
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 At 6:30 pm Organized by: IIC in collaboration with Italian Film Festival USA Entrance: Free Location: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90024 - USA Six stories of ordinary separation, one question: What happened to Italy? Emergency Exit (2014, 66 min, in...
Fisherman’s Wharf — the Un-Tourist’s Guide
They're coming, and you know where they'll want to go: Fisherman's Wharf. Just like the famous Dungeness crabs they crave, tourists are baited to the wharf and willingly get caught in the same old traps — souvenir shops, fast-food spots and chain restaurants. During the Gold Rush era in the mid-1800s, Italian immigrants came to the northern waterf...
Sons of Italy to host annual Polenta Dinner
The Sons of Italy Diablo Valley Lodge #2167 will be holding a Polenta Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. The event will be held at the Martinez Veteran's Hall, 930 Ward St., in downtown Martinez. Please join the Sons for a lovely dinner prepared by Catering by Cynthia. The buffet menu consists of: creamy polenta, grilled Italian sausages,...
A special night for Families of Italian Lineage
On Saturday, December 8, 2012 F.I.L. held its annual Christmas Gala at the Mission Viejo Country Club. Through the hustle and bustle of the preparation for the Christmas Season, chairlady Carolyn Minnot found time to be quite busy planning the last event of the year for F.I.L. The beautiful M.V.C.C. was enhanced by the chairlady's detailed preparat...
Sons of Italy Elects State President
By Nickolas Marinelli Even before the convention began, the Order Sons of Italy Grand Lodge of California was on pins and needles. There was going to be a change—a transition of power—and for the first time in recent memory, nobody knew how it was going to turn out. The delegates from the so-called filial lodges that make up the G...
Il telegiornale come non l’avete mai visto. La Nuova Italia che Avanza: Watchup
Le buone notizie che accompagnano l'inizio del 2014 non si sono fatte attendere per quel che riguarda il mondo delle startup italiane. Watchup, una azienda di video news che veicola notizie da importanti testate giornalistiche su un'applicazione scaricabile su tablet e sui Google Glass, ha appena annunciato un finanziamento da un milione di dollari...
Alameda a la carte: C’era Una Volta turns 10
By Denise Shelton Once upon a time – in 2004 – three friends decided to open a restaurant in Alameda. Since they were all Italian (two natives and an Italian-American), they figured it would be a good idea to feature Italian food and wine. They named their restaurant C'era Una Volta, which incidentally is Italian for "once upon a time." &...
L’ENIT presenta Expo Milano 2015: prima tappa Los Angeles
A un anno dall'inaugurazione, tra polemiche e scandali che sembrano inevitabilmente accompagnare eventi di questa portata, l'Expo di Milano 2015 debutta all'estero per farsi conoscere e per attrarre ancora di più su di sé l'interesse del pubblico internazionale. L'ENIT (Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo) parteciperà a tale missione in veste di...
Exploring San Diego's Little Italy
by Eric Brightwell In Los Angeles, nearly all of the city's officially-designated ethnic enclaves are for Asian ethnicities. Eurasia's Armenian community has Little Armenia and Russians in eastern West Hollywood have earned it the nickname "Little Russia," but French Town, Greek Town, and Little Italy have all faded into assimilation and o...
Italian delight Santina is the hottest new spot in town
by Steve Cuozzo Design is destiny. Santina is a glass-box folly so festive, it nudges timid diners outside their predictable-Italian comfort boxes. Chilies! Yogurt! Scorching red-pepper rings on top of lubriciously olive-oiled, black-and-white anchovies! Santina, from Major Food Group partners Mario Carbone (who's in charge of Santina's k...
A Venetian in Los Angeles: Ugo Mamolo on Cakes, Bakes and Benê’s Bakery
by Elisabetta Santi Walking into Gelson's Market, on Laurel Canyon Blvd., the first thing that greets the eye is the 'Coffee & Pastries' sign. The man behind these pastries is Trieste-born, Ugo Mamolo, who owns Viktor Benês Bakery. His creations are some of Los Angeles' favorite pasticcini, hence their availability at 15 Gelson's...
Alessandra Palazzotti and her Italian Delegation at the Special Olympics in L.A.
by Valerio Viale The 2015 Special Olympics World Games, hosted in Los Angeles from July 25 to August 2, is the largest sports and humanitarian event worldwide this year and the single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games, with 6,500 athletes and 2,000 coaches, along with 30,000 volunteers and an estimated 500,000 spect...