Carnival Firenze, now sailing out of Long Beach, offers ‘Fun, Italian Style’
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...
Il Cinema Ritrovato in tour 2024
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...
Six Characters in Search of an Author in San Diego
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...
Tollo, Italy hosts Fullerton delegation and celebrates Sister City relationship in honor of Tommy Lasorda
Although Tollo is world-renowned for its food and wine traditions, the small town of 4,000 inhabitants is also known for its connection to the late and great global baseball spokesman Tommy Lasorda, who lived in Fullerton, California for nearly sixty years and whose parents hailed from this quaint mountain village in Abruzzo. A large delegation fro...
San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation sponsors Club Italia LA28 Baseball
Following the threatening weather situation caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, the first group of Club Italia LA28 pitchers and catchers will depart from Rome for Surprise, Arizona, where they will train at the Kansas City Royals Spring Training Facility. The Olympic Camp is supported by the SFIAC Foundation, an official FIBS partner who is no...
Hit Week Festival with EMMA and more
Monday, October 14 · 7 - 10pm PDT. Whisky a Go Go - 8901 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA. Italy's pop queen EMMA will headline at the world famous WHISKY a GO GO the L.a. Stop of the Hit Week Music Festival 2024, a unique showcase on the actual italian music scene. Opening act from Hit Week 2024 talent winners. Free entrance with RSVP on line a...
The real ancient Roman plot that inspired 'Megalopolis'
Francis Ford Coppola has been working on his epic sci-fi fantasy drama Megalopolis since the early 1980s. Fresh off the success of Apocalypse Now, Coppola became fascinated by the story of Lucius Sergius Catiline, who in 63 B.C. sought to forcibly overthrow the consuls of the Roman Republic, co-led by Marcus Tullius Cicero. This attempted coup d’et...
Convivio: A Night at the Opera
Thursday, October 10th 2024 at 6:30 PM PDT. AMICIBAR - 250 W Date St, San Diego CA. Join San Diego Opera’s General Director, David Bennett, for a journey through the new season, opening in November with Puccini’s much-loved classic, La Bohème. David will guide us through the season’s productions focusing on the operas by the great Italian composers...
The 156th Annual Italian Heritage Parade — Sunday October 13th in North Beach
The San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade Committee is thrilled to announce the return of the parade to the streets of San Francisco on Sunday, October 13, 2024. This year, Joe D’Alessandro, the recently retired President and CEO of the San Francisco Travel Association will be honored as the Grand Marshal. D’Alessandro, a proud Italian-American, is...
A LITTLE FELLOW The Legacy of A.P. Giannini
Tuesday October 08 2024, 18:30 to 20:00 (Local time). Vogue Theater, 3290 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA. On the occasion of Italian Heritage Month, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco present: A LITTLE FELLOW. The Legacy of A.P. Giannini. Director Davide Fiore will be in attendance and introduce his...
From TikTok to Hollywood, the irresistible rise of Italy's Khaby Lame
Compared by some to Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, the most followed TikToker in the world, Khaby Lame, is preparing to launch a film career in Hollywood following his dizzying global success on social media."Now I'm dedicating myself to cinema. I hope this will be my job for life. It's something I've dreamt of since I was a child," said Lame, a...
Celebrating Italian sports day: a new tradition starts in Los Angeles
As the countdown to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles has already begun, the City of Angels hosted the official launch of the first Italian Sports Day outside of Italy. This event brought together prominent figures, sports enthusiasts, and a diverse community eager to celebrate Italian culture and sports. Held at the Technogym headquarters, a leadin...