Italian American Museum May Open By Summer
With the restoration of the exterior set to begin shortly, the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is on schedule to open in the second half of 2014, and possibly as soon as summer, said executive director Marianna Gatto. The long-in-the-works museum's permanent exhibition, focusing on the history of Italian Americans in Los Angeles and Souther...
The book corner: Who was Mario Savio?
By Sebastian Fichera I was a high school kid with immigrant parents who worked in a factory and still struggled with the English language back in Hartford, Connecticut when I started hearing about this guy named Mario Savio causing absolute chaos in a far-away place called Berkeley. The infamous troublemaker with a name like min...
Los Angeles-Italia Event To Celebrate Centennial Of Frank Sinatra’s Birth
The centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth will be celebrated by the 10th Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival, the annual pre-Oscars event celebrating showbiz ties between Italy and Hollywood. Rising star Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, known for his "Pavarotti Ping," will be the first celebrity guest to pay tribute to Sinatra on...
Luca Ciarla On Tour
When: FROM Thursday, May 26, 2016 Al Friday, June 03, 2016 Organized by : Violipiano Music, In collaboration with : IIC Entrance : With fee A creative and surprising violinist, Luca Ciarla easily transcends the boundaries among genres to trace an innovative musical path, a magical acoustic seduction in perfect balance between written compos...
Three Chefs for Montemonaco
The Italian Cultural Center of San Diego requests the pleasure of your company at the Fundraising Dinner for Montemonaco (AP) devastated by the October 30th earthquake. This event, "Three Chefs for Montemonaco", will be held on Friday, February 3, 2017 at the Our Lady of The Rosary Church Hall located at 1654 State Street, San Diego, CA, from 6: 00...
Italian American Community Unites To Defeat AB55
CA Assemblyman seeks to disband Columbus Day and replace with Native American Day "Christopher Columbus' achievements as a great Renaissance explorer and his discovery of America, which led to the influx of ideas and people of Western Europe on which America was founded and still rests, is why we must continue to celebrate Columbus Day on the seco...
Crazy about accordions in Cotati
by Angela Hart Whether it's the music, the people, the sense of community or the culinary fare, Cotati's celebration of the accordion is growing more popular every year, event organizers said Sunday. This weekend's festival, the 24th since its inception, drew an estimated 5,000 people to downtown's La Plaza Park — some from as far awa...
Italian Language Meetup Groups – La Dolce Lingua!
Have you ever heard the Italian language praised as one of the great romance languages in the world? Of course you have! I like to call it La Dolce Lingua. It is both beautiful to hear and even more charming to speak. There are several ways to expand your Italian language expertise. One, of course, is to attend formal Italian language clas...
Ciao Italia: Santa Monica
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2015 - Saturday, October 31, 2015 Hours: www.ciaosantamonica.com Venue: Santa Monica, CA Organized by: Santa Monica Place, Macerich and Salamone Associates In collaboration with: Paul Mitchell, Loews, The Patron and IIC Santa Monica celebrates the Italian Heritage Month with a series of events.Info and tickets at ww...
Weary Gatto Family Remembers Slain Father
by Allison B. Cohen The family of Joseph Gatto, the 78-year-old father of California State Assemblymember Mike Gatto who was murdered in his home near the Silver Lake Reservoir November 12, 2013, said they believe there is still one witness that has not come forward with information in the case despite a $50,000 reward. Gatto, who represe...
How Tiziana Rocca brought the Taormina Film Fest to Los Angeles
by Valerio Viale Tiziana Rocca, general manager of the Taormina Film Fest since 2012, has been largely innovating the historic Sicilian festival, founded in 1955. Her main concerns are to celebrate and foster Italian young talents, as well as to assure female filmmakers of an equal visibility as their male counterparts. The c...
Addio a Enzo Torresi, gigante italiano della Silicon Valley
ADESSO che, grazie a Skype e WhatsApp, un figlio informatico o pubblicitario che lavora a Shanghai è quasi solo un problema di fuso orario, fatichiamo a renderci conto di quanto un tempo fossero vissuti come definitivi i distacchi da chi, come Enzo Torresi, partiva per scelta o per caso per fare ricerca e creare valore in California anziché nella s...