Over the weekend, as I walked through the Bella Vita Fest in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood, I noticed a large display of fascinating old photographs. Convivio, a cultural organization that works to preserve the Italian community’s history in San Diego, was showing images from our city’s past! There were photographs of tuna fishermen and boa...
Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) will open its 2024-25 season with Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” Nov. 8 and 10 at the Lobero Theatre. Based on a true story, Pagliacci “Clowns” tells the tale of Canio, leader of a commedia dell’arte troupe, who murders his wife and her lover on stage during a performance. The opera is emblematic of the style known as “verismo,...
“It all starts with the handprint. In the cave, this early human, she dips her hand in the paint, she makes a mark, and then shows the others how to do it too. That is the first family portrait, and also marks the beginning of design - art - everything.” And so it was with this foundational moment of humanity’s desire to personalise the spaces we i...
Sunday, November 3 · 3 - 7pm PST. Doors at 2:30pm. 3370 Sunset Valley Road Moorpark, CA 93021. Join us for Festival Italiano - A Taste of Italy on Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 3:00 PM at Walnut Grove -3370 Sunset Valley Rd., Moorpark, CA. Immerse yourself in the rich culture and flavors of Italy with delicious food, wine, music, and more. Indulge in authen...
Ciao! The Italian Trade Agency is teaming up with Cosmetica Italia – The Personal Care Association and Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna next week. Together, the trio will present the best of Italian beauty at “Beauty Made In Italy—What’s New/What’s Next!” Held on October 25 at the West Hollywood EDITION in Los Angeles, “Beauty Made In Italy” will showca...
When dining at an Italian restaurant, the word authentic is always front and center for what people are looking for on the menu. Many Italian restaurants claim to bring old-world flavors to their menu, but Nardò in Culver City does this to the highest level. They bring recipes not only from Italy, but recipes that have been passed down for 150 year...
Bottega del Lago, from the owners of Lago di Como Ristorante & Pizzeria, opened last week at 1701 Portola Drive. The venue offers ready-to-eat food like paninis (combos include mortadella, burrata, pistachio pesto), pizza, savory croissant sandwiches (a spin on a BLT is PLT with pancetta, lettuce and tomato) and ready-to-heat house-made lasagna or...
Looking up at the small sign that says Uscita, as the street car rattles and shakes down the Embarcadero along the San Francisco Bay, I think about what it means, to exit, to get out, to leave. Like so many before it, this tram, complete with all of its original elements, left its home in Milan, destined to ride along the streets of San Francisco...
Italy and Mexico are separated by an ocean and a gulf, and yet the two countries share much in common. They both speak a romance language, fly a similar green, white and red national flag, and when it comes to soccer — or football as it’s called in these birthplaces of pastas and tostadas — their mutual obsession is at fever pitch. Leave it to Cali...
From October 24 2024 To October 26 2024. Loyola Marymount University - 1 Loyola Marymount University Dr, Los Angeles, CA. RSVP here. Loyola Marymount University is hosting Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour, a festival on rediscovered and restored films that is a celebration of cinema’s history. This 8th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour at LMU boa...
Saturday October 19 2024, 14:00 (Local time). St. Joseph’s Cathedral (Auditorium) 1535 Third Ave, San Diego, CA. Tickets here. After premiering at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and Chapman University, Nick Gabriel‘s new adaptation of SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (1921) by Nobel Prize winner Luigi Pirandello, is presented in...
Ettore Vino e Cucina is the latest newcomer at the Original Farmers Market on 3rd and Fairfax. The 100-seat full-service Italian restaurant occupies a newly built space and comes from the owners of the 14-year-old Osteria Mamma on Melrose and Ettore winery in Mendocino. Daily lunch and dinner service commenced on Thursday, October 3, 2024. Ettore V...