OVERPAINTING An exhibition by M. Galbiati and C. Berg
ARENA 1 GALLERY, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles, presents OVERPAINTING, a selection of works by SONIA COSTANTINI, PAOLA FONTICOLI, PAOLO IACCHETTI, ELENA MODORATI and ALBANO MORANDI. The show is part of a project that include two exhibitions, one in the United States and one Italy, and creates an oppo...
Building with Air
Dante Bini will present his book Building with Air, chronicling the invention and evolution of the remarkable 'Binishell' structural system, the inflated concrete dome Dante invented in 1964. Dante and his son Nic Bini will also talk about subsequent 'air-powered' construction methodologies, which are becoming more technically daring and a...
38th Italian Film Festival, San Rafael
For 38 years running, the Italian Film Festival has brought high-quality Italian feature films, including new releases, to Northern California, thanks to the dedication of Lido Cantarutti, the festival's organiser. This year's edition presents eight films on the following dates: 27 and 28 September; 4, 5, 11, and 25 October; ...
Piero Lissoni: the humanistic approach to design and architecture
by Silvia Simonetti On Wednesday, September 17, the GRAYE showroom in Beverly Hills hosted an interesting round table on contemporary design and architecture trends, with the participation of a special guest: Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni. He was invited to share his views and knowledge with other representatives of...
Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered: Dianne Hales presents her book on the Mona Lisa, based on extensive research - October 29, 2014 at 6:30 PM
Every year, some 9 million visitors to the Louvre make their way into a gallery in which one small portrait—the lone painting on an immense freestanding wall—sits inside a bulletproof glass case, and is further protected by the watchful eyes of 24-hour security guards. It is the most famous painting on earth and while it is unsigned, undat...
Berkeley author Parenti relates his road to a progressive outlook
By Sarah Rohrs Before his rise as a leading progressive political analyst and author, Michael Parenti learned about life growing up on the streets of New York's Italian East Harlem. The Berkeley author, a strong voice for the political left, gave a glimpse of his early life during a special book reading in an unusual location -- the credit un...
Mario Moroni in Los Angeles
Date: Monday, May 11, 2015 Hours: 5 PM Venue: UCLA Organized by: UCLA Department of Italian In collaboration with: IIC The UCLA Department of Italian will host poet Mario Moroni for a poetry reading. Mario Moroni was born in Italy in 1955. He moved to the United States in 1989. He has taught at Yale University, the University of Memphis, and C...
St. Anthony’s Harvest Festival Sept. 19-20
By Vince Rembulat St. Anthony's Harvest Festival is right around the corner. To mark the occasion, organizers will be selling the souvenir shirts and aprons after each of the masses this weekend or at the parish hall, 505 E. North St. Manteca. Lois and Keith Wiedenhoeft are this year's co-chairs. The shirts and apron with the...
BAIA Holiday Aperitivo San Francisco
Join BAIA for our annual Holiday party on December 5th, 2016. This year BAIA is hosting the event at the Italian Consulate. Chef Viola Buitoni will prepare appetizers and delectable finger foods to get you in the right holiday spirit. Lorenzo Scarpone of Villa Italia will make sure your glass is full for each toast. Raffle: Chef Viola will donate...
Pellicola opens: N.Y.-meets-Naples pizza in downtown L.A.
Now that downtown L.A. (not all of L.A., just downtown) has been dubbed "America's Next Great City," it deserves more great pizza. Enter Pellicola Pizzeria at 8th and Hill streets, serving crisp, thin-crusted pies marrying New York and Neapolitan styles. The sleek, mezzanined glass box of a restaurant, where you can get pies whole or by th...
Viaggio nella lingua italiana d'America di oggi e di ieri
Si avvicina il traguardo dell'Italian American Country tour, e siamo in procinto di toccare la terza e ultima costa del continente. La prima è stata, naturalmente, New York. La seconda New Orleans, approdo per molti emigrati che non videro mai Ellis Island, arrivando direttamente qui. L'ultima è San Francisco, che abbiamo preso via terra "navigando...
No to Starbucks, yes to Calabria
By Ian Anderson Later this summer, longtime North Park coffee roaster Caffé Calabria will launch its first offsite expansion in 15 years, opening a satellite coffee bar in a ground-floor storefront at the 1 Columbia Place high-rise in downtown's Columbia neighborhood. A second expansion will be quick to follow, this one south of t...