It’s Super Fun: it’s “Cabaret Comico”
If you're looking for quality original comic song and Broadway musical comedy numbers, you don't need to a book a ticket to New York. Instead, stick around San Francisco and check out Cabaret Comico: A Salute to the Comic Singer & Songwriter mid-November in San Francisco. The event is presented by the Italian Cultural Institute a...
Smartsville family sets Grape Stomp record at this past Italian Festa
A Smartsville 6-year-old and his dad set a grape-squishing record recently when they squeezed 5.1 pounds of juice out of 20 pounds of fruit. The pair had attended the first day of the recent Italian Festa, in Penn Valley, and saw the first heats of the Grape Stomp. They turned the day of family fun into a stomp recon mission. "We had...
The visual master, Mauro Borrelli, from Veneto through Napa Valley to Burbank
by Valerio Viale Mauro Borrelli, in more than two decades of activity, has been perfecting his visual craft, alongside undisputed cinematic masters, the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and Tim Burton. In 2013, Borrelli realized the short film, White Shoe, a whimsical story inspired to the - internationally renowned - Italian shoemaker,...
Redondo Beach's Max Galassi gets inspiration from Sandy Hook
by Michael Hixon Max Galassi got his first taste of filmmaking during a middle school art competition in Connecticut when he created a short film about bullying. "I had experience with bullying in middle school and it was something I was passionate about at the time," recalled Galassi. "I was successful with it and I ended up...
Slideshow with Italian Heritage Parade 2013: a Poetic Photo-Account
October 13 has gone, yet the memory of that gorgeous, sunny San Francisco day will linger in my mind - in the minds of those who enjoyed the Italian Heritage Parade. Smiles, fun and joy were everywhere in North Beach yesterday. Italians celebrated along with the people and the organizations of San Francisco of all ethnicities, including the neighb...
Amici Community Park for Little Italy
San Diego's Little Italy is graced by a wonderfully constructed, and well used Amici Park, designed, created and funded by its own community members. Used extensively by the community and residents, the park, located by the corner where Date and State streets meet, is used for the local pastime of Italian Bocce, picnics and casual dining. ...
To grandmother's house Visalia Players go with 'River'
by Zachary Newcott Sentimentality isn't bound by boxes, paper wrapping or ribbons. It opens with every memory. For director Donny Graham, memories of "Over the River & Through the Woods" have been cooking since current cast member Keith Lindersmith directed the production more than 10 years ago. You can experience those sentim...
Roman Mosaics Across the Empire
FROM Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Al Monday, September 12, 2016. The Getty Villa - 17985 Pacific Coast Highway - Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. Wednesday–Monday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Admission is free. An advance timed-entry ticket is required. Get free tickets to the Getty Villa Roman decor was uni...
Sicilian artist Sebastiano Grasso brings the Mediterranean to the Pacific
Passionate.If someone had to describe Italians in one word, that would be it. Italians are passionate. Whether it's about food or wine or art or life itself, Italians pour passion into the things they love and that passion shines through for the rest of the world to see. Perhaps that's why so many of the world's greatest artists are Italia...
A Big Grazie to artist John Asaro!
John Asaro, a native Californian of Sicilian descent has a special place in his heart for Little Italy's Piazza Famiglia, so much so that he will be donating 50% of all sales from his latest art exhibit being held at Meyer Fine Art through August 1st. His largesse is also reflected in the huge amount of time, effort and work that he has pu...
Talking Italian Culture with Gian Maria Annovi, Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at USC
by Silvia Donati Those who believe there's no culture in Los Angeles, much less Italian culture, should reconsider their belief: L.A. residents interested in learning about Italy have plenty of opportunities to do so. Just consider that, as Italy pays tribute to one of its most influential writers and filmmakers, Pier Paolo Pasoli...
“Recital italiano” con il pianista Luciano Bellini
Data: Gio 13 Ott 2016 - Orario: Alle 18:30 Luogo: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, 601 Van Ness Ave F, San Francisco, CA 94102 Organizzato da : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Ingresso : Libero L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura è lieto di annunciare "Recital italiano" di Luciano Bellini, pianista, compositore e direttore d...