San Francisco Opera: new season, old romance
The San Francisco Opera opens its 2014-2015 season, the company's 93rd, on September 5th, with a new production premiere of Bellini's masterwork Norma, starring Sandra Rodanovsky in the role made famous by Maria Callas, and conducted by SFO music director Nicola Luisotti. The season runs in two segments, one from September through December...
Lawrence DiStasi on Una Storia Segreta in Redwood City, CA
On Saturday, Nov. 15, at 1PM, Lawrence DiStasi will present an illustrated talk at the San Mateo History Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA. DiStasi will speak about his book Una Storia Segreta--the internments, evacuations, exclusions and restrictions on Italian Americans During World War II. He will specifically address the category...
Irene Dalis: Superstar mezzo-soprano and founder of Opera San Jose, dies at 89
Irene Dalis, the beloved Grande Dame of the South Bay arts scene who reached the lofty heights of international stardom as a mezzo-soprano opera star before returning home to found Opera San Jose, has died. She was 89. Dalis was a towering figure in the local artistic community and remained the driving force behind Opera San Jose until ret...
2 Giugno. A Los Angeles la Festa Nazionale si fa Social!
by Barbara Minafra La Festa Nazionale del 2 Giugno celebra la Repubblica Italiana, nata 70 anni fa dal Referendum istituzionale del 1946, e rappresenta un'importante ricorrenza anche per rafforzare il nostro senso di Unità nazionale. Festeggiarla in America non rende meno intensa, al contrario, l'emozione di riascoltare insieme, lontani da...
Cinema Italian Style at the IIC
When: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 At 6:30 pm Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Organized by : Istituto Luce Cinecitta' & American Cinematheque. In collaboration with : Italian Trade Agency & IIC. Entrance : Free. RSVP mandatory. On the occasion of the First Week o...
An Italian Photographer Takes on East L.A.
By Julia Felsenthal The self-taught photographer Gusmano Cesaretti grew up in Lucca, Italy, but as a child he fell in love with America through movies, jazz and the work of Beat writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. He arrived in the United States at age 19 on the day Kennedy was assassinated, and eventually made his way to Califor...
Natale all'italiana
Domenica 30 novembre 2014 la Casa Italiana ha ospitato una delle prime feste natalizie della stagione, sponsorizzata da Santo Padre Pio Society, con presidente Maria Bruno, e da Maria SS. di Costantinopoli Society, presieduta da Joe Deligio. Dopo la Santa Messa, celebrata presso St. Peter's Italian Church, il sontuoso pranzo è stato preced...
Searching Impressions of Life - the art and passion of Guido Frazzini in Los Angeles
August 1, 2015 - Saturday 12:00 PMChilao School, in Chilao Campground, Angeles National Forest - Angeles Crest Highway and Chilao Road mile 49.69 La Canada - Los Angeles, California Italian photographer Guido Frazzini shares his vision of all things great and small in a free presentation which welcomes the public. Guido's subje...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Romance of City Lights
by Mark Dery Black and white and read all over, City Lights' Pocket Poets books were a depth charge in the American mind, back in the Eisenhower '50s. Part of the literary explosion known as the San Francisco Renaissance, they blew wide a hole the counterculture of the coming decade would be only too happy to step through. Sixty y...
Today Is Caffe Trieste's 60th Anniversary
Thanks to tipster Patrick R. for letting us know that the iconic Caffe Trieste at Vallejo Street and Grant Avenue, a cornerstone of the North Beach community, celebrates its 60th anniversary today—no foolin'. Co-owner Ida Zoubi says they're planning a celebration at a later date. On this day in 1956, Trieste was established as the very fir...
Gaetano Pesce: Molds (Gelati Misti)
Date: from Saturday, September 03, 2016 to Sunday, November 27, 2016 Organized by: MOCA Entrance: Free Location: MOCA Pacific Design Center - 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069 - www.moca.org Hours: Monday - closed; Tuesday - Friday 11:00 - 5:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm The works of the renow...
New Works by Elena Civoli Brittain & Nola Pardi Proll – Opens August 2, 2013
ELENA CIVOLI BRITTAIN is a whimsical and prolific contemporary artist whose abstract series range from brightly colored surfaces, to bold textured collages, to unstructured images layered in muted tones. Elena was born in Italy. The daughter of an Italian Army colonel from Florence, she grew up in cities all over Italy, but considers herself a Fior...