San Diego

On March 2 of this year, Paolo Sorrentino took home an Oscar for his masterpiece, La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) won in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. This was the 10th Oscar awarded to an Italian film …

The year was 1935. The United States was in the midst of the Great Depression, yet San Diego opened the doors to its iconic Balboa Park for its second attempt at a world fair. Approximately 25,000 guests attended the California …

There are several different neighborhoods in San Diego: There’s Hillcrest, North Park, Downtown… Each offers a unique personality and character to those who visit it. Few are as culturally enriching, however, as Little Italy. From its landscaped piazzas to its …

It is said the only constant thing in life is change. That may be true, but knowing that doesn’t make change any easier. Being the person to bring about change is even more challenging. Valeri Orsini, president of the San …

On May 18, from 10 AM to 6 PM, the 21st Sicilian Festival commenced in Little Italy. Soluntos Bakery owner (and former Portocello, Sicily resident) Mario Cefalu first created the fun, free event in 1993 to recreate some of the …

Baking always played a large role in Fernanda Capraro’s childhood in the village of Sant Elia in southern Italy. Her next-door neighbor Angelo played a large role in it as well. When she left Italy and moved to France at …

Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square) is an international icon of Venice, Italy. Dating back to the 9th century, it is the largest and only location in the city of Venice designated as a piazza and is now the location …

Ready for a vacation? Where would you like to go? Odds are Italy is somewhere on your list of must-see travel destinations. Italy is on most people’s lists. In fact, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), as …

If art and architecture are the fabric of Italian history, then literature and poetry are the threads that weave it all together. When you have goliaths like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo casting the monumental shadows that are recognized around …

The second annual San Diego International Fringe Festival launched on Thursday, July 3. Boasting more than 75 shows, 200 artists and close to 400 performances in various downtown locations,  continues the inaugural festival’s tradition of bringing “the beautiful, the bizarre …