Italy’s 2016 Oscar contender to screen in L.A.
by Jeannine Guilyard Italy's Oscar contender is about to make its U.S. premiere. Claudio Caligari's "Non essere cattivo" (Don't Be Bad) is in the lineup of "Cinema Italian Style" – LA's annual showcase of conetemporary Italian cinema. Produced by Luce Cinecittà and the American Cinematheque, and under the artistic director of Italian journ...
Top dozen Frank Sinatra events highlight top 50 list
Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday would have been Saturday and the Coachella Valley is celebrating with special music and menu deals at restaurants and hotels all this week. We've singled out a dozen Sinatra-related celebrations happening this week, but this still makes up only a fraction of quality activities happening in and around the dese...
Peter Rudolf Mondavi: The Pioneer of California’s Mondavi Family Winery Passes Away at 101
By Catherine Accardi Peter Mondavi Sr., Napa Valley visionary responsible for the success of his family's winery for more than 50 years died on February 20th at his home in St. Helena, California. He was 101. Mondavi was born in Virginia, Minnesota, on November 8, 1914, to Cesare and Rosa Grassi Mondavi, natives of Sassoferrato in the Mar...
La Scuola italiana stile Reggio fa tendenza nella Silicon Valley
San Francisco, 2002: i genitori di una decina di bimbi si ritrovano in una sala di periferia per ragionare su come finanziare la loro nuova "piccola scuola italiana". Sono ingegneri venuti nella Silicon Valley con il boom delle dot.com e italo-americani di seconda o terza generazione. Vogliono che i figli non perdano l'uso della nostra lin...
Masterpieces of Italian Design. The new "Quattroporte" on show at Maserati - Beverly Hills
The new "Quattroporte" was launched at the Maserati Beverly Hills showroom on March 28th during an exclusive cocktail reception with showbiz celebrities and Maserati aficionados. The "Quattroporte" was born in 1963, when Maserati put a racing engine in a Grand Touring automobile. Today, the sixth generation Quattroporte is simply...
The importance of keeping “Jazz in the Neighborhood”
The city of San Francisco has always been universally recognized as a city of great artists and musicians, and among different kind of music styles, jazz has certainly played a first class role.With the exception perhaps of the historic Fillmore district, over the last years jazz music has slowly disappeared, and many of the famous places where it...
World Renown Italian Animator To Exhibit at the Walt Disney Family Museum in SF
by Mauro Battocchi I am delighted that the Walt Disney Family Museum will present the exhibition Bruno Bozzetto: Animation, Maestro! from November 21, 2013 to April 7, 2014. Mr. Bozzetto is one of Italy's most cherished animators whose prolific career includes the creation of Mr. Rossi, "a middle-aged man who appeals to most viewers and au...
Emerge dal restauro del Paul Getty Museum il più grande busto in bronzo dell'imperatore romano Traiano. In mostra a Los Angeles
Grazie alla collaborazione instaurata fra il Getty Villa di Los Angeles ed il Museo Archeologico di Napoli gli americani amanti delle antichità romane potranno ammirare dal 16 ottobre 2013 al 3 marzo 2014 una mostra sulla Vita e l'eredità dell'imperatore romano Tiberio, rimasta per molti anni nascosta agli ammiratori e per la prima volta esposta ne...
La pianista Laura Magnani ospite speciale alla Festa della Leonardo da Vinci Society
di Roberto Natalini Si è concluso con un omaggio musicale all'Italia il calendario annuale degli eventi organizzato dalla Leonardo Da Vinci Society, una delle storiche organizzazioni italo-americane a San Francisco. Ospite speciale per questa edizione della Festa di Natale e di fine anno, organizzata nell'elegante sede del Century Club of...
Italian E-Motorcycle Maker Energica Challenges Harley Davidson
By Paul Glader In the U.S., motorcycles conjure images of loud, reverberating, menacing engines on stout, chrome-heavy frames adorned in black leather. We're talking Harley Davidson rallies in Sturgis and Daytona, the cinematic scenes of Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider, the disgruntled war veterans, immigrants and roughnecks ri...
Mauro Perucchetti Confronts the World with His Art
by Nanci Casas The De Re Gallery debuted Mauro Perucchetti's Pop Fiction exhibition on Thursday, September 10th in West Hollywood. Mauro and his stunning wife Lorena Perucchetti, who is also his PR manager, both arrived elegantly dressed and accessorized with miniature pieces of Mauro's artwork in the form of necklaces. With Peron...
Italians in Today’s San Francisco Farmers’ Markets
by Catherine Accardi The September 3rd edition of L'Italo-Americano featured an article titled "Before Ferry Plaza There Was the Italian Farmers' Market". It told the story of the earliest, 20th century Italian farmers' markets in San Francisco. Here we continue the story of California's Italian farmers and food venders of today and how they have...