SDIFF protagonista della serata di Gala
Sabato 10 Novembre al Mopa in Balboa Park si è tenuta la serata di Gala del San Diego Italian Film Festival. Alla sua sesta edizione questa manifestazione è un'importante istituzione per la comunità italiana di San Diego ed offre la possibilità di condividere e vivere aspetti della cultura italiana tramite l'arte del cinema.Per 90 minuti o poco più...
Pino Daniele This Friday at SF Jazz Festival
by Mauro Battocchi Naples is in the limelight these days in the Bay Area. In honor of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture, the San Francisco Jazz Festival is hosting Pino Daniele at the SF Jazz Center this Friday June 21st from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The popular singer, songwriter and guitarist that influenced the Neopolitan sound in the 70's w...
Chiaroscuro - Neorealism in Italian Film
by Catherine Accardi Italian film "noir" is coming to San Francisco's historic Castro Theater. The Noir City-San Francisco Noir Film Festival 2015 began its 13th year on January 15th and will continue through January 25th. Twenty-five classic films are included in the line-up this year. If you are a film noir aficionado this is an event you do not...
Isabella Rossellini is coming to the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival
by Moira Sullivan Isabella Rossellini will be a featured guest at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival (April 23-May 7) and the subject of a new documentary "Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live" by Judy Shapiro that screens April 26-27 in the presence of Isabella and the filmmaker. Rossellini has had a long-term love affair wi...
Play the Italian Way – Bocce!
by Catherine Accardi This article is part one of two parts. Part one investigates the ancient game of Bocce throughout the ages and part two, which will appear in the next issue of the L'Italo Americano newspaper, will explore the modern-day game, where to play, and how to lean to play the Italian way. My father played bocce ball...
Ludovico Einaudi at the Warfield Theater Is Coming Up!
As a centerpiece of the Year of Italian Culture in SF, Ludovico Einaudi is coming to the Warfield Theater in San Francisco on June 1st, hot off his new album, In a Time Lapse, an orchestral work in fourteen parts recorded in a remote monastery near Verona. Read more Fonte: San Francisco, Italy
37th Italian Film Festival Kicks Off this Weekend in Marin
By Mauro Battocchi Italian film enthusiasts across the Bay are bracing for the 2013 Italian Film Festival, which kicks off its 37th iteration this weekend in Marin County at the Marin Showcase Theater. The festival is a labor of love by film director Lido Cantarutti, who is a Cavaliere Ufficiale of the Italian Government. We're honored by...
USA polo squad to host Italy Dec. 28
The USA Water Polo Men's Senior National Team will return to action later this month for an exhibition match against the Italian Men's National Team. The teams will meet at 2 p.m. on Dec. 28 at Newport Harbor High, 600 Irvine Ave, Newport Beach. It was announced earlier this week that Team USA and Italy will meet in a second...
Puccini Night at the Movies
Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:00 pm Illustrated lecture by San Francisco Opera Director of Music Administration, Kip Cranna who will explore with you two of Puccini's most beloved operas in two very different cinematic treatments.
Eating pasta off the floor
The Marsh Discovery Series Presents: EATING PASTA OFF THE FLOOR. Written & Performed by Maria Grazia Affinito. Developed with & Directed by David Ford. April 23 – May 15 | San Francisco. Saturdays at 8:30pm | Sundays at 5pm. Buy Tix. "Hilarious and bittersweet..spins a spellbinding tale." — Sam Hurwit...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley, Charity of Choice for the Los Angeles American Golf Association
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley has been selected as the Charity of Choice by the LAIAGA, Los Angeles Italian American Golf Association. The Boys & Girls Clubs will receive the proceeds from the LAIAGA's annual tournaments. "We are so pleased to select the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley to be our lo...
HIT WEEK Announces the L.A. Return of Prog Rock Legends PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM)
Hit Week, the world's only festival showcasing Italy's music scene on the global stage, heads to Los Angeles for its 6th edition with Prog Rock legends Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) on Friday November, 13th at the Whisky a Go Go. The first Italian group to achieve international acclaim, between 1973 and 1977 PFM charted 5 English language albums...