Andrea La Mendola's story, from movie sets to the future of transportation
The future as we imagined it by watching science fiction movies could be closer than we believe. In particular, a project created in 2012 from a vision of entrepreneur Elon Musk, who hypothesized a super speed ground-level transportation system, in which people could travel in a hovering pod inside a vacuum tube at a very high speed, could soon bec...
film > design > THE FUTURE BEHIND US
While we wait for Italian Design Day, we are pleased to showcase the program organized by Milano Design Film Festival. 1891, 1917, 1935, 1983. These are the respective years of birth of Gio Ponti, Ettore Sottsass, Jr., Tobia Scarpa and Antonio Aricò. The show organised by Milano Design Film Festival draws an ideal and real line for bringing some of...
Opinion: Chula Vista Shouldn’t Have ‘Canceled’ Christopher Columbus
Chula Vista, the second-largest city in San Diego County, is a remarkably vibrant minority-dominant city as far as American cities go. Its population of 270,000 is 59.8% Hispanic, 85% of whom are Mexican Americans. The median family income in 2019 was $81,727 and the poverty rate just 9.6% — half of California’s 18.2%. By contrast, McCallen, Texas,...
The Italian Connection with McCloud, California
Dear Readers, McCloud California in Siskiyou County, at the foot of Mount Shasta is often featured on television or in print as an ideal spot for Bay Area weekend get aways. I was unaware of any Italian connections in McCloud California, until my good friend, Lorraine Capurro, married a handsome young man and became Mrs Lorraine Capurro McCloud, so...
From Italy with love in Santa Barbara
Goleta Valley Historical Society - 304 N Los Carneros Rd, Goleta, CA 93117. The Santa Barbara Italian immigrant families and their descendants have had a significant impact on the Santa Barbara region in business, agriculture, education, construction; and have become part of the civic, social, and cultural fabric of our community. This exhibit woul...
book presentation > Voyage of the St. Louis Graphic Novel
When: Wednesday, June 09, 2021 At 1:00 pm - Organized by : Red Car Press In collaboration with : San Diego Italian Film Festival and Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles - Entrance : Free Join us for an online discussion about the events surrounding the tragic Voyage of the St. Louis, as told in the graphic novel Voyage of the St. Louis made in I...
Vicky Carabini knighted Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia
The Honorable Silvia Chiave, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles, Knighted Vicky Carabini, Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) on behalf of Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy. This distinction is one of Italy’s highest honors for Italians abroad and is bestowed upon individuals who have disti...
IAMLA Director Knighted by Italian Republic
IAMLA executive director and cofounder Marianna Gatto has been awarded the Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) by the Italian republic. Hon. Silvia Chiave, Italian Consul General in Los Angeles, knighted Gatto in a small ceremony on May 26 in Los Angeles on behalf of Sergio Mattarella, president of...
HOWL! Remembers Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Saturday, May 29. 12:30 PM – 7 PM PST. Streaming Live on Howlarts.org. Earlier this year we lost the incomparable poet, painter, and social activist, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021). Howl! Arts and Bob Holman are honored to bring together a spectacular group of poets, writers, filmmakers, activists, musicians, and artists...
Det. Benedetti Laid to Rest After Thousands Attend Memorial Services
“The world is a better place because of Luca, and he will forever be our hero.” On May 20, friends, family, community members, and fellow law enforcement officers gathered to honor fallen San Luis Obispo Police Department, Detective Luca Benedetti. Almost 2,000 people gathered at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo for the memori...
Kumeyaay Say ‘Goodbye, Columbus’ as Chula Vista Council Bans Park Statue
Columbus took 36 days to cross the Atlantic. Chula Vista took 488 days to banish a 10-foot statue of him from Discovery Park. But the Italian explorer didn’t have to navigate a worldwide pandemic and reckoning on racial justice issues. After 3 hours of discussion including educators, Kumeyaay Indian officials, Knights of Columbus and Italian group...
Anthony Lazzaro, who helped USC grow into a sprawling bastion of research, dies
Anthony Lazzaro, a longtime USC administrator who guided the rapid expansion of the university’s campus and helped make USC central to the 1984 Olympics, has died at his home in Palos Verdes Estates. Lazzaro died Thursday of natural causes, his family members said. He was 100. During his 42-year tenure with USC — first as an assistant business mana...