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  2 giugno. È festa anche oltreoceano e anche qui a Los Angeles, dove la comunità italiana è particolarmente numerosa. Anche quest’anno Istituzioni e cittadini hanno voluto ricordare quel giorno del 1946 in cui con un referendum gli italiani scelsero …

  New York City, New York: Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant, and at-risk youth living on the streets, is excited to announce that it raised $422,000 at its Ball of the Year on …

  Known in Italy as La Gioconda, which means “the happy one”, Leonardo da Vinci’s most famously acclaimed portrait is the Mona Lisa.  Interestingly, Mona is a contraction of the formal form Madonna, the equivalent to Madam or My Lady …

  Since the first edition of this Italian sporting event was organized in 1919, San Francisco’s Little Italy has hosted hundreds of runners every year desiring to take part in the annual Statuto Race.   After ninety-three years, the San …

  UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program celebrate the centennial of Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster with a series dedicated to his films. Two of them are alsomasterpieces directed by Italian Luchino Visconti …

  For many years, the most coveted invitation in the Italian Community of San Francisco had been for the annual celebration of the Festa della Repubblica Italiana, held at the Italian Consulate.  Being on “the list” was considered a great …

  September 15, 1929- May 16, 2013   This is not an obituary but a tribute to someone I admired, Jay Mastroianni.  Not only was he a dear friend he was like a brother to me. We hit it off …

  Continuing their long standing collaboration with the Getty Villa, the Patrons held their annual Spring visit on Sunday afternoon, May 19, to experience the amazing “Sicily – Art and Invention” exhibition. Their café luncheon was again honored with the …

  Sono trascorsi 67 anni dal 2 Giugno 1946, ma gli italiani di allora e di oggi festeggiano con vivo calore una data, un avvenimento che è rimasto scolpito nella storia del nostro Paese.   Ci pare che simili parole …

  Non poteva esserci chiusura migliore per il tour americano del pianista e compositore Ludovico Einaudi, il quale, dopo aver fatto spesso il tutto esaurito in molte città del Canada e degli Stati Uniti, ha incantato il pubblico di San …