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A young Italian artist, Luca Nemolato, is taking over Hollywood sci-fi movies characters creations, after leaving his Italian hometown, Scampia, one of the most dangerous Naples’s neighborhood, where camorra—the Neapolitan’s mafia, has its headquarter.   Luca was raised by a simple …

If the name Dick Marconi does not ring a bell, then his accomplishments surely will.  Race car driver, humanitarian, artist, and the co-founder of a billion dollar nutrition business.  Most would be satisfied in accomplishing one or two of Dick’s …

Da qualche mese a questa parte, nonostante i problemi di varia natura che interessano il Paese in questo delicato momento storico, il tema della riforma elettorale sembra essere al centro dell’attenzione della politica italiana.   In occasione dell’incontro con una …

The Bay Area’s Martha Bakerjian has been serving as the authority on all things Italian for About.com since 2006, and her involvement in the online community for North Beach reaches back to the early days of Internet. As a true …

Little Italy San Jose is a Non Profit Organization dedicated to the revival of the original Italian Settlement in San Jose dating back to the 1880’s.  For the past 5 years, Little Italy has moved in authentic Italian businesses such …

Nell’immaginario collettivo, quando si pensa a un robot lo si immagina come una macchina dalla forma più o meno antropomorfa capace di svolgere funzioni al posto dell’uomo.   Quando invece ci si trova di fronte ad “Adam”, il robot ideato …

What started 56 years ago in picturesque San Juan Capistrano as a small carnival has now grown into the largest non-motorized parade in the country with more entries than the Rose Parade and over 30,000 parade watchers!   The parade …

In the February 6, 2014 edition of L’Italo-Americano, we published the story of three young community organizers hopeful of bringing their grassroots Calabrese film festival, La Guarimba, to life in cities across America. We’ve just received word that a showing …

A hundred years of Italian immigration in Northern California through personal experiences, values and culture brought from Italy to the American society, the reasons of Italian success in the U.S. and new opportunities for entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley today; …

Continuing their long standing collaboration with the Getty Villa, the Patrons held their annual Spring ‘Members Only’ visit on Sunday Feb. 2, to experience the magnificent “Tiberius” exhibition. Prior to their exclusive tour a café luncheon was enjoyed by all …