San Diego

The San Diego Sicilian Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this Sunday, May 19, in Little Italy.  Beginning at 10 AM until 6 PM, India Street and surrounding thoroughfares come alive with people, culture, color, food, live music, entertainment, dancers, a …

  Often in life, great things are created by chance.  Not the chance found in lady luck, but the chance created by perfect timing and someone; one’s decision to open a door and allow another to act out their passion …

SAN GENNARO FEAST AT QUALCOMM STADIUM WILL BE FAMILY AFFAIR WITH ITALIAN FOOD AND LAS VEGAS HEADLINERS The original San Gennaro Feast is bringing an Italian food and musical festival to San Diego, May 30-June 2, 2013, at the Qualcomm Stadium South …

It has been said, there is a light at the end of the tunnel; and apparently, when it is our time to die, there will be a distinct, bright, white light that will peacefully illuminate and guide us on.  How …

Thursday, April 18  Tower after Hours: Italy, Museum of Man, Balboa Park.   Lively Italian dances and Italian songs at Tower after Hours event provided by Roman Holiday  Lively Italian dances and Italian songs at Tower after Hours event provided by …

  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 …

  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 …

  Thousands turned out over four days to celebrate the 1st annual San Gennaro Feast in San Diego held in honor of Saint Gennaro.   The festival featured a wide variety of ethnic food vendors, live national acts on the …

  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 …

Professor Pasquale Verdicchio knows diversity having grown up Italian in North America.  He also understands integration and the significance of being Italian American.    Born in Naples, Italy, Pasquale’s family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada when he was 14 years old. …