Salton Sea: An Italian Photographer Documents a Surreal American Oasis
With a classic North American cross-country road trip in mind, Italian photographer Nicholas Albrecht sold his digital camera, bought a motor home and hit the road. But within a few days of arriving at the Salton Sea — an enormous salt-water lake in the Southern California desert — those plans went out the RV window. Albrecht ended up stay...
Una nuova esperienza di informazione online: la startup italiana Theneeds
"Scopri il meglio del web basato sui tuoi interessi". È questo il messaggio con cui si presenta ai suoi utenti Theneeds, la startup di origine italiana la quale ha da oltre un anno la sua base a San Francisco, nella sede di uno degli acceleratori più importanti nel campo della tecnologia e innovazione. Inizialmente piattaforma web di infor...
Cento anni di The Voice, omaggio italo-americano per Frank Sinatra
Omaggio italo-americano per i 100 anni di Frank Sinatra. A dare il via alle celebrazioni tra l'Italia e gli Usa, in onore del grande cantante, attore e produttore sarà la kermesse "Los Angeles, Italia - Film, Fashion and Art Fest'. Il festival, uno dei più attesi al mondo, giunto alla decima edizione e promosso dall'Istituto Capri nel mond...
Valentine's day special event
Marc Huestis presents in Celebration of 20 Years at the Castro FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI'S ROMEO & JULIETwith LEONARD WHITING "Romeo" Live In-Person! R & J Event 8 pm Gala Plus 1 pm West Side Story Matinee "Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" - right here in San Francisco at ye olde Castro Theatre! And we're havin...
400-year-old books stolen in Italy are found in California
By Kristin J. Bemder Two stolen Italian books dating to the 17th century that were discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and many other plundered ancient artifacts will be returned to their country of origin, federal officials say. The books, "Stirpium Historiae" and "Rariorm Plantarum Historia Anno 1601," were taken from Italy...
Maria Carmela Mazzone Begins Her Journey of a Lifetime
By Cookie Curci My Grandmother Maria Carmela came to California from the little town of Tricarico, Italy. The young daughter of a tight knit Italian family, she and her siblings came to America after her parents had both died from the deadly influenza epidemic that had swept over their little town. Rather than face another year living in the town...
Last survivor of 1906 San Francisco earthquake dies at 109
by Kristin J. Bender The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Monday. William A. "Bill" Del Monte died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday. He was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday. His niece, Janette Barroca of San Francisco confirmed his death of...
J.B. Monaco - The Dean of North Beach Photographers
by Catherine Accardi Perhaps some people believe history is a thing of the past. Think again. It is all around you. You look at it every day and likely even admire it. Examples are the many Italian cultural sites of San Francisco's North Beach such as the Columbus Tower and St. Francis Church. These monuments to our cultural past...
Italians take over Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo
Two men and a woman, all wearing the insignia and garb of house Montague, briefly paused at a table Saturday to talk about an upcoming masquerade in Venice. "Is love a tender thing?" asked Romeo to his friends. "It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous and it pricks like thorn." "If love be rough with you, be rough with love," replie...
Giro d’Italia & Il Giro di San Francisc
It doesn't seem to matter what the occasion might be, Italian culture can enrich everything from bicycle tours and races to local community festas all around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Take for instance two bicycle races, Il Giro di San Francisco and Giro d'Italia. (Giro is the Italian word for "Tour".) Bicycle racing and touri...
Grande festa di Natale per l'associazione D.I.V.E. di Los Angeles
L'associazione D.I.V.E. di Los Angeles (Donne Italiane che Vivono all'Estero) ha tenuto l'annuale Festa di Natale domenica 11 dicembre presso la sede del Beverly Hills Women's Club (BHWC). Ha inaugurato la serata la cantante jazz Paulette Dozier, accompagnata dal pianista Rich Eames in un repertorio "Gospel" e di classici di Natale, come la cel...
Los Angeles: italian and american animated cinema meet
Italian animated cinema meets its American counterpart during a special evening organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles in collaboration with the Animation Department of the California Art Institute of Los Angeles and Cinema Without Borders magazine. A series of Italian shorts, showing the most recent advances in our production,...