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  An estimated 75,000 participants attended the 20th Annual San Diego Sicilian Festival in Little Italy on Sunday, May 19.  The event is considered to be the largest Sicilian-American festival in the United States.    The weather was beautiful with …

  The 2013 edition of the Italian Opera Festival starts from one of the most loved restaurants in Orange County. The Anaheim White House hosted a cocktail party to present the new season of the festival that, last year, gained …

  Culinary Awards Ceremony, presented by Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, presented at the Convivio Center   Approximately 65-70 guests gathered at the Convivio Center in Little Italy on Thursday, May 9 to witness the culinary awards ceremony of the Ospitalità …

Il più grande ed ambizioso evento nel programma delle celebrazioni per il “2013: Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti”. Si profila essere un evento storico la prima collaborazione artistica  tra il Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, il più …

  La qualità è di casa nell’edizione 2013 di Vino California. L’iniziativa organizzata dall’Italy America Chamber of Commerce West in collaborazione con Blue Lifestyle e The Tasting Panel ha portato a Los Angeles vini provenienti da tutta Italia, con l’obiettivo …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …