On Italy’s Republic Day, Italian Joy and Pride
by Mauro Battocchi Sometimes we Italians complain that we don't have enough of a sense of national identity because of our relatively recent political unification (1861). Yet I believe that we are developing a sense of belonging to a national community. There are several indicators that point to that reality. One of them is rather visual: more and...
Frank Sinatra exhibit coming to the Grammy museum in October
Following its highly acclaimed debut in New York in March, the multimedia exhibit exploring the life and career of multiple GRAMMY Award winner Frank Sinatra will get its Los Angeles premiere at the GRAMMY Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. As the official exhibit of the 2015 Frank Sinatra Centennial, Sinatra: An American Icon traces 100...
Leo Buscaglia: Italian of the Week
Felice Leonardo "Leo" Buscaglia was born on March 31, 1924, to Italian immigrants. The family moved back to Aosta, Italy, for the first five years of Leo's life before returning to California. After graduating high school, Leo joined the U.S. Navy. He never saw direct combat and was assigned to a military hospital. Thanks to the G.I. Bill,...
Immigration experience, diversity drive Redlands artist
Ever since she was a child growing up in the upstate New York community of Rochester, Danielle Giudici Wallis has been acutely aware of her cultural surroundings. She was always drawing and writing what she refers to as bad poetry, but she was also taking notice of the community. "Rochester, while I was there, was pretty homogenous," says...
"Cinema Italian Style" all'’American Cinematheque di Los Angeles
Torna anche quest'anno "Cinema Italian Style", rassegna ideata da Luce Cinecittà in programma all'American Cinematheque da oggi e fino al 20 novembre. Dopo il successo delle precedenti edizioni, la rassegna proporrà il meglio del cinema italiano contemporaneo attraverso una selezione dei titoli che hanno riscosso maggior successo nel 2012, aprendo...
L'assessore Fedele in missione negli USA per il progetto promozionale del Sistema Calabria
L'Assessore regionale all'Internazionalizzazione Luigi Fedele ha partecipato ad una serie di eventi negli Stati Uniti che rientrano nel progetto promozionale del Sistema Calabria in Usa. La prima tappa della missione commerciale statunitense – informa una nota dell'ufficio stampa della Giunta - ha riguardato una manifestazione d'interesse...
California's "Winescapes" Created By Intensive Immigrant Labor
"Italians have played a major role in shaping the California wine industry, as is clear by the profusion of vowel-ending names among the state's wineries. In fact, many of the Italian American wineries that now dot the map of California's wine regions are third-generation immigrant operations whose heritage goes back to men and women who left Italy...
Italian Heritage Celebrations Start in San Francisco
by Mauro Battocchi 145: quite a number for San Francisco's Annual Italian Heritage Parade. On Sunday October 13, I will have the honor (and the pleasure) to take part in the 145th celebration of Italian culture in the City on the Bay. In North Beach, the Italian traditional neighborhood, people will be partying all over the week-end. We h...
Usa, app per far conoscere arte italiana a Los Angeles
È online da pochi giorni "Italy Art LA", l'applicazione per Android e iOS dedicata all'esplorazione dell'arte italiana a Los Angeles. Completamente gratuita, l'app è stata ideata dal nostro Istituto di cultura e fortemente sostenuta dall'ambasciata d'Italia a Washington e dal Consolato Generale a Los Angeles. Obiettivo è far conoscere una...
Cal Poly to Screen Italian-Ghanaian Filmmaker’s Documentary March 7
Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker, producer and activist Fred Kuwornu will visit Cal Poly for a screening of his documentary "18 IUS SOLI" from 4:10 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 7, in the Baker Center for Science and Mathematics (Building 180), Room 101. A conversation with the filmmaker will follow the screening. The documentary tracks the lives of 1...
Review: Loaves of love
If you must live by bread alone, best make it Genova's. A few years shy of its centennial year, the once-predominantly Italian neighborhood around the Stockton bakery, market and deli has changed dramatically over the past 100 years. What haven't changed are the loaves and loaves of bread hot from the oven — French, sourdough, Dutch c...
The New Marco Polo? He’s Right Here
Some say Dionisio Cimarelli is Italy’s finest living sculptor. Some people say he’s the greatest Italian sculptor in China. Trouble is, he’s in neither country. He’s right here in California, visiting and working in studios from Monterey to Los Angeles. Born in the Italian region of Le Marche, he started studying art when he was 14. But he...