By Michele Parente   Little Italy is one of San Diego's most lively and ever-changing communities, with new restaurants going in and new buildings going up seemingly every week. Now, its past will be equally as dynamic. A new app being launched today, uses augmented reality (AR) to bring Little Italy's history to life on mobile devices....

Call for Graduate Students to participate in the AATI-ACTFL Conference in San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2015. Proposals due January 11, 2015. "Italian Studies Doctoral Disserations in Progress". Organizers: Colleen M. Ryan (Indiana University); Salvatore Bancheri (University of Toronto)   The AATI will for the fourth time sponsor confe...

By Andrew Bagley   Even in a city of neighborhoods, San Diego's Little Italy stands out. The influence of Italian culture and the strong bonds of community can still be felt today, carried on through the years from the first Italian immigrants to the vibrant and growing neighborhood of today. Little Italy's character blends the old and the n...

An interdisciplinary team of Ph.D. students from the University of California, San Diego, recently spent time at archaeological sites in the southern Italian region of Calabria, and they came away with a newfound respect for the daily routine of uncovering the past – and a better understanding of how to safeguard archaeological sites and artifacts...

Solunto bakery, a Little Italy landmark since the late 1960s, will undergo a major renovation that will bring house-made gelato, wood-fired pizzas and fine dining to the India Street space.   While the family-run business was sold about six years ago, it remained a bakery and casual eatery in recent years, but owner Antonino Mastellone, a pr...

by Candice Woo   Caffé Primo, which has locations throughout Los Angeles including the Sunset Strip, downtown LA and Santa Monica, opens its first San Diego restaurant today in the East Village at 1330 Market Street, in a 5,469-square-foot space at the based of the 13 & Market building that includes a large wrap-around patio which seats...

Opera San José (OSJ) continues its season with Gioachino Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers. This sparkling and fast-paced opera weaves a madcap story full of twists and turns into a comic adventure to a land of magnificent palaces, swashbuckling pirates and lavish harems.   The Italian Girl in Algiers will be sung in Italian with English...

By Jonathan Horn   Margaret Balistreri Cesarini was just a teenager when she moved from Sicily to San Diego around 50 years ago. She's been back to her home country about 15 times since then. The trips are an experience that leave her with mixed feelings. "I'm torn between two lovers — I'm an American citizen but I was born in Ital...

Join us in celebrating another successful year for the children of the Italian American Academy!The end of the year extravaganza will include a recital on "Fantastic Migrations", a graduation ceremony, the viewing of the movie "migrACTION" by director Marco Lora, raffles, and much, much more! Don't miss the fun! When: Sunday June 9, 2013Time: 2:00...

by Roberto Gallo   Italian has become one of the world's fastest growing languages, as well as its related fields of inquiry into cinema, popular culture and media studies, according to the Department of European Studies, Italian Studies, at San Diego State University. Its relevancy in arts and humanities, including literature, theatre, hist...