The San Francisco Bay Area Welcomes Lorenzo Ortona, San Francisco’s New Italian Consul General
By Catherine Accardi The Bay Area is pleased to welcome Lorenzo Ortona as the new San Francisco Consul General of Italy. Although headquartered in San Francisco, the Italian Consulate serves Northern and Central California, and a territory that extends from Hawaii to Alaska and Washington State. Consul General Ortona graduated wit...
Fazioli Piano Series – Contemporary music in L.A.
The first appointment with Fazioli Piano Series was hosted by the IIC in Los Angeles last March 17. The initiative, launched by the Italian Cultural Institute, gets its name from the Italian company that produces grand and concert-grand pianos, worldly renown for the high quality materials and the finest technology of its products. The series is d...
La Nuova Italia che Avanza: in 3Dgallery
Da gennaio a marzo un gruppo di startup italiane (map2app, Atooma, in3Dgallery e Bad Seed Entertainment) hanno vissuto a San Francisco l'esperienza del programma di accelerazione di Mind the Bridge che prevede, accanto ad un un finanziamento seed fino a 65mila dollari, dieci settimane di duro lavoro al Gym (acceleratore e sede di Mind the Bridge a...
Don’t Miss “Napoli Milionaria” at the American Conservatory Theater
By Mauro Battocchi Eduardo de Filippo's Neapolitan masterpiece Napoli Milionaria is kicking off at the American Conservatory Theater in just two days. The English version is called: "Napoli!" Marco Barricelli (Vigil at A.C.T.) and Stratford Festival star Seana McKenna (Phèdre at A.C.T.) lead the cast. During the tough days of World War II,...
A Renaissance Mystery Woman Enchants and Puzzles San Francisco
By Mauro Battocchi Behold this Renaissance lady. How would you describe her expression? For a woman of her era - the early Sixteenth century, she looks rather daring to me: she gazes straight into your eyes, as a modern young woman would do today. Her countenance appears to me coquettish, even mischievous. Her stunning elegance -...
The Italian artist and concert pianist Fabiola Addamo
Dear Readers,L'Italo-Americano's director, Simone Schiavinato, recently wrote that we must celebrate not only the discovery of America, but the Italian American spirit that pushes forward in Silicon Valley, startups that create high tech products made in Italy and relocated in California and other states in the U.S.A. where we live as Italians and...
Carla Viparelli: Silicosophy
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2015 - Monday, September 28, 2015 Hours: www.sixty29contemporary.com Venue: Sixty29 Contemporary, Culver City Organized by: ART1307 In collaboration with: Sixty29 Contemporary and the IIC www.sixty29contemporary.com Carla Viparelli lives and works in Naples and Maratea. She is both a prolific and a multifaceted a...
Lillian’s Italian Kitchen preps new space in Santa Cruz
Soon the frustration will end for folks who have been unable to get a meal at Lillian's Italian Kitchen, the popular Eastside restaurant in a small spot at 1116 Soquel Ave. After nine years and a TripAdvisor rating of fourth best restaurant in Santa Cruz based on customer reviews, the owners are about to move into a bigger space — double t...
Latte italiano e acqua americana. Ecco la bufala made in California
By Camilla Baresani Da Bagnoli Irpino a Los Angeles, per fare i formaggiai. Sembrerebbe il viaggio tipico degli emigranti di inizio Novecento, e invece nel caso di «angelo&franco — The Mozzarella Guys» (notare l'uso delle maiuscole, invertito rispetto al canone grammaticale), è una vicenda molto più contemporanea, connessa a studi econ...
2014 LaFerrari on Auction Block in Monterey
This 2014 LaFerrari will headline an array of modern supercars crossing the auction block in Monterey 2016 Aug 18-20. This event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa – Del Monte Golf Course, 1 Old Golf Course Road, Monterey, CA 93940 While other exceptional cars will be available, perhaps none as sinister yet breathtaki...
Renewing Italian Pride in the US
SAN FRANCISCO - Even before the year 2012 had drawn to a close, the Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, the Honorable Mauro Battocchi, teamed up with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, to announce the beginning of "2013 Year of Italian Culture" in the United States, and specifically in the San Francisco Bay Area. The announcement was made in grand...
Fondazione Azzurra celebrates the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli’s The Prince
Fondazione Azzurra hosted a dinner in celebration of the conference "From Earthly Pleasures to Princely Glories in the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds", which took place at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies to honor the quincentenary of Machiavelli's The Prince. The Italian winery Le Corte dei Farfensi, owned by Antonell...