Celebrated pizza chef Chris Bianco’s budding Los Angeles expansion looks more complete with Pane Bianco, a standalone New York-style slice and sandwich spot, which opened on June 13 just steps away from his Pizzeria Bianco in Downtown’s Row. Bianco’s first foray into LA back in 2017 was a little confusing, to say the least, with no official pizza s...

Beloved New York City institution Dante will open on the top floor of the Maybourne Beverly Hills on July 4, offering lunch and dinner, sweeping views of the city and Hollywood Hills, its signature aperitivo-style cocktails, and a fresh Italian-meets-Mediterranean menu. The original Caffe Dante has been a cocktail staple in Greenwich Village for mo...

Highlighted by a display of its design collaboration with the late Virgil Abloh, high-end Italian furniture brand Cassina unveiled its largest store to date in May on North Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood. “We are extremely excited to open the largest Cassina Store in Los Angeles, sharing our unique vision of the home with the American public...

Lauren Veca was worried about the meatballs. The 62-year-old doula had insisted on making her mother’s recipe for the Garibaldina Society’s upcoming monthly pasta dinner, but now she was having second thoughts. “You’re having performance anxiety because of these meatballs,” said the club’s president, Nicole Infante, 48, a mother of two who never si...

Italian actress Silvia Bottini is bringing her show, Pinocchio the Wooden Boy around the LA area, with the next date in Sylmar, on Saturday 24. The play has been produced by the Italian Consulate in LA and IAMLA (the Italian American Museum in Los Angeles), where it has also debuted. Bottini received the support of the IIC for the staging of her wo...

A big league promotion that caught Jonny DeLuca by surprise last weekend came as no shock to the Dodgers outfielder’s former coach at Agoura High. Anthony Chevrier saw this coming nearly a decade ago, when DeLuca was a 5-foot-9, 165-pound wisp of a freshman who started in right field and hit ninth for a 2014 varsity team that sent 10 players to Div...

Selezione Interiors, known for their innovative ability to provide solutions for intricate millwork with their custom Italian fabrication, announces their second brick-and-mortar location opening in Los Angeles, California. The 1300-square-foot space will offer clients access to the brand's extensive sample library of curated materials and direct c...

Wednesday, June 21 · 8pm PDT. Theatre Raymond Kabbaz 10361 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA. The award-winning Patrizia Laquidara is considered one of the most brilliant figures of Italian songwriter music. She has released five albums and collaborated in theater productions. In this concert presented by the IIC Los Angeles for Make Music Day, Patrizia...

Maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the year-old Capri inside Eataly has decided it wants to stay. When Eataly first opened in 2017, the food emporium’s on-site dining area felt a bit like a food hall serving classics like pizza and pasta. Providence chef Michael Cimarusti had a seafood menu called Il Pesce Cucina while eventually, Terra ope...

Maestro Carlo Ponti received the “Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy” honor, presented to him by Consul General Raffaella Valentini. At the end of the last concert of the season for the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra last May 12 at the Raymond Kabbaz Theater, conductor Ponti was awarded the honor by President of the Republic Sergio Mattarell...