by Michele Parente   And you thought San Diego had a lot of beaches: Italy has more than 4,700 miles of gorgeous coastline.   So when I heard that the accomplished team behind La Jolla's Whisknladle were opening a restaurant named Catania, promising authentic Italian coastal cuisine, my mind went immediately to pastas sun-kissed with...

by Michele Pluss   Renowned science fiction author Ray Bradbury once said, "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them". Bradbury may not have been Italian - and we can't fault him for that - but he did have a point about the importance of books in culture. Intentional or not, every book carr...

Sarà più facile arrivare a New York da Milano Malpensa quest'inverno. Un volo giornaliero dell'American Airlines è in programma per l'inverno 2012/2013. La rotta, lanciata nel 2008, era operata giornalmente, su base stagionale, mentre durante l'inverno operava con voli settimanali, in progressivo aumento – da quattro a cinque voli per settimana- su...

When: Saturday April 23rd at 6:00pmWhere: Italian Cultural Center - 1669 Columbia Street, San DiegoRSVP at: http://iccoliveoilevent.eventbrite.com Come experience the different tastes of oils based on olive type and growing conditions!   During the event you will taste four different extra virgin olive oils from the regions of Trentino...

A vocal journey through Italy's best-loved songs and arias by composers such as Donizetti, Tosti, and Puccini, plus favorites like "Torna A Surriento," "Ave Maria," and other Christmas classics. Now playing for nine Christmas seasons in New York, the magic of "Christmas in Italy" comes to the West Coast for the second time in 2012. Ms. Fontanelli...

Sicily. This is the story of Giovanni, the perfect embodiment of naivety and passion, of innocence that crosses all barriers of knowledge and ignorance, a simple soul that says what he thinks and believes all that people tell him. July 3rd 2.00 pm - July 6th 12.30 pm - July 9th 2.00 pm - July 12th 9.30 pm - July 13th 6.30 pm  

Most visitors to the Convivio Center would first see the paladino, the knight in armor standing in view through the front window (and donated by Umberto Falcone, resident of Little Italy), just as Hillary and Justin did last year and noted it in their blog, An Uncontained Life. (Read their blog post, Celebrating Little Italy's "Fishy" Past.)...

Dear ICC Friends, Are you looking for a night out with a friendly, interesting group? Well, we are looking for you! Whether you enjoy classic literature or a good love story, ICC invites you to share that passion of reading with other book lovers at one of ICC's book clubs. A variety of genres are discussed at the ICC Book Group. All books are in...

San Diego's India Street, in Little Italy, houses at least 4 houses that are listed in the National Registry, and although the hay day of their era ended long ago, the Italian legacy that they spawned lives on.   Little Italy became densely populated in the early 1900s as a result of the many Italian fisherman and their families who relocate...

By Ian Anderson   Later this summer, longtime North Park coffee roaster Caffé Calabria will launch its first offsite expansion in 15 years, opening a satellite coffee bar in a ground-floor storefront at the 1 Columbia Place high-rise in downtown's Columbia neighborhood.   A second expansion will be quick to follow, this one south of t...