Startup: Italia e USA a confronto
di Alberto Onetti Oggi anche in Italia si parla tantissimo di startup. E soprattutto si fanno spesso paragoni con gli Stati Uniti e la Silicon Valley. Difficile dire quanto ancora siamo distanti (credo ancora tanto). Però è possibile tracciare alcune prime linee di confronto. L'occasione ci viene data dal rapporto sull'ecosis...
San Jose Giants Italian night
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 - Gate opens 5:00pm - Game starts 6:00pm The entire night will be a celebration of Italian culture with raffles, Italian music and food, and giveaways. Come out, have fun and support Italian pride. San Jose Giants Italian baseball cap to first 1,000 attendees. $4.00 of each ticket sold goes to the IAHF. BUY TICKETS NOW...
Monteforte's painting studio. The artist brings his painting studio to one of our galleries
Domenico Monteforte, who gave a much appreciated exhibition here at the IIC in summer 2012, is back in San Francisco. This time, the Tuscan painter will turn one of our galleries into a painter's studio, allowing guests to see him at work and then exhibiting his creations on our walls as they are completed. Guests will have the rare chance to meet...
A Loving Community Remembers Dr. Victor Vari
By Mauro Battocchi The Italian community in Santa Clara and around the Bay was saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Victor Vari last week. He was the longest serving professor at Santa Clara University and a safekeeper of Italian language and cultural, which he passed on lovingly through his decades of service in California. A recent mes...
The Secret, A Documentary film - February 22, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Film screening: Il segreto (The Secret) at the Museo Italoamericano. This award-winning documentary by Cyop & Kaf, promoted by Neapolitan music producer and cultural operator Salvatore Visone, is a fascinating look at the streets of Naples and the bands of children that live on them. Once a year on St. Anthony's day, they build a bonfire, ofte...
Giuseppina Torre, an Italian excellence in L.A.
Giuseppina Torre is an example of Italian excellence which is appreciated and admired abroad. Her fairy-tale story began three years ago when the organisers of the Los Angeles Music Awards 'discovered' through one of her songs on iTunes and soon she was celebrated in the U.S. and in the rest of the world. Giuseppina's first album was relea...
Being Leonardo da Vinci - An Impossible Interview
On December 17, 2015 at 8 p.m. at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater (1127 Market Street, San Francisco), the show is Leonardo's true life portrayed on stage. Discovering the story behind Leonardo, the painter, the scientist, the inventor. His authentic language, his secrets, methods of working, passions. Renowned Italian director and actor Massimili...
Paolo Miliozzi, President of Fondazione Italia, Paladin of Our Language
Paolo Miliozzi grew up in Civitanova Marche, Adriatic seaport in Italian region of Marche. Strangely enough, historically this area didn't give birth to maritime explorers, as in the case of Venice, lapped by the same Adriatic Sea. Regardless, Civitanova Marche has a strong marine bond, as demonstrated by its annual "Feast of the Sea." ...
The newly inaugurated IAMLA in DTLA teaches us about our common past
By Valerio Viale 1908 is a crucial year in L.A.'s Italian-American history for at least two reasons. First of all, in that year L'Italo-Americano was founded by the cultured Florentine, Gabriello Spini. Secondly, in that same 1908, it was built the Italian Hall in Downtown L.A., as a focal point of gathering within the then flowe...
Frankie & Maria’s Italian Wedding, A Not-So-Ordinary Interactive Dinner Theater
WHEN: Multiple dates from Jan 14 - Apr 1, 2017 [days & times]WHERE: The Abbey (on Fifth), 2825 Fifth Ave., San DiegoCOST: $59. Buy Tickets San Diego, you are all cordially invited to the best wedding of 2017; so good it happens a lucky seven times! Witness a not-so-ordinary interactive dinner theater with what some peo...
Washington Elementary School Foundation: 3rd Annual Fundraising Dinner
The Washington Elementary School Foundation will be hosting its 3rd annual fundraiser on May 18, 2013, from 6:00-9:00 PM. The event will be held at the Convivio Center at 2157 India Street in Little Italy. Italian cuisine will be provided by Mona Lisa Restaurant. Old pictures of the school will be on display. Our Foundation is a 501(c)(3)...
John Piconi Olive Oil
"There are only two types of people in the world: Italians and those who want to be Italian." I was born one of the lucky ones. My grandparents were from the towns of Mozzano and Aquasanta (paternal) in the Marches region of Italy. They were poor, hardworking farmers who migrated to this country early in the 20th century seeking a better life. The...