NEWS FROM : CALIFORNIA  

Internationally renowned Obicà Group opens its third Los Angeles location at the historic Sunset Plaza on Friday, August 26, 2016. Obicà Sunset Plaza offers an incredible dining room with exceptional views of the city, a grandiose bar and two outdoor seating areas – perfect places to enjoy aperitivo. Joining locations in Santa Monica and Century Ci...

A vocal journey through Italy's best-loved songs and arias by composers such as Donizetti, Tosti, and Puccini, plus favorites like "Torna A Surriento," "Ave Maria," and other Christmas classics. Now playing for nine Christmas seasons in New York, the magic of "Christmas in Italy" comes to the West Coast for the second time in 2012. Ms. Fontanelli...

An exhibition of over 100 images that explores the experience of photographer Roberto Villa (in attendance at the opening) on the set of The Arabian Nights (1974) by Pier Paolo Pasolini, documenting the director's work in the Middle East (Yemen and Iran,) but also offering one of the last portraits of a land that was about to become a war zone. &n...

Building on the momentum from Italy Tech Week and the Making in Italy, Making in the US event, The Business Association Italy America is hosting an event on October 10th from 5:30 to 9:00PM that will explore 3D printing and its real life applications.   Taking place at the legendary San Francisco TechShop — one of the world's epicenters of D...

by Roberto Natalini   As Music Director Nicola Luisotti and San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley revealed the day prior to the performance, all three hundred and twenty artists from Teatro San Carlo and the San Francisco Opera would communicate together using only the universal language of music.   The long awaited combi...

By Lara Lago Questa è la storia di un regista a cui nessuno dava fiducia, di un film senza budget, girato in 11 giorni per 8 ore al giorno, di attori pagati dal regista senza fiducia del film senza budget, perché "nonostante tutto noi volevamo così".   Questa è una favola che parla di successo, ma posa le sue radici su quella frustrazione c...

Sicily. This is the story of Giovanni, the perfect embodiment of naivety and passion, of innocence that crosses all barriers of knowledge and ignorance, a simple soul that says what he thinks and believes all that people tell him. July 3rd 2.00 pm - July 6th 12.30 pm - July 9th 2.00 pm - July 12th 9.30 pm - July 13th 6.30 pm  

Joe Buscaino, L.A. City Council Member 15th District, is a first-generation Italian American whose parents immigrated from Sicily in the 1960s.   Joe was an LAPD officer for 15 years before running for L.A. City Council in 2012. He represents 250,000 residents from San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway and Watts.   R...

Most visitors to the Convivio Center would first see the paladino, the knight in armor standing in view through the front window (and donated by Umberto Falcone, resident of Little Italy), just as Hillary and Justin did last year and noted it in their blog, An Uncontained Life. (Read their blog post, Celebrating Little Italy's "Fishy" Past.)...

di Benedetta Cicconi   Passaggio di consegne all'Italian Trade Agency di Los Angeles che accoglie il nuovo Direttore, dott. Florindo Blandolino, alla guida dell'Istituzione dedita alla promozione e allo sviluppo del Made in Italy nel mondo. Blandolino nasce a Scorrano, piccolo paese del Salento da dove parte per studiare presso l'Università...

Sunday September 27, 10 AM - 3 PMRedwood Fields, Eureka, CA 95503Come celebrate Italian heritage and tradition at the annual Sons of Italy Italian Festival!   --Bocce tournament open to players of all experience levels--Authentic, delicious Italian food available at a reasonable price--Live music by the Golden State Accordion Club's Humboldt...

Dal 6 al 9 giugno la Regione Puglia, per volere dall'assessorato allo Sviluppo economico, è presente alla Bio International Convention a San Francisco, il più importante evento mondiale dedicato al settore delle biotecnologie.   La Regione Puglia è volata negli Usa con un info-point presidiato da Puglia Sviluppo Spa (società regionale in hou...