Keep abreast of #2013ItalianYear in the Bay Area with www.sfyic.org
Discover www.sfyic.org, a resource for all interested in the events and opportunities that this special year offers citizens and organizations in the Bay Area. In specific, look to the site for event information and photos, as well as sponsorship and other ways to support. On the heels of Italy Tech Week, I would like to highlight two flag...
Il Festival di San Gennaro 2013: celebrazione dell'Italia e dell'italianità
Anche quest'anno Hollywood ha ospitato la XII edizione del Galbani® Festival di San Gennaro, che ha dato avvio all'Italian Heritage Month celebrando la cultura del Belpaese attraverso la musica, l'enogastronomia, e l'intrattenimento "Italian-style". Organizzata dalla San Gennaro Foundation, fondazione non-profit che dal 2002 ha donato oltr...
Pompeii: The Exhibition West Coast premiere
by Silvia Simonetti The ancient Roman town of Pompeii has recently become very popular. Considering the current critical condition of the historical archaeological site, which is on the verge of collapse, drawing the world's attention towards it could be truly beneficial. The exhibition "The Last Days of Pompeii", hosted at the Ge...
Widow is sent bracelet worn by her husband as he fought the Nazis in Italy during the Second World War 70 years after it was lost
by Wills Robinson Three days before Christmas, 85-year-old widow Twila McCauley trembled as she opened a red, git-wrapped box. From it she picked out a silver bracelet that has been lost for almost 70 years. It was gift worn by her late husband Warren as he fought the Nazis in the Italian mountains in 1945. He mislaid the bracel...
LA Opera talk - Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci in San Marino
August 30, 2015 - The Huntington Library - 1151 Oxford Road - San Marino, California 91108 For more than six years, LA Opera has visited Crowell Public Library with its Opera Talk series where volunteer community educators present fascinating facts and musical excerpts from the operas that are playing downtown at the Music Center. L...
Bruno Serato presents "Caterina's Club" - September 10 @ 6:30 PM, IIC
On the occasion of EXPO Milan 2015, under the Auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West cordially invite you to CATERINA'S CLUB - Presented by Chef Bruno Serato, Founder and President In 2005, Chef Bruno Serato of Anaheim White Ho...
Così gli illustratori italiani conquistano il mondo
di Francesco Fasiolo Riempie le gallerie, rimbalza sul web, colora giornali, riviste e persino muri. L'illustrazione italiana conquista il mondo, da New York a Nuova Delhi: non è una fuga di cervelli - molti disegnatori lavorano in Italia e pubblicano anche sulle pagine di Repubblica - ma un'esplosione di immagini. Quelle di Ricca...
Chazz Palminteri to talk it up at Italian American Club - Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm
By John Katsilometes Chazz Palminteri tells a story about vodka, but, as so many of his stories, it is really about people. Two and a half years ago, Palminteri was told that his home country of Italy (Sicily, to be exact) had never produced a vodka. He contacted a master distiller in that region, a man named Giovanni La Fauci, to team up...
Silicon Valley Skills Meets illy Coffee at the New illy Foundry
Announced last month from illy's global headquarters in Trieste, illy Foundry is a nimble, Italy-based unit of developers and interaction designers being drawn from all over the world. The unifying purpose of this group is to deeply understand people's habits and wishes related to the coffee experience, and then build new digital products and servi...
Italian Film Composer Fabio Frizzi Performs At Brick By Brick
By Beth Accomando Fabio Frizzi may not be a household name in the U.S., but he has created some of the most memorable scores for Italian horror and Western films. He will be performing in San Diego Thursday night at Brick By Brick. Frizzi has been composing scores for Italian genre cinema for decades. Most famously, he provided at...
The Italian Roots of L.A.'s European Inspired Cuisine
You probably couldn't mistake an Italian grandma in New York's Little Italy, nor question her Sunday gravy. In Montreal, there's that je ne sais quoi about the Québécois and their chocolate-covered confections called Whippets. But Angelenos, whether natives or transplants, carry an amorphous identity, and their culinary badges are just as undefined...
Pappalecco brings a 'Tuscan home' to Carmel Valley
Pappalecco has opened in Del Mar Highlands Town Center, bringing a true taste of Tuscany to Carmel Valley. Now with his sixth San Diego location, Pappalecco's Chef Lorenzo Bucci credits his success to the simplicity and authenticity of the food – from gelato to panini and pastries – and the welcoming smiles of his staff. Bucci, who co-owns the res...