San Diego

Convivio Center, a gathering place where residents and visitors are invited to explore the art, culture and history of San Diego’s Italian community, welcomed Luca Forte, Director of Castellani Wines USA to Convivio on Friday evening November 15th. Guests will …

A pianist, composer, and arranger playing jazz clubs around Mission Valley in the mid 1980s, when the couple first met, it was love at first sight.  Smoldering soul mates reconnecting, within two weeks they were engaged then later married.  Since …

Violinist Victoria Martino and pianist James Lent will celebrate the 300th anniversary of Arcangelo Corelli’s death with a spectacular concert, featuring sonatas by the great Italian Baroque composer and violinist, performed on original 18th century instruments. Arcangelo Corelli was the …

Direct from New York, Cristina Fontanelli returns to San Diego to perform her 3rd annual “Christmas in Italy®” concert at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.  For this special one-day event, Ms. Fontanelli will be accompanied by piano, mandolins, guitar …

It started early in the morning.  Then apparently, wouldn’t stop or even let up.  The official start time was 10:00 AM but no matter.  The onslaught kept on coming and from all over.   You couldn’t ask for a better …

Concetta Scolo was only a young teenager when she saved her brother from perishing in the violent torrential flood of Modica in 1902.  This cataclysmic event devastated the town of Modica, a southern Sicilian city nestled in a valley in …

Charming, talented, and beautiful, Maria Grazia Cucinotta recently visited San Diego to attend the San Diego Italian Film Festival this past Saturday as an honored guest at the Gala.  I had the privilege to meet with her prior to the …

Everything happens in the perfect time space sequence.  Ask local artist and illustrator Christopher Paluso.  He is an example that somehow one thing leads to another occurring miraculously at just the right time.  Reviewing his life experience is an attestation …

The San Diego Italian Film Festival welcomes you to its 7th season starting Saturday, October 19 through Saturday, November 2.  This year’s festival brings an exciting line up of fourteen extraordinary films loaded with culture and talent.    Embracing the …

Joe DiMaggio.  Yogi Berra.  Phil Rizzuto.  Names instantly recognized for being extraordinary baseball players, but not only, also Italian-American.  Famous Italian-Americans who were all each inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.   Back in the late 1910s and early …