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A very unique method used by Miss Margherita (Laura Caparrotti), a despotic Teacher-Diva, to teach Italian to any Italian student.   Starting from what is best known in the US about Italy – Love, Food, Literature, Art, Tourism and Music – Miss Margherita will explain and teach the Italian language, culture, art and tradition to the audience....

Local author and food writer Maria Desiderata Montana has a new book being released this week about San Diego's Italian community and its cuisine.   "San Diego Italian Food: A Culinary History of Little Italy and Beyond" (History Press; $19.99) tells the story of how a large Italian community developed in what became known as Little Italy. A...

Il Comitato elettorale del Consolato di Los Angeles ha ammesso due liste alle prossime elezioni del Comites. si tratta della lista "Mondo democratico" e della lista "Ctim – Comitato tricolore italiani nel mondo". Questi i nomi dei candidati.   LISTA MONDO DEMOCRATICOPiana Marco, Eisenberg Elyse Debra, Fogu Claudio, Granata Eleonora, Longo V...

June 13, 2015 - Saturday 7:00 PM - 11:00 PMConcord United Methodist Church - 1645 West St.Concord, California Pleasant Hill-Concord based vocal ensemble I Trovatori Opera will present a concert performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1890 operatic masterpiece, Cosi Fan Tutte, in a joint fundraiser with the Concord United Methodist Churc...

by Cookie Curci   Most of the important things I've learned in life- about caring, giving, strength and reliance, I've learned from my family. They have taught me valuable life lessons. Their lessons didn't come with preaching or lectures, they taught by example. Their hardworking, honest lifestyle set the goals and desires for future genera...

di Luca Scarcella   Jack, classe '84, nipote di emigranti italiani in terra californiana, ha passato l'adolescenza tra strumenti musicali e show improvvisati per le strade di San Francisco. Nel 2009, poi, un lavoro importante: viene scelto per doppiare un personaggio del celebre videogioco "The Sims 2".   Investe i ricavi ottenuti nel...

Today, I'd like to introduce you to a made-in-Italy software company. Bandyer is a young team from Italy with a vision to help people easily connect to teach what they love, and learn what they need. They moved to San Francisco almost two months ago and went live in October 2015.   Bandyer is a unique marketplace where Learners and Teachers...

Casanova: Libertine Legend - a conference organized by Malina Stefanovska, University of California, Los Angeles, and Thomas Harrison, University of California, Los Angeles. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies and the Department of Italian. Friday & Saturday, January 22–23, 2016, 9:30 a.m. -...

Sette imprese italiane del settore delle energie rinnovabili e tecnologie a impatto zero partecipano a una missione organizzata dall'Agenzia Ice per visitare il Cleantech Forum di San Francisco e sviluppare forme di partenariato e di collaborazione industriale negli USA. Inaugurato ieri, il Cleantech Forum, giunto all'undicesima edizione, è tra i...

di Maria Teresa Cometto Dopo Israele, Irlanda e India, «l'Italia è la prossima Startup Nation nel settore high-tech». Lo sostiene, convinto, il nuovo console italiano a San Francisco, Mauro Battocchi, insediato lo scorso settembre e focalizzato nell'aiutare il made in Italy tecnologico a sfruttare tutte le opportunità di business nella Silicon Val...

by George Dickie   Popular movie lore has it that director Francis Ford Coppola and/or Paramount originally wanted James Caan for Michael Corleone, the role that would become a career-making turn for Al Pacino, in the 1972 mob classic "The Godfather."   But the now-73-year-old Caan, who begins a four-episode arc on Starz's "Magic City...

Mauricio Isla is amongst the 30-man squad named by Juventus for their pre-season tour of the United States. Isla's future in Turin was in doubt after the Old Lady entertained the transfer interest of Inter in the player.   However, just when an agreement was reportedly close, Juventus announced that the midfielder co-owned with Udinese woul...