Tournament of Roses President Rich Chinen announced Friday morning at Tournament House that Olympian and World War II hero and POW Louis Zamperini will be the Grand Marshal of the 126th Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2015. At age 97, Zamperini is still hale and hardy, and ready to toss the coin at the Rose Bowl Game. The announcement of the Grand Marshal...
READ MORE"This excellent film fills a real gap in our understanding of the complexity of the Italian immigration experience," says Carol McKibben, a historian at Stanford University, of our film, "Finding the Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California". In it, we explore how Italian immigrants to California found economic success and social acce...
READ MOREby Robert Gallo Convivio, San Diego's Little Italy non-profit organization, was founded in 2003 to promote all things Italian. It was formed to encourage and promote closer ties to the study of Italian language, arts, and culture. Sponsored by businesses and restaurants in San Diego the organization has hosted a myriad of literary...
READ MORE"Welcome to feStival 2014," reads Victor Laruccia's website announcement; "It's an Italian Party in the Piazza." So begins the 8th Annual San Diego Italian Film Festival beginning October 16 and running through the 25th. The first offering is Anni Felici, Daniele Luchetti's discerning look at his childhood through the antics and acting of...
READ MORELocation: Sutter Room, The Regency Center, 1270 Sutter Street, San Francisco Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015 Time: 6pm - midnight Welcome to another year of La Dolce Vita! La Dolce Vita is La Scuola's annual spring fundraising gala. It's more than a fundraiser, it's the not-to-be-missed Italian party of the year with drinks, dinner, dancing, as w...
READ MOREby Robert Gallo Approximately 20 years ago, Paola Bonacina Benzoni, and her husband left Italy when he came to work at the University of California at San Diego on a special project; lucky for her clients, she brought her flair and expertise for Italianate style and design with her. "My husband and I miss Italy very much, but we'v...
READ MOREdi Matteo Zampollo Marco Belinelli ha una faccia sola per tutto. La chiama la sua pokerface (titolo anche della sua autobiografia appena uscita per Baldini&Castoldi). Schiaccia a due mani a difesa schierata, perde un pallone chiave, sbaglia un passaggio o tira da otto metri sulla sirena: la faccia è sempre quella. Non alza un...
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READ MOREThe Italian American Museum of Los Angeles seeks one, qualified undergraduate student preferably in the fields of History, Art History, Social Science, Urban Planning, Museum Studies and other relevant areas of study to serve as a summer intern funded by the Getty Grant Program. ABOUT THE ITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES (IAMLA)Italian Ameri...
READ MOREby Laura Giacalone Home to many of the world's largest technology corporations as well as thousands of small startups, Silicon Valley is the place where the future is written. It is no accident that former Google manager and dynamic leader Marco Marinucci has decided to start his new (ad)venture – as he likes to call it – exactly from ther...
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