Los Angeles

  After the severe earthquake that struck last August 23 affecting some regions in Central Italy, the Italian Consulate in Los Angeles will have be open to collect thoughts on a book of condolence.   You will be able to …

Giorgio Serafini – who was born in Brussels, Belgium from Italian parents and currently lives in L.A. – must have been charmed by Political Science and International Relations, from spending his youth in the de facto capital of the European …

On Monday August 29th, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Joe Buscaino and Italian Consul General Antonio Verde, together with the Los Angeles Italo-American community, organized a candlelight vigil on the steps of City Hall to pay tribute to the victims of …

A message from Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Joe Buscaino and Italian Consul General Antonio Verde:   we invite you to attend a candlelight vigil on Monday Aug. 29 at 7:30pm. We will be paying tribute to the victims of the …

KCRW (89.9 MHz FM) is a National Public Radio station – founded at the conclusion of WWII – broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College, in the beachfront city of the same name.   Its soundwaves traverse the ether …

Let me introduce to you the three main characters of this new international endeavor, a high-end experiential learning tour aimed at familiarizing Chinese women with Los Angeles and, the magic of Hollywood. On Sunday, September 4th, I had the opportunity …

L’Italo-Americano is proudly supporting the relief initiative that is running in Los Angeles, California, after the Italy’s earthquake. Our newspaper is media partner of the Amatriciana for Amatrice cause launched by Foodiamo, a web platform that helps you discover the …

Why am I comparing up-and-coming, Italian-American filmmaker, Laurence Vannicelli to Federico Fellini, the most celebrated Italian auteur of all times? Well, because the source of inspiration for Laurence’s upcoming film, La Certa – set in the surroundings of L’Aquila, in …

1908 is a crucial year in L.A.’s Italian-American history for at least two reasons. First of all, in that year L’Italo-Americano was founded by the cultured Florentine, Gabriello Spini. Secondly, in that same 1908, it was built the Italian Hall …

Chef Vinny Dotolo (born in Clearwater, Florida) was not the typical kid messing about the kitchen’s stoves and dreaming to head one day the organized bedlam of his own kitchen. However, he was brought up on his Italian-American grandma’s recipes, …