La canzone napoletana ospite al Museo Italo Americano
La festa di mezza estate per eccellenza in Italia, ovvero il Ferragosto, ha portato a San Francisco un'ospite davvero speciale direttamente dalle strade della città di Napoli. Il Museo Italo Americano ha ospitato per due indimenticabili appuntamenti musicali Alfredo Imparato, definito da un noto giornalista di Napoli "uno degli ultimi mene...
Italian Music in the Community: Roman Holiday Ensemble
By Andrew Bagley A pianist, composer, and arranger playing jazz clubs around Mission Valley in the mid 1980s, when the couple first met, it was love at first sight. Smoldering soul mates reconnecting, within two weeks they were engaged then later married. Since then, they have been together for twenty-eight years performing music together in perfe...
Italian Community Services Annual Golf Tournament
By: Anna Ferrari Italian Community Services (ICS), invites the participation of the all golfers in their annual Golf Tournament to be held Wednesday June 4th at Harding Park. This year, players affiliated with our friends at Immaculate Conception Academy will be partnering with ICS on this fun and worthwhile event. Check-in and lunch begi...
Newport Film Festival's Italian Film and After Party
martedì 30 aprile 201319.45 Edwards Big Newport 6300 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA (map) Run time: 100 min. | ItalyITALIAN SPOTLIGHT "Immature-The Trip (Immaturi-Il Viaggio)"This follow-up to the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival Italian Spotlight once again follows the group of thirty-somethings on a vacation to Greece for a chance to r...
Un ponte da Napoli a San Francisco diviene realtà
di Roberto Natalini Il più grande ed ambizioso evento nel programma delle celebrazioni per il "2013: Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti". Si profila essere un evento storico la prima collaborazione artistica tra il Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, il più antico teatro d'opera ancora attivo in Europa, e la rinomata San Fra...
Get Ready for a One Day Bertolucci Marathon at the Castro Theater
The Bay Area is being graced by a jam-packed day of Bertolucci films to be played at the Castro Theater (429 Castro Street) on October 18th. Entitled, BERTOLUCCI - A FILM SERIES, the event will encompass four of the legendary Italian director's films from the 70's, 80' and 90's. The series will also feature the exclusive Northern Californi...
Puccini’s most controversial opera – Tosca to open at the LA Opera
This is definitely the most discussed and most loved opera by Giacomo Puccini. A fiery protagonist finds herself trapped between her allegiance to her rebel lover and the scheming of a treacherous police chief who will stop at nothing in his lust for her. The unbearable situation leads to intense drama and an unexpected, quite bloody grand final....
Mediterranean music talent to take the stage soon at Casa Italiana in Los Angeles
By Maria Bruno On September 13, 2013 a group of six talented youths from Italy will perform at Casa Italiana in a music concert under the artistic MED MUSIC TALENT STUDIO direction of renowned Vocal Coach maestro and soprano Ida Decenvirale of Bari, Italy. The young singers, between the ages of 12 and 18, have already performed in some ma...
Il cinema italiano tra le stelle del Palm Springs Film Festival
PALM SPRINGS - Una nuova stagione di cinema iniziata, e a dare il via il Palm Springs International Film Festival. Giunto alla 24esima edizione, il festival con i suoi oltre 100 film provenienti da 60 Paesi è un'importante vetrina per gli addetti al settore. È un'occasione per fare il bilancio dell'anno appena concluso, ma è anche, in un certo sen...
BEYOND LA DOLCE VITA: a tribute to the greatest Italian director Federico Fellini
By Dalna Gualtieri 20 years after his death, 40 after "Amarcord" was realized, 50 after "8 ½" and 60 after "I vitelloni". His bright life has continued to spread through the years, and the multimedia symphony concert held in his honour, is its proof. More than 50 italo-americans musicians at the Royce Hall in Los Angeles, directed by Daniele Bela...
Italian American Reconciliation to Open This October at Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Fullerton's production of John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation is directed by Professor Maria Cominis and runs October 7-30, 2016 in the Hallberg Theatre on campus. Italian American Reconciliation is a tale about Huey, a man who is safely divorced from his shrewish first wife (who shot his dog), but he feels he cannot r...
Fred Kuwornu at UCB - THURSDAY Feb 11, 8 PM - 101 Morgan Hall
Join us this THURSDAY, February 11, for a special screening, in 101 Morgan Hall. Fred Kuwornu presents his 2016 documentary Blaxploitalian, 100 years of blackness in the Italian cinema. BLAXPLOITALIAN follows the different waves of pioneers of African descent who have contributed to Italian Cinema. The documentary covers more than a centur...