By Mauro Battocchi   We're lucky to be graced by Pasquale Esposito, an internationally renown Italian tenor who will perform an intimate recital of Italian opera arias and Neapolitan songs in San Francisco on Sunday, October 20th. Mr. Esposito knows California since he studied music at the San Jose University School of Music earlier in his c...

Appuntamento a New York e Los Angeles con il Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino, che presenterà l'eccellenza enologica nostrana nelle due città americane rispettivamente il 27 ed il 30 gennaio in occasione dell'evento "Benvenuto Brunello. World Experience USA 2014".   Una esperienza unica per conoscere e gustare oltre trenta tra le pi...

Dopo una pausa di tre settimane, tornano on line le storie di 'Cosmopolitalians'.Questa settimana voliamo a Los Angeles per conoscere Marco Regina, 35enne animatore della DreamWorks, partito da Matera ed oggi arrivato ad animare cartoni come 'Shrek' e 'Kung Fu Panda'.   L'Italia – "Ho sempre avuto la passione per il disegno, ma la società in...

An untold chapter in WWII history, the story of the corps of unlikely soldiers who saved Italy's most precious art and architecture from destruction.   Author Ilaria Dagnini Brey is a journalist and translator who was born in Padua, Italy. She now lives in New York City with her husband, Carter Brey, the principal cellist of the New York Phi...

Professional sculptor and former chef, Giorgio Atzori perfected his first sculpting lessons working alongside his grandfather who managed a quarry in the late 1950s.   Since that early beginning, Atzori has been producing creative and unique sculptures for more than 35 years, as well as dabbling in painting. He is very modest and humble abou...

TARGETTI GROUP announces new operations in the U.S. that will operate under the name TARGETTI USA and led by U.S. Business Development Manager, Marie Paris. TARGETTI USA headquarters will be located in Costa Mesa, California and will offer a full line of U.S. approved products from both TARGETTI and DuraLamp brands available via TARGETTI USA sales...

By Mauro Battocchi   I am honored to introduce a brand new web portal created by the Italian Consulate in San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute to promote Italian language education in the consular district of Northern California and the US North-West: www.weloveitalian.org. Together we must promote the teaching of Italian in the...

Carissimi Colleghi, Vi informo che la quarta riunione annuale dell'AISNA si svolgera' presso l'InterContinental Hotel (Sala Laurel Hill) di San Francisco il 27 Ottobre 2014 dalle ore 16 alle ore 18. L'indirizzo dell'albergo e' 888 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA.   La riunione, come sempre, cade in concomitanza con il Congresso Annuale del...

Italian artist Yuri Ancarani makes seductive, hypnotic, engrossing films that delve deep into obscure subjects. This is his first solo exhibition in the U.S, and it will feature La malattia del ferro (The disease of iron), a trilogy of short films (Il Capo, 2010; Piattaforma Luna, 2011; Da Vinci, 2012), each focusing on a highly specialized occupat...

If you meet Michelle for the first time, you can't help but be impressed from her beautiful brown eyes as well as her big smile. Michelle is only 8 years old, but the way she introduces herself makes of her a grown up girl.   Michelle was born in San Francisco and, because of the family's Italian origins, she was soon taken to Venice, in Ita...