Finally coming to fruition as part of 2013 Year of the Italian Culture in the US, the project's first major initiatives will include two major events in San Francisco: the Meeting Between the Two Mayors and the Gala Dinner in June and the Concert of the Two Bays in October. The Viva L'Italia Gala Dinner to benefit October's Concert of the Two Bays...
READ MOREby Roberto Natalini As the traveling exhibition "Italy of The Future" makes its round of the world's major cultural capitals, the innovative international tour is now arriving in the City by the Bay. After its debut in Tokyo last April, 2013, cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Budapest will soon have an opportunity to meet th...
READ MOREIn the year 79 A.D., Pompeii vanished beneath thick layers of volcanic ash left by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. But what nature destroyed, it also preserved. Pompeii: The Exhibition will open at the California Science Center on May 20, 2014. This dramatic 13,000-square-foot exhibit features over 150 precious artifacts on loan from the N...
READ MOREIs it possible to find Leonardo Da Vinci's most priceless and highly praised work of art, lost for centuries? And, in that quest, as he looks behind other artist's masterpieces for the missing Da Vinci, will Maurizio Seracini find new perspectives on these artists and the masterpieces they created? These were the questions posed to Seracini more t...
READ MOREIn life and in art, we treasure and often pay for what we deem most precious. Whether it be a Michelangelo or a Modigliani, your daughter's fourth grade creation, or that porcelain vase your Sicilian grandmother bestowed on you on your wedding day, we want our artistic belongings to last and be passed down to our children and our children's childr...
READ MOREA collection of photographs highlighting Italians living in the US. An unveiling of the exhibition's latest chapter in Los Angeles (after NY and Miami). Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015Hours: 6:30-8:30 PMVenue: Building Bridges Art Exchange Gallery - Bergamot Station Arts Center Santa Monica Read more Source: http://www....
READ MOREForza 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,...
READ MOREby Alessandra Selgi-Harrigan It's a little piece of Italy nestled in the Coronado Plaza with men's and women's clothing, beauty products and accessories all carefully chosen for the Coronado shoppers. Books about Italy are on the coffee table and you can sip espresso while perusing the one-of-a-kind pieces imported from Italy, Europe and made in t...
READ MOREby Valerio Viale The 19th edition of the L.A. Shorts Fest – running at the L.A. Live in Downtown from September 3rd to the 10th – showcased a total of 265 films from 26 countries. This festival's distinguishing feature is that it's officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the winning shorts fro...
READ MOREPiù 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...
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