Foodie Empire: Romano's brings rock to downtown Riverside -- starting with Eagles tribute band
By Laurie Lucas It was only a matter of time before the man of many restaurants, Gary Romano, alighted in downtown Riverside.Except for his namesake Italian joint in downtown Redlands, Romano's six other eating places are in Riverside: one in Mission Grove and the other five in Canyon Crest, although his pizza place, Canyon Crust, is temporarily c...
IALA, CWL to Offer Tips on How to Become a Judge
The Italian American Lawyers Association and California Women Lawyers will each hold a meeting next month featuring advice on how to land a judgeship.IALA's meeting is slated for May 15 dinner and will be held at Casa Italiana, 1051 N. Broadway, just north of Chinatown. The cocktail hour will start at 6 p.m., with dinner and the program following.T...
La nuova cucina italiana al Colosseo di North Beach
di Roberto Natalini L'esperienza di un importante chef italiano e il talento emergente di due giovani apprendisti chef si sono uniti per due settimane, collaborando in cucina nel ristorante Colosseo, al centro del quartiere italiano di North Beach. Andrea Fortuni e Gaia Mancini sono due studenti al terzo anno dell'Istituto Professiona...
San Diego’s Italian Community
Italians were some of the first European explorers and settlers in California. Religious work and the search for new fishing grounds were initial reasons for Italians to explore what later became the thirty-first state, but their reasons for staying, expanded after arriving in California. Though we often associate Italians in California wi...
Visit of Consulate officials to Santa Barbara
In order to facilitate the access to consular services by Italian citizens and Italian-American citizens living in areas far away from Los Angeles, the Consulate General of Italy is organizing a meeting in Santa Barbara in collaboration with COM.IT.ES, the Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara, the Italian-American Boot Club and UNI...
Taranto: Rudders Adrift
Date: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 - Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco). Organized by: IIC, EV Group. EV Group & Salvatore Visone present: Cyop & Kaf - Rudders Adrift – Taranto: A year in the city. Words and images from the civilization of steel. A trip down memory lane and a loo...
From theatre to art: Max Papeschi and his solo exhibition “Fifty Shades of Gold” in San Francisco
From theatre and cinema to figurative arts: at this point of his career, Max Papeschi, the Italian artist with the first institutional solo exhibition in the United States, achieved an immediate success among both the critics and the public thanks to his eclectic knowledge of all these worlds. Indeed, born as theatre and cinema author and...
People Behind the Center for the Study of Ancient Italy at UC Berkeley
by Catherine Accardi In the last issue of L'Italo- Americano we featured the planned Center for the Study of Ancient Italy at the University of California Berkeley. This innovative Center will embrace an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research, and will promote the study of the many cultures of ancient Italy, with spec...
Luciano Chessa: A Retrospective
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2016 Time: 8:00 PM Location: Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco Organized by: Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts (YBCA) In collaboration with: IIC Composer and musicologist Luciano Chessa showcases his past, recent, and premiere works through 64 hand-picked artists encompassing gospel, orc...
Taste of Italy at Zia Lina
In Italy, the words ristorante, trattoria or osteria have specific meanings. In America, we use them as if they all meant simply: restaurant. However, in Italy a ristorante is more up-market and formal. The term describes sophisticated, elegant dining establishments where bankers, politicians and movie stars eat. They feature expensive foods and de...
The 49th Annual Italian American Studies Association Conference
Time: November 3, 2016 to November 5, 2016Location: Karl W.E. Anatol Center (Academic Services Building, Room 119) The George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies in the Department of Romance German Russian Languages & Literatures at California State University, Long Beach is proud to host the 2016 Italian American Studies Association confe...
Chef Alberico Nunziata Adds a Taste of Italy to the Beverly Hilton
By Shaena Engle As executive chef at Circa 55, the signature restaurant at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Alberico Nunziata is also in charge of the cuisine for the parade of red carpet events hosted annually at the hotel — most recently the 74th Golden Globes. Nunziata began cooking when he was 14 and attended culinary school in Sorrento i...