Local Actors Celebrate Italian Author
The stage was a woven rug, on which stood a podium, a mic stand and a flowerpot. The backdrop was a bare color-changing screen. It was a simple arrangement, but it was enough for the performers of "Speaking of Francesca Marciano." In this cozy setting of downtown Santa Barbara's Center Stage Theater, local actors read stories from author M...
Partecipazione Italiana alla Greenbuild International 2012
ROMA, 14 NOV - Si sono aperti oggi al palazzo congressi Moscone Center di San Francisco in California i lavori della fiera GREENBUILD INTERNATIONAL 2012 dove, nell'ambito dell'accordo operativo di collaborazione ambientale con il Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare (MATTM), l' ICE-Agenzia organizza per la prima volta un...
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...
Love Italian design? San Francisco’s got a trifecta!
by George Calys Design geeks have known for years that Italy is home to design with a capital "D". You only need watch the ubercool café patron leafing through Domus, to know that you'd better have at least one Italian-designed object in your living room or kitchen or else suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous poor taste. Fortunately...
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...
Italian street painting event in San Rafael will take place biannually
Italian street-painters will return en masse to downtown San Rafael next year as part of a new plan to make the art event a biennial affair instead of an annual one. The Italian Street Painting Marin event returned to San Rafael last year after a two-year hiatus, thanks to Mill Valley residents and festival founders Joe and Sue Carlomagno....
Sons of Italy crowns Modesto woman as Miss America
Gianna Cipponeri, a 2014 Modesto High School International Baccalaureate graduate, was crowned Miss America in June during the Queen's Pageant of the 78th Grand Convention of the Grand Lodge of California, Order Sons of Italy in America, in Millbrae. The nonprofit, fraternal organization was founded in 1922 and represents Americans of Ital...
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...
Spotlight on Chapman University’s Italian Program
It has been said that Latin is dead. Truth be told, so is that fern on my porch after a week of scorching heat. But what is very much alive is the love for the Italian culture and language. And no where is this more apparent than in the classroom of Chapman University's Professor Federico Pacchioni. On a warm September morning, I drove up...
Franklin elementary Italian immersion program in Glendale
Applications for the 2015-2016 school year are being accepted now for the Franklin Elementary Italian Dual Immersion Program. To enter Kindergarten, your child must be five years old by September 1, 2015. Foreign Language Academies of Glendale (FLAG) Italian dual immersion is a 90/10 program that provide students an opportunity to learn tw...
Fondazione Italia Launches Fundraising campaign to send Italian High School teachers back to school this summer
Fondazione Italia has begun a fundraising initiative that they hope will provide 15 Southern California Italian high school instructors scholarships to attend a week-long seminar for Italian Language educators. This is a College Board-endorsed Italian Advanced Placement Summer Seminar organized by the California World Language Project and the Calif...
Slow Food on Film: Storie di terra e di Redzore
Presented at Salone Internazionale del Gusto - Terra Madre, this documentary tells the stories of men and women that keep alive the rich food traditions and legacy of the Modena region. Introduced by Ernest Miller, Co-Chair Slow Food LA. Read more Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/