ISSNAF appoints new Executive Director
ISSNAF (Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation), is pleased to announce the appointment of Monica Veronesi as Executive Director as of January 1st, 2015. Monica has over 20 years experience in management, strategic communications, institutional relations, crisis management and public affairs. Prior to joining ISSNAF, Monica wa...
Meet the Curator: Victoria Surliuga, The White Magic of Ezio Gribaudo
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 At 6:30 pm Organized by : IIC In collaboration with : LHUCA, Texas Tech University, e l'Archivio Ezio Gribaudo Entrance : Free Surliuga currently serves as an Associate Professor of Italian at Texas Tech University. She is a scholar of contemporary Italian poetry, modern and contemporary Italian art, Italian cinema as w...
8 Reasons to Go to Little Italy Farmers’ Market in San Diego
Farmers' markets are the perfect place to interact with local vendors and discover fantastic products. They're also perfect for Instagram-worthy weekend outings when all you really want to do is eat. Little Italy Mercato goes above and beyond. Every Saturday from 8 AM to 2 PM, W. Cedar Street in Downtown San Diego is bursting with vendors...
Little Italy San Jose's fundraising
Little Italy San Jose has raised $277,500 towards the purchase of a historic home and surrounding property in our Italian district to be converted to a Cultural Facility & Museum. We still have $82,500 to reach the $360,000 mark to purchase this property outright. We will utilize this building for the following~ A permanent Italian American mus...
Tiberius: portrait of an Emperor
Damaged by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., an over-life-size bronze statue of Tiberius (ruled A.D. 14–37) was discovered in 1741, during the first years of excavation at Herculaneum. The subject of a recent conservation project at the Getty Villa, the sculpture— on loan from Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples—provides the occasion to explo...
Italian Family Festa
Check back here regularly to find out what's going on at the Festa. For more information contact [email protected]. Press ReleasesItalian Family Festa to Lend a Hand - Italian American Heritage Foundation Joins in Helping to Preserve California HistoryAdrian Nestor, of the Romaggi Adobe Association, will present the story...
Nasce il circolo del Partito Democratico di San Francisco - Berkeley - Silicon Valley
Nasce il circolo del Partito Democratico di San Francisco - Berkeley - Silicon Valley, con l'intento di catalizzare le energie di una delle aree più ricche e innovative degli Stati Uniti. Il circolo si caratterizza per una forte presenza giovanile e un forte legame con l'università, il mondo dell'impresa e dei giovani professionisti. Annalisa Sia...
Sunday, October 5, 2014 Italian Family Festival & Columbus Celebration
In an effort to sustain Italian heritage and culture, the Orange County American Italian Renaissance Foundation is dedicated to preserving the heritage of all American Italians in Orange County and annually conducts a Columbus Celebration at the Bowers Museum. The Columbus Celebration will be held in conjunction with the Italian and Mediterranean F...
Eleonora Granata: “Vi racconto il COM.IT.ES che verrà". Progetti e iniziative del neoeletto Comitato degli italiani all’estero di L.A.
by Benedetta Cicconi Eleonora Granata è il neopresidente del Comitato degli italiani all'estero di Los Angeles recentemente rinnovato alle elezioni dello scorso aprile 2015 e che vede Claudio Fogu come Vicepresidente e Segretario, Cynthia Catalino alla tesoreria e come consiglieri Silvia Bizio, Francesco Brescia, Valerio Chiarotti, Gabriella Cri...
15th Annual Galbani® Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro Los Angeles September 23–25, 2016
The 15th Annual Galbani® Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro, Los Angeles takes over Hollywood from September 23-25 with their annual street festival, celebrating everything that it means to be Italian. The savory smells of Italian sausage and peppers, meatballs simmering in homemade sauce, baked clams on the half shell, warm cheese on perfectly cr...
Getty Museum to return Hades terracotta head to Sicily
A terracotta head depicting the Greek god Hades that the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired in 1985 is being voluntarily sent back to Sicily, the museum has announced. Getty officials said that the museum has worked with officials from Sicily during the last two years to determine whether it would be appropriate to return the artifact. The museum said...
Domenico Monteforte trasforma l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura in uno studio di pittura
Una mostra "work in progress" di dipinti realizzati dal vivo in uno studio artistico aperto al pubblico.È questa l'originale idea realizzata dall'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco e dall'artista toscano Domenico Monteforte, il quale torna nella città sulla baia dopo la bella mostra esposta in questa sede due anni fa. Fino all'i...