Savor the Flavor, i profumi e i sapori del Sud Italia conquistano Beverly Hills
È bene ripeterlo una volta ancora: la cucina italiana strappa applausi ovunque. Se poi si aggiunge una location suggestiva ed elegante - in questo caso il lussuoso Hotel Mr. C di Beverly Hills -, il gioco è fatto. L'occasione era il Savor the Flavor, vetrina di prodotti tipici del sud d'Italia presentati in prima persona dai loro esportato...
Italian Language Meetup Groups – La Dolce Lingua!
Have you ever heard the Italian language praised as one of the great romance languages in the world? Of course you have! I like to call it La Dolce Lingua. It is both beautiful to hear and even more charming to speak. There are several ways to expand your Italian language expertise. One, of course, is to attend formal Italian language clas...
Ciao Italia: Santa Monica
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2015 - Saturday, October 31, 2015 Hours: www.ciaosantamonica.com Venue: Santa Monica, CA Organized by: Santa Monica Place, Macerich and Salamone Associates In collaboration with: Paul Mitchell, Loews, The Patron and IIC Santa Monica celebrates the Italian Heritage Month with a series of events.Info and tickets at ww...
15th Annual week of the Italian language in the world: Giorgio Moroder
Date: Monday, October 19, 2015 - Saturday, October 24, 2015 Hours: TBA Venue: IIC e altri Giorgio Moroder, world famous producer, songwriter, performer and DJ, pioneer of synth disco and electronic dance music, and a three time Oscar winner, is the spokesman for this year's Week of the Italian Language. This year's theme is Italian in Music, the...
Weary Gatto Family Remembers Slain Father
by Allison B. Cohen The family of Joseph Gatto, the 78-year-old father of California State Assemblymember Mike Gatto who was murdered in his home near the Silver Lake Reservoir November 12, 2013, said they believe there is still one witness that has not come forward with information in the case despite a $50,000 reward. Gatto, who represe...
O Holy Night of Opera
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015 Time: 6:30-8:30 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: Merola Opera Programme In collaboration with: IIC Merola 2012 and 2014 alumnus tenor Casey Candebat returns to San Francisco for a special one-night performance. O Holy Night of Opera features selections from Tosca and C...
How Tiziana Rocca brought the Taormina Film Fest to Los Angeles
by Valerio Viale Tiziana Rocca, general manager of the Taormina Film Fest since 2012, has been largely innovating the historic Sicilian festival, founded in 1955. Her main concerns are to celebrate and foster Italian young talents, as well as to assure female filmmakers of an equal visibility as their male counterparts. The c...
Addio a Enzo Torresi, gigante italiano della Silicon Valley
ADESSO che, grazie a Skype e WhatsApp, un figlio informatico o pubblicitario che lavora a Shanghai è quasi solo un problema di fuso orario, fatichiamo a renderci conto di quanto un tempo fossero vissuti come definitivi i distacchi da chi, come Enzo Torresi, partiva per scelta o per caso per fare ricerca e creare valore in California anziché nella s...
For Italian grape varieties, hope persists in the foothills
For California wine enthusiasts, the Columbus Day weekend used to mean a big San Francisco tasting focused on wines made from Italian grape varieties grown in the United States. That went away more than a decade ago, sunk when organizers conceded that domestic wines based on Italian grape varieties just weren't resonating with consumers. T...
Realtor Enzo Ricciardelli will help you find your dream house in L.A.
By Valerio Viale As Carlo Levi himself declared, in reference to the origins of his well-known memoir's title, Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945): "The title of the book comes from an expression by the people of 'Gagliano' who say of themselves, 'Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli' which means, in effect, that they feel they have been bypa...
L.A. Italia Fest to Celebrate Dean Martin
Dean Martin's life and works will be celebrated at the 12th annual L.A. Italia Film, Fashion and Art Festival to mark the centennial of the 'King of Cool's birth. Martin, who died in 1995, is considered one of the most popular Italian-American icons of all time. The festival will showcase a complete retrospective of Martin's films, as wel...
BAIA Dinner: Meet Three Owners of Self-Funded Businesses
The third BAIA Dinner #3: All about Self-Funded Businesses will take place in San Francisco on Tuesday January 22nd, at 7:00 pm. We often hear about large amounts of investment capital that enable a business to take off and become profitable. This is however just one scenario: sometimes entrepreneurs found and grow a business without that kind of...