Italian Film Festival begins at Vintage House Sonoma
by Lorna Sheridan The Italian class at Vintage House is presenting an Italian Film Festival, starting this Tuesday at 6 p.m. and running for the next six Tuesday nights through Feb. 16. The films are all in Italian, with English subtitles. The festival is themed, "Let's explore Italy together, as it was, then and now." Each film...
Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia rides through Pasadena
By Nathan Cambridge If you were out early Sunday morning and thought you noticed an unusual deluge of cyclists flooding the streets from Pasadena, moving east in packs, you were not wrong. It was the second coming of the Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia Pasadena edition."It was an epic ride today," rider Royce Hudson, who rode the maximum distance avai...
Don’t Miss Pasquale Esposito in Carmel this Month
By Mauro Battocchi When I asked Italian Tenor Pasquale Esposito the question "Che cosa può fare per l'Italia nel 2014?" he replied, "Essere sempre e comunque fiero di essere Italiano." Translated that means, "to be always and in any case proud to be Italian." Pasquale's pride of Italianitá and the timeless music that accompanies it will b...
Italy and documentaries: journeys in space and time
Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 - Saturday, January 16, 2016 Hours: www.italian.ucla.edu Venue: UCLA Organized by: UCLA Department of Italian and Italian Graduate Student Association In collaboration with: IIC; www.italian.ucla.edu This conference investigates how documentaries have represented and constructed or reconstructed Italy, Ital...
Italian team to boycott America's Cup opening
The skipper of Luna Rossa on Friday said the Italian team would boycott the America's Cup race until a jury rules on its protest against a last-minute change to a rudder design rule. Max Sirena said Luna Rossa will not take to the San Francisco Bay on Sunday for the first scheduled race, against Emirates Team New Zealand, if the internatio...
Nino!”, omaggio a Nino Manfredi nel decennale della morte. Iniziative culturali in Italia e all’estero
Omaggio a Nino Manfredi a dieci anni dalla scomparsa. Prenderà il via, a maggio, "Nino!" , serie di iniziative culturali in Italia e all'estero che permetteranno di ripercorrere i momenti più significativi della vita privata ed artistica del grande attore italiano. Il progetto è patrocinato da Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Ministero per i...
The SF Symphony Welcomes the Italian Community
Friday, September 23, 2016 at 7:30 PM. Davies Symphony Hall. MTT and the SF Symphony showcase the many facets of Italian music – from its sweeping drama to moments of delicate beauty and lighthearted joy. Hear Verdi's show-stopping Te Deum, alongside Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble The Swingle Singers, SF Symphony Principal Oboe Eugen...
Incontro con l’artista: Giulia Corda racconta il suo ultimo lavoro Venus Transit
di Marco Bruna "Dopo un'infanzia segnata dai film di Billy Wilder e un'ossessione per la Nutella, ho lavorato per anni a Rai Tre, come sceneggiatrice per Un Posto Al Sole e collaboratrice ai testi e regista per il programma Sfide". Leggere il ritratto che Giulia fa di se stessa ti porta immediatamente a fraternizzare, prima ancora...
Jarryd Hayne’s NFL San Francisco 49ers story mirrors ‘Invincible’ tale of Philadelphia Eagles’ Vince Papale
"Vince Papale,'' the coach says softly, his mind drifting. "He was the fastest man on our field. "I guess, underdogs, I've always had a soft spot for them. It's why watching Jarryd's story ... he does remind me of him". And as far as NFL compliments go, Hayne will never receive bigger. Understanding that when Coach Vermeil talk...
Opera San Jose to Stage THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS, 11/15-30
Opera San José (OSJ) continues its season with Gioachino Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers. This sparkling and fast-paced opera weaves a madcap story full of twists and turns into a comic adventure to a land of magnificent palaces, swashbuckling pirates and lavish harems. The Italian Girl in Algiers will be sung in Italian with English...
La Scala comes to California!
Experience the inimitable sights and sounds of La Scala here in California, thanks to the project MusicEmotion: Filarmonica della Scala and the Saturday Symphony Series. Performances from the legendary Scala theatre in Milan will be screened in high definition and with surround sound at the Arena Theatre beginning on Saturday, the 20th of...
Fast and Curious: Italian guitarist Patrick Abbate rocks LA
What would you do if you had the spirit of an American rocker but you were born in the small town of Oristano, in the Italian island of Sardinia? Since the age of 3 – he has pictures to prove it! -, Patrick Abbate has held a guitar in his hands. And he knew exactly how to do it in the right way, even if nobody had ever taught him. "I have...