A conversation with the L.A.-based artist, Nicola Verlato, on his tribute to Pasolini
by Valerio Viale On November 2, 1975, the Italian intellectual, poet, novelist, filmmaker – in a word: Artist in capital letter – Pier Paolo Pasolini, was brutally murdered in Ostia, coastal area near Rome. Forty years later, the Italian Cultural Institute in L.A., remembered the tragedy, demonstrating how much this iconic personality is s...
Donald Osborne: Transatlantic Style, Una Storia d'amore di Pinne e Cromature
Data: Mer 21 Set 2016 - Orario: Alle 18:30 Luogo: Italian Cultural Institute of LA, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Organizzato da : IIC & Italian American Chamber of Commerce West Los Angeles - Ingresso : Libero In anticipazione della XVI Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo che esplora il tema L'Italiano e creat...
Festa Italia celebrates all things Italian in Monterey
By Tom Leyde Festa Italia is about food. It's about music. It's about commercial fishing. It's about family. It's about life and love. The 83rd version of the annual festa had its finale Sunday in Custom House Plaza. Those who attended did just what the festa program suggested: "eat, drink and be Italian." For Italian/Sicilian famili...
Monterey Peninsula Italian Americans to be honored
It'll be about the pasta, the wine, and the friendships Friday night at the Monterey Marriott. But Friday's 10th annual Italian American Cultural Foundation dinner will mostly be about four honorees who have established themselves as an important part of the Italian American fabric of the Peninsula, and have made significant contributions to the lo...
Mayor Ed Lee Voices His Support for the Italian Language
Last month, Mayor Lee honored the Italian community with his presence at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club and publicly stated his commitment to help bolster support for Italian language education in the Bay. In the face of a recent decline in Californian schools offering Italian as a choice in their World Language Curricula, we are...
L'artista Penelope Chiara Cocchi svela il segreto della mostra “We Are All Made of Stardust”
L'arte come rappresentazione del mondo che ci circonda e allo stesso tempo veicolo di promozione culturale. La mostra "We Are All Made of Stardust" organizzata dall'Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaborazione con l'associazione "Bologna Connect", è parte del progetto di promozione della città di Bologna e dell'Emilia-Romagna negli Stati...
Anime Nere (Black Souls) to Screen This Month in the Bay Area
Movie buffs should know about the film Anime Nere (Black Souls) that is coming out in U.S. theaters starting April 2015. In the Bay Area, the film opens on April 17th at the Opera Plaza (SF), Landmark Shattuck (Berkeley), and Smith Rafael cinema (San Rafael) on April 17. The film is based on real events described in Gioacchino Criaco's nov...
Abbruzzese is named ‘AARP Woman of Year’ in Fontana
The Fontana AARP Chapter 555 has taken the summer off, but one lady's work is never done. Fontana AARP's senior member, Ellie Abbruzzese, continues to arrange trips for AARP members and guests. For her year-round dedication to this task, she has been named the "Woman of the Year" by Fontana AARP. One major function of the Fontana AARP is to p...
Meet the namesakes of the Musco Center for the Arts
As the $82 million Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Center for the Arts approaches its grand opening Saturday, the center stands to join a growing family of buildings at Chapman University named for benefactors who helped make them a reality. So then, who exactly are the Muscos? Sebastian "Paul" Musco was born to a family of Italian immig...
A perfect stage for a Sicilian Festival
di Alessandra Mastroianni San Diego's Sicilian American community invites everyone to "Eat, Drink & Be Sicilian" for a day as part of the 19th Annual SICILIAN FESTIVAL celebration in Little Italy, on Sunday, May 20, 2012, from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. The highly popular FREE family event features authentic Sicilian food and entertainme...
San Diego Italian Community Section Returns
Benvenuto San Diego e ben tornato! Welcome San Diego and welcome back to the L'Italo-Americano Italian Community section where we are particularly excited to have your dedicated section back in print. Community is a vital and important value to Italians. With the addition of San Diego, the Golden State is now complete with the trifecta of major ci...
Festa della Repubblica 2013 – Gli italiani festeggiano dove sorgeva Little Italy
by Alessandra Mastroianni 2 giugno. È festa anche oltreoceano e anche qui a Los Angeles, dove la comunità italiana è particolarmente numerosa. Anche quest'anno Istituzioni e cittadini hanno voluto ricordare quel giorno del 1946 in cui con un referendum gli italiani scelsero la Repubblica. Festa quindi a Pico House, una delle strutture più...