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Italian Without Words: Film and Workshop on Italian Body Language. Presented by Filmmaker Luca Vullo   Thursday, October 8th, 2015 | 7:00 pm | Warren Auditorium. Sponsored by: The Italian Program at the University of San Diego (Dept. of Languages, Cultures and Literatures) and the Italian Cultural Center (ICC). This event is f...

By Christina Raney   Saverino's Italian Deli & Market, located just outside of historic Downtown Redlands, is the place to go for good and reasonably priced Italian food in the Inland Empire. Saverino's offers a variety of dishes that include: cold and hot sandwiches, pasta dishes, salads, soups, and desserts.   You can also...

L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles ospita dal 14 settembre al 2 novembre "Inside Out: Interni Pompeiani tra spazio e tempo", una mostra di fotografie storiche e contemporanee, opere grafiche, mappe e video che mettono in evidenza il processo di riscoperta, la documentazione e la conservazione delle antiche città di Pompei e di Ercolano.F...

Ottomila nomi letti simultaneamente in quattro luoghi simbolo della città. A Los Angeles si sono ricordate così le vittime italiane dell'Olocausto, con la lettura pubblica dei nomi di ottomila ebrei deportati dall'Italia durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Il Museo dell'Olocausto e tre scuole superiori, la Milken Community High School of Stephen S...

Un incrocio quasi impossibile, un'ora prima della partenza mia da San Francisco, al termine dell'Italiani di Frontiera Silicon Valley Tour con gli imprenditori romagnoli, breve chiacchierata su Skype con Alessandro Tocchio, appena arrivato in Italia... da San Francisco, con il prestigioso premio conquistato a Berkeley, con la sua startup Tensive....

Liza Shaw has been on a quest since she moved to the Bay Area 14 years ago. Her goal? The kind of fresh, meaty Italian sub that's ubiquitous back home on the East Coast, but not nearly so easy to find in SF. Eventually, the former A16 executive chef decided to take matters into her own hands, and today she's debuting the result: Merigan Sub Shop, a...

By Mauro Battocchi   The Italian Community was floored last year when Seagate CEO and Italian American Stephen Luzco honored the We Love Italian campaign with a most generous gift of $100,000.   Mr. Luzco is a shining example of an American of Italian descent who is really giving back to his own homeland. And his work continues on the...

by Robert Gallo   Joseph Panetta, President and CEO of Biocom, was the inaugural honoree of the Convivio Communitas Award for Leadership, underscoring his impact on the San Diego community receiving what the organization termed, "long overdue accolades."   "Congratulations on receiving the Convivio Communitas Award for Leadership," sa...

Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas, an original, documentary exhibit by the Museo Italo Americano, written by Joseph McBride, will be on exhibit at the Museo from September 18, 2015 through March 6, 2016. The American cinema, from its inception, has played a major role in shaping our perceptions of our country and ourselves, a...

by Ed Bedford   Is Little Italy on the move or what? Latest opening is at the Piazza Basilone (named for San Diego's Italian-American war hero). It's in the spot that was Zia's, on the corner of India and Fir. This is Civico 1845. (Pronounce it "CHEE-vee-ko," they say). Sounds historic, right? Wrong. "That's just our street number,...

GO WEST: Marni will celebrate the opening of its first store in San Francisco with a cocktail party on Wednesday hosted by W Magazine, as well as art advisor Sabrina Buell and Alison Pincus, founder of online home decor marketplace One Kings Lane. The 3,500-square-foot boutique, located on Maiden Lane, in the heart of the city's Union Square distr...

By Karen Wada   The violins of Antonio Stradivari are revered for being not only superb instruments but works of art. "They combine this magical quality of sound with spectacular craftsmanship," says Margaret Batjer, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.   Each of these wooden wonders also possesses an individual, inner...