The recent North Bay Pizza promotion called attention to many local pizzerias, from Geyserville south to Marin County. But it doesn’t take a promotion to get people to take a slice: According to Food & Wine magazine, Americans eat pizza three times a month, 288 pieces a year and the most popular day to eat pizza is … Super Bowl Sunday, of course. T...

The Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) and the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America (OSDIA) have launched a fundraising campaign to support those affected by the recent wildfires in and around the greater Los Angeles area. Under the leadership of SIF President Comm. Joseph Sciame and OSDIA National President/SIF Chairman Michael G. Polo, we inv...

Ristorante Milano, which has charmed diners for four decades in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood, will close permanently. Ristorante Milano’s final day at 1448 Pacific Ave. is March 31, owner Aldo Blasi announced. At 73 years old and after decades working in the restaurant industry, he is retiring, as first reported by the newsletter Tablehopp...

Last October 25  the Italian Embassy in Washington hosted the presentation of an extraordinary strategic study on development opportunities in the US for Italian companies, prepared by The European House - Ambrosetti (TEHA) and masterfully narrated in front of an audience of more than 100 Italian and American stakeholders by Lorenzo Tavazzi, Senior...

I've always wanted to go to Cremona, Italy - birthplace of the great violin maker Antonio Stradivarius (1644-1737). It's a place that has re-emerged now in the 21st century as a center of fine violin-making, as well as an entire museum dedicated to the violin - the Museo del Violino. Fortunately, a little bit of Cremona is coming to the Los Angeles...

The Italian Innovation Center is looking for a Director of Programs and a Program Manager to join the team in San Francisco. If you're passionate about innovation, startups, and building bridges between Italy and Silicon Valley, check out these exciting opportunities: Director of Programs and Program Manager.  At INNOVIT, our mission is to spark in...

February 23 - March 1, 2025 - TCL Chinese Theatres & online - Hollywood, CA. The 20th annual Los Angeles, Italia Film Festival returns to Hollywood and online, on the eve of the 2025 Academy Awards, to highlight Italy’s longstanding cinematic, lifestyle and artistic legacy and introduce current Italian productions to the United States. Organized by...

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is seeking donations to restore its building that was vandalized during peaceful protests against federal immigration policies in downtown Los Angeles. The anti-ICE protests were largely peaceful, however, the museum suffered vandalism in the wake of the demonstration attended by thousands over three days....

After a series of investigations conducted by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection and Heritage TPC and the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Rome, the work entitled “The Oracle of Delphi” painted by Neapolitan artist Camillo Miola in 1880, has finally been returned to the city of Naples. Investigations have traced the oil on canvas that was stor...

New street signs this past year were placed to designate a new Honorary Historic District in Merced. The area is referred to as “Spaghetti Acres.” The area is roughly between Bear Creek to the west, R St on the east, 16th St on the south and 26th St and Bear Creek to the north. This area has many years of history dating back to the early 1920s when...