Italian Father of Microprocessor Awarded Enrico Fermi Award
By Mauro Battocchi Our beloved Dr. Federico Faggin, inventor of the microprocessor and advanced researcher of human consciousness, has been awarded the Enrico Fermi Award by the Società Italiana di Fisica, for his work in pioneering the technology that has radically and irreversibly changed the face of humanity. Dr. Faggin, I am h...
Classical: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzosoprano
Tickets to Cecilia Bartoli's March 21 and 26 performances are on sale to the public. Purchase online or by calling 310.434.3200. Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center - 1310 11th street - Santa Monica, CA 90401 Cecilia Bartoli lights up the Westside with an extravagant evening of sonic fireworks and dramatic costume changes...
New Dean is Italian Scholar from University of Connecticut
Norma Bouchard, Ph.D., will join San Diego State University as dean of the College of Arts and Letters, following the retirement of Paul Wong, Ph.D., later this year. Bouchard is professor of Italian and comparative literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut. She has served as interim associate dean for humanities,...
Leah Ferrazzani: pasta maker in L.A. using the authentic Italian technique
by Nancy Casas Semolina Artisanal Pasta, located in Los Angeles, has an authentic fresh wheat flavor that founder Leah Ferrazzani's traditional methods accomplish in order to keep the Italian heritage alive. One woman's insistent passion on making pasta the old-fashioned Italian way, in small carefully dried batches, is what sets...
Circolo's winter events, Don Giovanni and pranzo di Natale
Ciao, Amici! After Cinema Italiano Contemporaneo, our traditional Fall event, Circolo Italiano is now opening our Winter schedule with two delightful events. We start with a combination of a fabulous Matinee at the Opera and a lovely champagne luncheon at La Cumbre Country Club on Sunday, Nov. 8th. For this event Circolo Italiano is j...
Touchdown, 49ers: Eddie DeBartolo Jr. makes Hall of Fame; Anquan Boldin wins Man of Year award
by Matt Barrows The chants of "Eddie D! Eddie D!" from the crowd outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium heralded the announcement that was made later inside. Eddie DeBartolo Jr., who won five Super Bowls when he owned the 49ers but who has been a conspicuous missing piece from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, finally was voted in on...
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana - 5:30pm-9:30pm. Join IALOC for our annual Bocce Tournament at Il Fornaio in Irvine, California. Appetizers are included in the cost of attendance of $20.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members. The Bocce Tournament will guarantee that you will play at...
With Agrodolce, a family delves deeper into Sicily’s cuisine
This month, Angelo D'Alo will open Agrodolce, a Sicilian restaurant in Berkeley. But from the very start, there was little doubt that he would get into the restaurant business. His food career began improbably decades ago as a San Francisco Chronicle paper boy. His mother, Rosa D'Alo, was bored as a housewife in the 1980s and was itching t...
Diego Calaon: Wood, Water, and Slaves. How Venice Came into the World
Thursday, December 8 2016 - 6.30 pm - StartupHouse - 934 Howard St, San Francisco, CA. Venice suffers from its legends. Legends narrate Venice as a symbol of the end of the Roman Age. Venice represents the place where the noble Romans rescued themselves from the barbarian hordes: Venetians would have been forced to move to an unwelcoming islan...
Promozioni con il dettaglio indipendente in USA
Il 15 e 16 novembre 2012 si terranno rispettivamente a San Francisco e a Palo Alto due eventi di promozione della moda Made in Italy, previsti nell'ambito del Programma di Promozione ICE.Location degli eventi saranno i due negozi Wilkes Bashford di proprietà della famiglia di dettaglianti Mitchell.Wilkes Bashford è stato il primo dettagliante ad in...
“Italy is the next Startup Nation”
The SF Gate quoted me saying this yesterday and since then I've been asked if I was kidding. Yet, there is no joke about it. People identify India, Israel and Ireland as the IT countries. But there's a fourth "I" for high-tech: Italy. The Italian Innovation Day and the whole "Italy Tech Week" showcase this reality. Often it's difficult to understa...
Pure and Impure: The films of Pier Paolo Pasolini
In collaboration with Luce Cinecittà, Rome, Centro Studi-Archivio Pier Paolo Pasolini/Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to present a retrospective of films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most iconoclastic and influential figures in Italian cinema in the ge...