Neapolitan Passion Fuels an Unforgettable Night at the Viva L’Italia Gala in San Francisco
by Mauro Battocchi For those who may have forgotten the meaning of Italian passion, the Viva L'Italia Gala event at the Fairmont Hotel this past Saturday served as an enthralling reminder. The energy and joy in the room was palpable, as guests enjoyed an ardent performance in support of Naples and bringing the Teatro di San Carlo to San Fr...
Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas
Time: September 18, 2015 to March 6, 2016Location: Museo Italo Americano - Fort Mason Center - 2 Marina Blvd., Building C - San Francisco, CA 94123Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas, an original, documentary exhibit by the Museo Italo Americano, written by Joseph McBride, will be on exhibit at the Museo from September 18...
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) - newly restored print at the Castro theatre in San Francisco
June 3 and 4 and 5, 2013 The Castro Theatre -Castro and Market StreetsSan Francisco, California 94114 Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (Il Gattopardo – 1963, 186 min.) recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy's Risorgimento—when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a unifi...
The Meatballs Of Comedy
America's Funniest Italian Comedians!!! Join Chef Eva, The World's Greatest Tenor, Jimmy & Joey and some of the funniest Italian-American comedians working today as they turn Victorio's Ristorante into "Sunday Dinner At Mama's" with lotsa laughs!!! It's a phenomenal show from beginning to end and if you're not Italian you just might th...
Classical: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzosoprano
Tickets to Cecilia Bartoli's March 21 and 26 performances are on sale to the public. Purchase online or by calling 310.434.3200. Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center - 1310 11th street - Santa Monica, CA 90401 Cecilia Bartoli lights up the Westside with an extravagant evening of sonic fireworks and dramatic costume changes...
Touchdown, 49ers: Eddie DeBartolo Jr. makes Hall of Fame; Anquan Boldin wins Man of Year award
by Matt Barrows The chants of "Eddie D! Eddie D!" from the crowd outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium heralded the announcement that was made later inside. Eddie DeBartolo Jr., who won five Super Bowls when he owned the 49ers but who has been a conspicuous missing piece from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, finally was voted in on...
Pure and Impure: The films of Pier Paolo Pasolini
In collaboration with Luce Cinecittà, Rome, Centro Studi-Archivio Pier Paolo Pasolini/Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to present a retrospective of films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most iconoclastic and influential figures in Italian cinema in the ge...
Fiat agli Oscar, sfila tra le star di Hollywood con la nuova 500 elettrica
Fiat va agli Oscar per conquistare Hollywood. La casa automobilistica di Torino è tra i co-sponsor della Campaign Hollywood, la settimana di party, glamour e beneficenza che precederà la notte degli Academy Awards, in programma a Los Angeles il 24 febbraio. Sarà come di consueto Vanity Fair, nell'anno che segna i suoi 100 anni di vita, a organizzar...
Team New Zealand eliminates Italy's Luna Rossa, advances to America's Cup match against Oracle
By Antonio Gonzalez Two sailing powerhouses that have spent the summer trading verbal jabs are finally set to meet in the ultimate grudge match - the 34th America's Cup. Emirates Team New Zealand zipped through a thick fog and past Italy's Luna Rossa one last time Sunday, capturing the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series 7-1 and advancing...
Giovanna Gattuso: turning politics into music
The King is Naked is an expression derived from the famous tale by Han Christian Handersen, entitled The Emperor's New Clothes and published in 1837. It refers to an arrogant king who is fooled by fraudulent tailors because of his presumption, and walks naked in front of his indulgent subjects, until an innocent child exposes him. Nowadays...
Musicantica Studio Zanni
Music & Commedia dell' Arte, Italy. *SUNDAY* Mar 22, 2015 | 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. - W.M. Keck Children's Amphitheatre - 135 N Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012. FREE. TICKET RESERVATIONS OPEN MARCH 12, 2015 Artists Roberto Catalano and Enzo Fina, creators of Musicàntica, perform the enchanting folk music of...
La tradizione italiana del leggendario Circo Zoppè
by Roberto Natalini La storia di questo antico circo itinerante ha inizio nel 1842 a Budapest, quando un artista di strada francese, Napoline Zoppè, incontra la talentuosa ballerina equestre Ermenegilda, con la quale si trasferisce a Venezia per fondare insieme il circo che diventerà uno dei più leggendari d'Europa. Quasi 100 anni più...