Auguri a Roberto Crea, scienziato imprenditore, dall’insulina sintetica alle scoperte sulle proprietà delle olive
By Roberto Bonzio Quando era arrivato in California, aveva solo 29 anni ma nel giro di pochi mesi aveva compiuto una straordinaria performance entrando nella storia delle biotecnologie con un contributo fondamentale ad una invenzione di portata storica: l'insulina sintetica, rampa di lancio per un settore oggi in primo piano della scienza...
Ecco la più piccola 'Little Italy' d'America
By Roberto Zanni Di solito quando si parla di 'Little Italy' si guarda alle città più grandi degli Stati Uniti, da New York ovviamente fino a Chicago, ma anche a San Diego. Una 'Little Italy' grande o piccola si può incontrare in quasi tutte le città degli Stati Uniti. Ma per trovare la più piccola delle 'piccole Italia' d'America si deve andare i...
UNESCO Italia: Italy’s 49 World Heritage Sites by 14 Photographers at the Museo Italo Americano
by Mauro Battocchi Did you know that Italy has the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 49? The Museo Italo Americano, in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco, is proud to show you all of them through the lenses of 14 prominent and contemporary Italian photographers....
Castellani Wines Showcased at Convivio Center
Convivio Center, a gathering place where residents and visitors are invited to explore the art, culture and history of San Diego's Italian community, welcomed Luca Forte, Director of Castellani Wines USA to Convivio on Friday evening November 15th. Guests will be introduced to six Tuscan varietals during their wine tasting, an experience e...
Luxottica and Intel team up for new generation of connected eyewear
"We started to explore new opportunities related to wearable tech devices more than a year ago. In recent months we met several times with Intel. Their research team first came to see us at our center in Agordo, and later we went to Santa Clara, in California. At this point, why not signing a partnership?" said Massimo Vian, Luxottica CEO,...
Mirella Bentivoglio: selected works 1966-2012
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2015 - Hours: 5 - 7pm Venue: Pomona College Museum of Art Organized by: Pomona College Museum of Art In collaboration with: IIC Mirella Bentivoglio (1922 - ) is an Italian artist, poet, art critic, art historian, and curator. Recognized internationally as one of the key figures in the Concrete and Visual Poetry...
Mario Marazzitti: 13 Ways of Looking at the Death Penalty – April 13
Mario Marazziti, co-founder of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, will talk about his recent book on the inhumanity and irrationality of the death penalty in the US with Cesare Romano, Loyola Law School Los Angeles (moderator), Sarah Haley, UCLA Gender Studies, Sean Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, and S...
Le startup italiane di Silicon Valley sulla Videochat del TG1
di Mauro Battocchi Perchè Silicon Valley fa crescere le startup tecnologiche più e meglio di altre aree del mondo? Come può l'Italia trarre vantaggio dalla forza di questo straordinario ecosistema? Quali progetti d'impresa hanno maggiori probabilità di attecchire e avere successo in terra californiana? Che cosa hanno costruito gli imprendi...
Italian Feast returns to Hutchinson Square
Grab the green, white and red and head out to Hutchinson Square this Sunday for the fourth Summerville Italian Feast. This year's festival has twice as many booths as last year, said festival organizer Jay Lombardo. About 5,000 people came out last year in the aftermath of the October floods, and organizers are hoping for 7,000 this y...
Love pizza? SLO’s new Italian restaurant is rising to the occasion
The power of the new Flour House restaurant in San Luis Obispo rises from its commitment to authentic Neapolitan cuisine. For proof of that, just bite into one of the thin-crust pizzas, savor from-scratch pasta dishes or sample a daily special of braised osso buco served over risotto Parmigiano. Envisioned by the husband-and-wife team of A...
The Italian Cultural Society - Italian Language incentive - 2013
Northern and Central California, Sacramento, Stockton, San Francisco and Bay Area Schools can offer their students the opportunity to study Italian. Thanks, in part, to a contribution from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) more children in Northern California, the Central Valley and the entire San Francisco BayArea have the opportunity...
Bernini’s Rome Comes to San Francisco This Weekend
Remember how Italian biotechnology lent Bernini a helping hand? This weekend, as part of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture, Humanities West is helping preserve the legacy of this master by bringing a fascinating lecture and performance series to the Marines' Memorial Theater in San Francisco. Bernini was a master of capturing the narrative moment, e...