Giallo January: How Italian Slashers Turned the Murder Mystery into High Art
The non-profit organization American Cinematheque in Los Angeles has been a cultural touchstone for the film community for years. Through their support, the monthly series Cinematic Void puts on themed screenings showing challenging, generally unsettling genre films. Their sub-series called January Giallo has been a go-to for fans of stylized Itali...
Donatello: Master Sculptor of the Early Renaissance–Susanna Lombardi
Thursday February 9 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. On zoom. Organized by Il Cenacolo SF. Donatello, along with Ghiberti, was one of the most important Early Renaissance sculptors. He worked in bronze, marble, woodand terracotta. We will examine pieces from his Early Period, including the statues from Orsanmichele, the Mature Period featuring the bronze David...
Wine enthusiast: in San Francisco, Abruzzo honored as wine region of the year
The United States crowns Abruzzo and its wines: at the Wine Star Awards ceremony, which just concluded, in the splendid setting of the majestic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Abruzzo received the award given by the prestigious international magazine Wine Enthusiast to the most interesting wine realities in the sector."It is an extremely pres...
The Italian American actress Cindy Williams, who was Shirley in "Laverne & Shirley," has died
The Italian American actress Cindy Williams, best known for playing the role of Shirley on the American sitcom Laverne & Shirley in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, has died at age 75. Williams died in Los Angeles after a brief illness: the news was given Monday evening by her family. Cindy Williams was born in Los Angeles in 1947 and was of Italian...
Lollo and Loren: the Divas who. in Hollywood, redeemed all Italian-Americans
When I watch them today, my movies seem even better.” This is what Gina Lollobrigida used to say, not with self-complacency but because there is truth in it. Those movies shaped our collective imagination. If we watch them, if we look at those actors, directors, stories, at those incredibly beautiful actresses who made the history of cinema, photog...
Zine Making Workshop at IAMLA
A Free Zine Making Workshop celebrating Pinocchio, led by artist and author Darrell Fusaro. Saturday, February 4, 2023, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST. The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles 644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012. As part of the exhibition "A Real Boy: The Many Lives of Pinocchio", the IAMLA presents a free and engaging workshop le...
This is the ‘trendy’ Italian meat with 1,000 years of staying power
Rounds of sliced-thin, pink, white-speckled mortadella are popping up on sandwiches, on charcuterie plates and even in the occasional cocktail in Los Angeles, but it’s hard to view any food item depicted in ancient Roman carvings as a flash in the pan. The Italian deli meat that traces its roots to Bologna and as far back as the Etruscans isn’t new...
Peggy Ann Albano, who helped launch Mary’s Pizza Shack, dies at 85
Sonoma Valley resident Peggy Ann Albano was seemingly everywhere at once — willingly jumping in to help with bookkeeping, serve customers, cook or do whatever else was needed to help the family business get off the ground. Her many contributions helped to establish Mary’s Pizza Shack as a beloved family restaurant at its initial location in Boyes H...
Jim Gabella Named Winner of Giants Dick Tidrow Scout of the Year Award
The San Francisco Giants announced today that amateur scout **Jim Gabella **was named this year’s winner of the Dick Tidrow Scout of the Year Award. The award, established in 2022, is given annually to the Giants scout who represents the integrity, character and work ethic exemplified by the late Dick Tidrow. Keith Snider, also in SF’s amateur scou...
Exhibition: Gianfranco Ferré. Design Principles
From February 8 to May 15 a piece of the history of Italian fashion will be on display at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles in the exhibition “Gianfranco Ferré. Design Principles”, curated by the Gianfranco Ferré Research Center of the Politecnico di Milano. The exhibition explores Gianfranco Ferré's unique approach to fashion design t...
Chef Matthew Accarrino Is Debuting an Italian Eatery in Pacific Heights
According to a recent liquor license application, Chef Matthew Accarrino is opening a new restaurant at 2232 Bush Street. The space was previously home to Out the Door, a “lower-key Slanted Door offshoot serving inventive modern Vietnamese fare,” and is right around the corner from Accarino’s existing eatery, SPQR. The upcoming Pacific Heights rest...
Between music and magic shows, the story of mentalist Riccardo Berdini
Magician, mentalist and also director and screenwriter. It is difficult to define the career of Riccardo Berdini, an Italian artist based in Los Angeles where he has lived since 2015 and where, in an almost unexpected way, he managed to turn his passion for the art of illusion into a profession that made him a member of Hollywood’s iconic Magic Cas...