4 years in San Francisco in 12 pics and 3 videos
By Mauro Battocchi Cari amici, dear friends four years have flown. It is time to leave San Francisco. What a great ride it has been. When I landed in California in 2012, I had heard great things about the Italians of the Bay Area, but I would have never imagined to receive such a warm embrace, from them and a legion of Italophiles. We wo...
Italian Cultural Arts Council Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Celebration Program
10:00am - 12pm 25th Annual Columbus Day Celebration will feature the Consul General of Italy, Antonio Verde and Keynote speaker Joe Sena, President of the National Italian Bar Association, who will speak about "The Future of Christopher Columbus". An exhibit of prior years events and Italian Culture will be featured including past Columbus Day Hono...
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) - newly restored print at the Castro theatre in San Francisco
June 3 and 4 and 5, 2013 The Castro Theatre -Castro and Market StreetsSan Francisco, California 94114 Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (Il Gattopardo – 1963, 186 min.) recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy's Risorgimento—when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a unifi...
Milano-Silicon Valley, le nuove vie del design digitale
di Maria Teresa Cometto Che cosa succede se si mettono insieme i creativi ed artigiani italiani con i creativi e gli ingegneri della Silicon Valley? Dal mix fra bellezza e abilità manuale del made in Italy e le nuove tecnologie come la stampa 3D può emergere «la nuova economia della bellezza», sostiene Piero Bassetti, animatore della Giann...
First Bite: Bottega Americano
Two things you'll notice right away about Bottega Americano, the long-awaited restaurant-marketplace in the East Village: it doesn't look like anywhere else in San Diego and — more importantly — it doesn't taste like anywhere else either. The 8,000-square-foot Italian food emporium opened barely a week ago and its kitchen is already cooking on all...
Lavazza celebrates National coffee Day in Los Angeles
What: Lavazza, Italy's Favorite Coffee, celebrates National Coffee Day with a weekend of complimentary tastings. Guests are welcome to stop The Grove and enjoy samples of Lavazza's premium specialty coffee blends. Where: The Park at The Grove, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036 When: Friday, September 26, 2014 through Sunday, Se...
Italian American Cultural Center Foundation to hold honoree dinner – April 17
The Italian American Cultural Center Foundation will hold its honoree dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, April 17 in the Ferrante Room at the Monterey Marriott, 350 Calle Pincipal, Monterey. The Italian American Cultural Center Foundation will honor the following Italian Americans for contributions to the community: Former Monterey Mayor Chuck Della...
Made-In-Italy Service Enhances Cigar Lovers’ Experiences
Cigar Sense Inc. has launched a service to help consumers discover new cigars suiting their unique tastes, develop deeper insight into what they like and eliminate expensive guesswork when choosing new cigars. Check out the data-rich "aromas wheel" above to get a sense of the fine grade distinctions that a discerning cigar lover experiences. ...
Reds of Sicily
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 6 to 8 PMItalian Cultural Institute - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - LA 90024 Led by Diego Meraviglia - Gold-Pin Pro Sommelier, Master Taster - North American Sommelier Association VP & Director Of Education Sicily is the biggest island in the Mediterranean, with a history and culture so anci...
Hundreds gather for Paesano Days at new location
By Amber Sandhu Promising a bigger and better year, the Sons of Italy's Paesano Days began celebrations Friday night that ran through Saturday evening at South City Park in Redding. The event, which celebrates Italian-American heritage, had traditionally been held at Anderson River Park, which has a bocce ball court. But since most of...
Italian Community Services Honors BAIA at 96th Anniversary Dinne
"We at BAIA wish to express our deepest appreciation to Italian Community Services (ICS) for honoring our business association at their 96th anniversary dinner on Sunday Nov. 4th at the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. A special thanks to Executive Director Anna Maria Pierini and Elena Angeli for acknowledging how both BAIA and ICS maintain a strong co...
Italian investors buy Clock Tower building in Santa Monica
The Clock Tower, a Santa Monica office building beloved by Westside creative firms, has been snapped up by Italian investors who specialize in buying trophy historic properties. Clad in white terra cotta, the 12-story Art Deco-style office high-rise on Santa Monica Boulevard near the Third Street Promenade commands some of the highest rents in Sou...