Arrangiarsi (pizza... and the art of living) in San Francisco
Sunday, February 10 | 2:00pm & 4:30pm. Vogue Theatre, 3290 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA. Watch the trailer. Writer, director, cinematographer, editor Matteo Troncone begins this fascinating and philosophical first-person travelogue with no job, no relationship, and no home. While living in his VW van on the streets of San Francisco, he dec...
Answering the call of the wild with Isabella Rossellini and her ‘Link Link Circus’
Isabella Rossellini stops in her tracks, her eyes fixed on a California scrub jay. Its feathers are deep azure blue, its belly a soft gray-brown. Perched on a security guard’s finger, it sits near the historic Japanese house at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. The guard is feeding the bird a peanut...
Musica Serenissima
Saturday February 9, 2019. 7:30pm PST. St. James by-the-Sea, 743 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037. "Italian Cultural Center of San Diego Current Members can use the discount code "ICCSD" to purchase discount tickets on line or by phone http://www.sdems.org/concerts.html Limited number of tickets available, purchase them today! Accademia Bizantina: A...
Gina Lollobrigida e il docufilm a Los Angeles: «Racconto io la mia storia»
Novantun anni (e mezzo) e non sentirli. Tanto da prendere un aereo e volare fino a Los Angeles, dove si prepara all’ennesimo ciak, questa volta per raccontare la sua vita. Gina Lollobrigida, nata il 4 luglio, sopravvissuta ai bombardamenti di Subiaco grazie alla preveggenza di mamma Dusolina che le disse di spostarsi dalla finestra mentre stava gua...
NBA, Gallinari insegna l’italiano ai Clippers: come si dice "precipitevolissimevolmente"?
L'anno scorso contro Minnesota e Karl-Anthony Towns, quest'anno contro Utah e Donovan Mitchell: ormai a Los Angeles – dove la comunità italo-americana è comunque numerosa – l'appuntamento con la consueta "Itlalian Heritage Night" allo Staples Center è un classico. Un classico – purtroppo per l'azzurro e per la squadra di coach Doc Rivers – è anche ...
Isabella Rossellini’s Entire Life Is a Zoo
Seeing Isabella Rossellini, looking well-coiffed and elegantly dressed in a white blouse and chic, printed evening jacket, in her CNN American Style interview, earlier this week, few viewers would suspect that the fashion icon ever gets her well-manicured hands dirty. But these days, when the model, actress, and writer isn’t pursuing one of these c...
Danilo Gallinari gets his chance to play in Denver since departure for Clippers
As the October night wore on, Clippers players, coaches and executives took turns standing and addressing the gathering in the private room at a Beverly Hills steakhouse. Some used the occasion of the team's annual preseason dinner to speak about the most important influences on their lives. Others kept the mood light. When it came time for a...
Italian Frequency: Your Italian Music Radio in San Francisco
Take a journey into the rich variety of Italian music styles and genres, retro and current! Hosted by Sara Marinelli alternatively in English and in Italian. Listen to the program | Mondays, 6:15-7:30pm on KUSF Sara Marinelli was born and raised in Italy. Besides being a music lover and a radio host, she is a writer, translator, and educator. She...
Staged Reading of The Truce by Primo Levi
Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 6:30 pm. Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Organized by IIC Los Angeles under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles. Entrance: Free. Actor Riccardo Bocci will commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a stage reading of Pr...
An Evening with Isabella Rossellini
Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 7 pm. Bovard Auditorium (ADM) 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089. An Evening with Isabella Rossellini: a visions and voices signature event. DESCRIPTION: “The world’s most uncategorizable star”—Vanity Fair. Admission is free. Reservations required. General Public: RSVP. Actor, model, filmmaker, and philanthr...
BWW Review: A BRONX TALE Is a Trip To A Very Familiar 'Hood at the SHN Golden Gate
As several of the characters tell you several times, "This is a Bronx tale." It's also a bit of a West Side Story, with a toke of Jersey Boys, but that comes later. Whatever it is, it's at the Golden Gate Theatre through December 23. A Bronx Tale has been a "family" affair for decades. This musical adaptation is its next evolutionary step following...
Gallinari, più forte con lo yoga, lancia i Los Angeles Clippers in vetta all’Nba
Ooooommmmm. Magari non sarà tutto merito della meditazione o del chaturanga dandasana (ovvero la posizione del bastone a terra, come spiegano quelli che ne sanno), ma se c’è una squadra sorprendentemente in testa alla classifica della Western Conference della Nba, quella dove si azzuffano Warriors, Rockets, Thunder, Nuggets (in ordine sparso), per...