Geoff Palmer’s Faux-Italian Renaissance
You'd be forgiven for wanting to reach out the passenger window of your car and touch the Da Vinci, the newest downtown apartment complex from G.H. Palmer Associates. Built dead against the transition from the 110 to the 101 and opening early next year, it is massive in scale, with medieval brick buttresses surmounted by Italianate dingbats. ...
The passion for Italian cars unites Rome and San Francisco – The racing legend Lorenzo Lauria
by Roberto Natalini For the past few years, San Francisco has without a doubt been the West Coast city where one is most likely to spot a new Fiat 500. Between the City's narrow streets and challenging parking situation, the Fiat 500 seems the ideal vehicle, especially for those with a passion for Italian design. Thanks to the par...
Calligaris opens new store in Los Angeles
With a focus on Italian identity, the new Calligaris Store is at SOCO (South Coast Collection), located in Orange County south of Los Angeles, a center specializing in interior design. The space of 243 square meters on one level is very bright thanks to large windows, and it reflects the Calligaris concept, offering intriguing micro-environments f...
Come Creare Una Startup di Successo Tra Italia e Silicon Valley: Fireside Chat Con Fabrizio Capobianco
Esistono imprenditori italiani che, in vent'anni di Silicon Valley, hanno fatto delle scoperte, hanno trovato nuove vie e si sono spesi per farle conoscere ad altri. Hanno aperto strade e nel frattempo creato aziende che raccolgono milioni di dollari da investitori pronti a dare loro fiducia. Tutto questo non avviene mai per caso, ma è sempre...
The Italians are coming!
Bridges to Italy, a Los Angeles-based non-profit association with a chapter in Calabria and an office in Rome presents the first-ever Italian Pitch Fest. This event is held in collaboration with Santa Monica New Tech, a SoCal community group of 2,000+ entrepreneurs who create and showcase new technology to tech-interested public, including...
The Auto Gallery Maserati Dealership Unveils 2014 Quattroporte
The Auto Gallery Maserati, the premier Los Angeles Maserati dealer, has unveiled the all new 2014 Maserati Quattroporte. The muscular luxury vehicle features a twin-turbocharged 3.8 liter V-8 designed by Maserati and built by Ferrari. This precisely engineered engine is the most powerful offered by Maserati and allows the Quattroporte to a...
A new seafront Silicon Valley in Italy
A 4,000 square meters seafront open space with swings, billiards, sofas and citrus trees; the best of tech companies of Silicon Valley would be envious of such an office set among the breath-taking sunset of one of the most beautiful gulfs of Sicily and signature of the best excellence of Italian design: Mosaicoon, the leading Sicilian Tech Company...
Applications Due for Tech Venture Launch Program 2013
By Mauro Battocchi Are you looking for the opportunity to develop an exciting technology enterprise or new business? If so, take a look at Technology Launch Program 2013, an exciting opportunity offered by the Istituto Italiano Imprenditorialità that will bring successful applicants for a week to Silicon Valley this fall to learn how to c...
Leonardo LoCascio of Winebow retires
by Paul Franson One of the most influential people in the wine business was recently in Napa to visit with clients and friends as he retires after 35 years in the business. Leonardo LoCascio, the founder of Winebow, a national importer and distributor of fine wine and craft spirits from around the world, retires June 30. A na...
A Young Italian Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley
Luigi Congedo is a young Neapolitan Venture Capitalist based in Silicon Valley. He is part of an Italian exodus being one of the hundreds of thousands of Italians who moved abroad in the last 10 years: 90% of them have a college degree and they go abroad in search of economic stability and meritocracy. Our interview starts with the account of how...
Da Olivetti alle nuove startup USA, va in scena l’Italia 2.0
L'italia che guarda al futuro è di scena dal 12 marzo nel cuore della Silicon Valley con la kermesse settimanale "Italy Tech Week". Un evento che fa parte del più ampio "Anno della Cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti: ricerca, scoperta e innovazione", che attraverso un viaggio lungo dodici mesi toccherà 40 città americane con oltre 200 eventi, mette...
Paid summer internship opportunity
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles seeks one, qualified undergraduate student preferably in the fields of History, Art History, Social Science, Urban Planning, Museum Studies and other relevant areas of study to serve as a summer intern funded by the Getty Grant Program. ABOUT THE ITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES (IAMLA)Italian Ameri...