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On Thursday, February 13, 2014, members of the Italian community gathered at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC) in North Beach to support his Excellency Claudio Bisogniero in kicking off the Adopt An Italian-Language Student campaign. Bisogniero, who was …

Looking at the pictures of Los Angeles and of the Italian American community in the early 20th century, one can only imagine how hard it must have been for a minority of immigrants to find its own voice in a …

Francesco Baschieri has a dream:  to do for audio what text has done for the Internet. That means creating an accessible, searchable database for as much content as any user can possibly think up—all available via listening device. It seems …

Il mese di febbraio è ogni anno atteso con grande fermento dagli appassionati di vini italiani ed esperti del settore enologico negli States.   Preceduto dal tour Slow Wine dedicato alle cantine di spicco legate al proprio territorio tenutosi all’inizio …

The trifecta of a good, traditional Italian meal is good wine, good pasta and, of course, good bread. What’s a good bowl of pasta without that slice of garlic bread to go with it?   Bruschetta would not be the …

The attendance during the first night of the Los Angeles, Italia Film Festival 2014, taking place February 23 through March 1, confirms the awakening and the interest in the Italian film industry – a long-awaited sleeping (great) beauty. The Silver …

The Italian city of Cremona, in Lombardy Region, is considered as the violin’s birthplace, where between the 17th and 18th century the Amati, Guerneri, and Stradivari families created some of the finest string instruments that the world has ever seen. …

Among the wide array of traditional delicacies on sale in every Italian store in San Francisco and all over the United States, the most well-known are iconic Bacio chocolates by Perugina, Italian confectionery company based in Perugia.   On occasion of …

Dopo Compulsion di Egidio Coccimiglio, presentato la scorsa settimana, una speciale proiezione del film Medeas del regista esordiente Andrea Pallaoro era in programma giovedì 20 febbraio, all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles, in collaborazione con l’Italian Film Commission.    …

For some, films offer a perfect escape: A way to forget their worries for a couple hours and believe in a world where the guy always gets the girl, the bad guys always fall and the hero always conquer. For …