Savor the Tastes, Sights, and Sounds of Old World Italy at Festa Dell' Autunno
Savor the tastes, sights and sounds of old world Italy at the Festa Dell' Autunno at the Condé Nast Traveller #1 rated resort in the world, The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, California, September 20-22. The three-day harvest season event held at Newport Beach's only five-star resort brings the tradition of Italy to Southern Cali...
Join me for a chat on the streets of San Francisco
by Mauro Battocchi It's been nearly three years since I took the post of Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, and while a lot has happened, many themes of San Francisco Italy remain strongly in force: Italians are contributing to Silicon Valley in meaningful ways; Italy is attracting world-class talent to set up shop in Europe; Italia...
A month-long celebration of the Italian Heritage with Ciao Italia Santa Monica
by Valerio Viale For the last fifteen years, the U.S. president has been making an annual, official proclamation, nominating the month of October, as "National Italian American Heritage Month". In coincidence with the festivities surrounding Columbus Day (October 12), the designation acknowledges the numerous achievements, contributions, a...
Contemporaneity: Signs of Modern Times
Kicking off Italy's "Year of Italian Culture in the USA", the Museo ItaloAmericano is pleased to present the a new exhibit featuring five contemporary Italian artists. From April 18 through July 21, 2013, in celebration of Italy's arts the Museo will present "Contemporaneity: Signs of Modern Times" an exhibit by the Sedna group. Sedna is made up o...
Il regale Figaro di Roberto Tagliavini conquista l’Opera di Los Angeles
by Elisabetta Russo "In America si vive il teatro come se fosse il cinema, uno spettacolo cui la gente assiste principalmente per divertirsi". È la prima volta che Roberto Tagliavini - basso originario di Parma - si esibisce negli Stati Uniti, eppure sembra aver già colto la profonda essenza e la vivacità spensierata del pubblico loca...
Piazza, Park and Pomodoro - Updates from North Beach
Little Italy is no longer little, nor has it been for a while. As a matter of fact, what once was the Italian District on the West Coast has morphed/transformed into one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in the Bay Area. With that vibrancy comes change and below are updates on three major community projects previously reported by L'Italo-Americano....
Robin Trento: Italian Paintings in Los Angeles Museums
Presented by the Cedars-Sinai Alumni Association and Medical Staff, Robin Trento will offer a virutal tour through local museums exhibiting exemplary Italian paintings from the 1300s through 1700s. The illustrated discussion will focus on these 500 years of artistic mastery, tracing the innovations and developments that brought Italy to the forefro...
Little Italy Heritage Commission: we need to advance efforts on historical preservation
by Convivio SocietyConvivio has made great progress in our preservation efforts with the development of the digital archives and our partnership with UCSD to house the physical repository. But much more work needs to be done in collecting and cataloging artifacts from San Diego's Italian community. Learn more about our heritage-preservation wo...
The knights of Columbus will celebrate their 50th anniversary
The knights of Columbus John J. Shea Assembly 0081 will celebrate their 50th anniversary and honor Richard Contreras. The Knights of Columbus John J. Shea Assembly 0081 will be celebrating their 50th anniversary honoring past faithful Navigator Richard Contreras on Saturday Evening April 20 6:00 PM in the Mary Star of the Sea Auditorium, 870 West...
“Italian Matters Because…”
On May 4th at 4:00PM at the Museo Italo Americano, we will come together to focus on the importance of adding a Latin-rooted language — Italian — to your language skills. Above all, learning a language is beneficial to your outlook on life and gives you a new perspective from which to view and understand the world.
Rick Belluzzo Reclaims Italian Citizenship and Writes New Book
By Mauro Battocchi Rick Belluzzo belongs to a generation of successful Italian Americans that are eager to rediscover their roots in Italy. To that end, he recently reclaimed his Italian citizenship and is also investing in Italian startups. He even found time recently to pen a book with his colleague Krish Dhanam — available on Amazon. Entitled...
Director Alberto Di Mauro's farewell to the IIC of Los Angeles
A few weeks prior to the end of his mandate as Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and as a foreign affairs official for the Italian Government, Alberto Di Mauro takes stock of the accomplishments achieved in the last three years. With a look at the future. What kind of approach has inspired you in managing the Instit...