Verdi club hosts annual festival
Enjoy a traditional game of bocce or a not-so-traditional hot air balloon ride at the Verdi Club's annual Community Festival July 19 to 21 in Amherstburg. Festival committee chairman Lucio Salvati said the festival has changed and grown since the club began 54 years ago but it's always meant a little "Italy in Amherstburg." Salvati said t...
A new Renaissance
By David L. Coddon Coming to a neighborhood near you:• A restaurant bearing the imprint of Richard Blais, winner of Bravo's "Top Chef All-Stars."• An old-fashioned breakfast counter in a building that dates back to 1887.• A piazza inspired by the grand public squares of Europe. The neighborhood near you is San Diego's Little Italy...
La pellicola della politica (Summer 2014)
This summer IISA gets political! We are delighted to present our 2014 summer series, "La Pellicola della Politica - Politics and Social Issues in Italian Cinema". This 2nd of June the Italian Republic will be 68 years old. In light of this, the films of our summer series all deal with political and social issues of the past 70 years of I...
Ferrari Celebrates 60 Years in the USA with Limited Edition
A new limited edition Ferrari, specifically designed for the brand's North American customers, will be unveiled when the supercar company officially celebrates its 60th year of business in the USA. "To celebrate Ferrari's 60th year in the USA, we have developed a special car of which just 10 examples will be built, in addition to planning...
A conversation with IIC Director Valeria Rumori
by Silvia Simonetti Valeria Rumori took office as new director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles a few months ago. With a strong determination to build upon the legacy of her predecessor Alberto Di Mauro and his deputies Massimo Sarti and Michela Magrì, she has firmly grabbed the reins of many events yet and is constant...
L’innovazione parte da una rivoluzione culturale
di Andrea Bettini «Think out the box». Non è una frase fatta. Una frase da diario studentesco o da graffito di periferia. È piuttosto una propensione ad affrontare la vita. Di innovazione a parole se ne fa molta, ma poi nell'effettivo quotidiano chi riesce a farla veramente, al fine di migliorare, seppur in minima parte, la vita delle pers...
Italian greats Sir Bruno Serato and Sophia Loren meet for the first time
Saturday proved to be an extraordinary day for one of Orange County's most beloved residents. Humanitarian Sir Bruno Serato, who founded a nonprofit that feeds 6,000 underprivileged Southern California children each week, was invited backstage to meet his idol, screen legend and Oscar winner Sophia Loren, who had just finished a one-woman performan...
IIC presents: "Pinocchio from Collodi to Disney" - Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 6:30 P
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016 - Time: Reception: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: IIC On the occasion of the upcoming exhibition "Wish Upon a Star: the Art of Pinocchio," opening on May 18 at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, the Italian Cultural Institute presents an exclu...
Historical Architect Diane Favro and her 3D visions of Imperial Rome
Diane Favro, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, as well as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of the Arts and Architecture, is one of the most prominent experts in Ancient Roman architecture. Don't tell her that it is impossible to travel back in time and space? She would say you that you're definitely wrong...
It’s Ferragosto time, amici!! Details and information
Ciao, Amici! Italians are crazy about Ferragosto! They brave bumper to bumper traffic to go the the beach on vacation where they are supposed to enjoy nature and time away from 'crowded' cities while resting and relaxing.... While this is an excellent idea, reality often turns out to be quite different! In the meantime, the great Italian cities ar...
Italian American Museum of Los Angeles To Open August 14
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is scheduled to open this Sunday, August 14. The only institution of its kind in the region, the IAMLA will showcase the little-known history and important contributions of Italian Americans in Southern California. "The IAMLA is not simply a museum for or about Italians," says executive director a...
Art and Migration
ICC is proud to present a special evening with Dr. Luisa Del Giudice presenting on"The Extraordinary Watts Towers". The extraordinary Watts Towers were created over the course of 3 decades by a single-minded artist-artisan, Sabato (Simon, Sam) Rodia, an Italian immigrant who wanted to do "something big."The Watts Towers, listed on the Nati...