By Robert Perkins   Andrew J. Viterbi will be presented with the prize at a gala dinner in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Ziva Santop/Steve Cohn Photography)The National Academy of Engineering will award Andrew J. Viterbi, USC trustee, Presidential Chair and professor of electrical engineering systems and namesake of the USC Viterbi School of Engin...

Si parla spesso della fuga di talenti dall'Italia, a volte con rammarico, ma bisogna ammettere che un mercato come quello americano presenta delle opportunità concrete a chi quel talento e tanta passione davvero ce l'ha.   È ciò che accomuna i dieci artisti under 35 che compongono il programma di Film for Meeting 2014. Si tratta di uno showc...

Roberto Croci is one of us. He's one of many Italians who choose America and the American dream to live their passion, follow their heart, and fulfill their own dream.   Without the proverbial cardboard suitcase fastened with cord – as somebody still pictures us -, we accepted to take a leap of faith, even if it means to abandon our native c...

Charlie's calls itself "A New York Italian Joint," which isn't quite right. It's a good deal more affable, cheerful and neighborly than the dark and crammed madhouse restaurants I grew up going to in New York City.   By contrast, Charlie's Italian Joint in Redondo Beach is bright and spacious, with a groovy bar with a lot of big screens tune...

There was an exceedingly awkward moment near the beginning of my conversation with Marianna Gatto, the executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, which opened in the city's downtown earlier this month. We were in a second floor room of the Italian Hall, a 1908 building handsomely restored into the city's newest museum, for on...

Una significativa cerimonia ha suggellato l'investitura di dieci nuovi membri della sezione che la National Italian Honor Society (Gamma Kappa Alpha) ha istituito alla University of Southern California (USC). A darne notizia è il Consolato generale a Los Angeles.   L'appartenenza alla Gamma Kappa Alpha – attiva in tutto il Nord America – è...

by Valerio Viale   It seems like fate has bestowed more than just the first name to Donati (13 April 1933) and Leone (3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989), both named Sergio and born in Rome, four years apart from one another. Together they created a genre, called "Spaghetti Western", which enchanted and still captivates generations of afici...

Although he was born in Southern Italy, Salvatore Ferragamo owes a lot to Southern California. He came to Los Angeles in 1923 as a young man in his 20s, first designing shoes for films such as "The Ten Commandments," then opening the Hollywood Boot Shop at Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas. There, he built the foundation for today's global luxury...

This exhibition explores the evolution of Italian painting over five centuries, from late Medieval works of the 14th century to Impressionist pictures of the 19th century, featuring some of the greatest masters of these periods, including G. Bellini, S. Botticelli, F. Guardi, L. Signorelli, and Titian. More at http://www.sbmuseart.org/exhibitions/...

“Che sta in mezzo alle terre”. Volendo ricostruire con rigore etimologico il significato del termine “Mediterraneo” – in riferimento ovviamente al Mare che divide Europa, Asia e Africa – dovremmo risalire ai termini “Mèdius” (in mezzo) e “Terràneus” (terra), e otterremmo così il senso indicato dalla loro copula.   Ma il Mediterraneo ha una c...