An Italian Evening With Erica Mou And Oblivion At Beverly Cañon Gardens
By Maite Ballesteros Diverse musical performances brought an Italian theme night to Beverly Hills. Sotto le Stelle (Under the Stars) celebrated an evening of music and Italian traditions, Saturday, Sept.7 Italian songwriter Erica Mou began the evening bringing her distinctive voice and folk-rock style to an intimate performance at...
Curtain Calls: Tobin's 'In Therapy' at Del Valle Theatre
Described as "one part lasagna, one part kreplach (small dumplings) and two parts Prozac," the international hit comedy "My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy" comes to Walnut Creek in March. According to its star, actor/comedian Ron Tobin, you don't have to be Jewish or Italian to love this show: "All yo...
SDIFF announces: 2016 North County & San Diego Monthly Series!
by Victor Laruccia Have you missed our movies? We've missed you! And we're looking forward to meeting and greeting you once again at both our venues – La Paloma and the Museum of Photographic Arts. The North County Series begins January 21 with Smetto quando voglio (I Can Quit Whenever I Want), a hilarious story all too familiar to ma...
Celebrate Italian Heritage Night with the SF Giants
Forza Giants fans and Italophiles alike! Come catch the action at iconic AT&T Park this month and connect with your Italian heritage. This beautiful stadium is nestled against San Francisco Bay and, if the action on the field lulls, the bleacher seats can gaze out over the water and watch the container ships drift by. Usually, though,...
Giro d’Italia & Il Giro di San Francisco
It doesn't seem to matter what the occasion might be, Italian culture can enrich everything from bicycle tours and races to local community festas all around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Take for instance two bicycle races, Il Giro di San Francisco and Giro d'Italia. (Giro is the Italian word for "Tour".) Bicycle racing and touri...
A Pasadena la Gran Fondo targata Giro d'Italia/ Il Console Perrone: Il Giro porta con sè oltre un secolo di storia d’Italia
Più di quattrocento colorati e pronti alla sfida. Tanti erano i ciclisti che domenica mattina si sono dati appuntamento a Pasadena per la prima Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia, organizzata in collaborazione con la Gazzetta dello Sport e l'ICE di Los Angeles. Un giro inaugurale, non strettamente competitivo, ma ugualmente strutturato come gara, che ha vis...
Get to Know: Marco Belinelli
by Alex Kramers A sharpshooting swingman with a knack for stepping up at crucial junctures, Marco Belinelli is an undoubtedly welcome addition to a Sacramento squad that ranked 28th in both three-point makes (461) and attempts (1,350) and 20th in three-point percentage (34.1) in 2014-15. The ninth-year pro placed fifth in the League in do...
Meet Italian Rugby Team and Italian Heritage night with the Quakes!
Just Announced!!! Come meet members of the Italian Rugby team in Little Italy San Jose! Thursday June 16th at 5pm take photos and get Autographs with members of the Italian National team at Paesano Ristorante. Buy your tickets now for the USA vs Italy Rugby match at Avaya Stadium on Saturday June 18th at usarugby.org/tickets or buy them in person o...
Two Contemporary Italian Pocket Operas
Pianists Anthony Porter and Sarah Cahill, Soprano Amy Foote, and Bass Richard Mix present an evening of Italian contemporary pocket operas suspended in between the humorous and the apocalyptic. Featured works are Fabrizio de Rossi Re's King Kong, amore mio (King Kong, My Love; 2011), on a libretto by Luis Gabriel Santiago, and the wor...
Laura Bispuri Wins New Directors Prize at San Francisco Int’l Film Festival
by Mauro Battocchi Good news for the new Italian cinema in San Francisco: after winning the Tribeca Film Fest's Nora Ephron Prize in New York City, Laura Bispuri has just won the Golden Gate Awards New Directors Prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival - $ 10,000 in cash - for her Sworn Virgin. The jury was composed of produc...
Italian Opera Night
martedì 16 aprile 201317.30 Regency Theater26762 Verdugo Street, San Juan Capistrano, CA (map) In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles you are invited to celebrate The Year of Italian Culture AND the great Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday with a special presentation of Nabucco at the San Juan Capistrano Regency Theater!...
Edoardo Ponti - Working between Italy and the US
By Alessandra Mastroianni Dolomites soar in Edoardo Ponti's last film. These harsh and intimidating mountains at first sight, become the finishing line of a journey towards a new life. "The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars" is a short film based on an original story by Erri De Luca. In less than 30 minutes, director Edoardo Ponti...