Life + Style

During the Los Angeles Auto Show, FIAT has unveiled a new car, the Fiat 124 Spider. Based on the MX-5 and to be built at Mazda’s Hiroshima facility, the Fiat 124 is a small modern roadster which recalls the car …

Close to the San Francisco Opera House, as well as to the City Hall and the Asian Museum: the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco has officially reopened in a new location, the Opera Plaza on Van Ness street. Since …

Cinema Italian Style (from November 12 through 16), yearly celebration of Italian cinematic art – co-presented by the American Cinematheque and Luce Cinecittà – turned eleven years old, with the 2015 edition. After an introduction from the Consul General of …

For outsiders, the Palio may just be an ancient horse race, but, to the Sienese, it is much more than that: the Palio is life, they say. Hopes, dreams, passions, fears, battles, scheming and community: just as these elements are …

Meandering through the streets in Italian cities and villages, it’s not uncommon to see laundry gently fluttering in the breeze. Hanging from clothes lines on balconies, windows, patios, it’s one of my favorite photo subjects. Maybe it’s the memories of …

Moira Orfei was born in 1931 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and participated in the family’s circus act, before founding her owncircus queen wearing turban company in 1960, called The Circus Moira Orfei.   Her performances included her work as a trapeze …

The 2015 Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, call for renewed global efforts to tackle the climate crisis, secure the rights of indigenous and LGBTI communities, and put an end to war. The …

The finalists for the 2015 WTA Comeback Player Of The Year have been released and, together with Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Garbiñe Muguruza, also Italian player Pennetta who made her final season on the WTA tour unforgettable at this year’s …

Our Studentessa Matta heard from from Barbara Zaragoza. Barbara spent three years in Naples, Italy and who is the author of The Espresso Break. She now lives in San Diego, California and continues to write novels and is involved in …

“Life is short. Live your dream”: the quote Franco Denari shared with us is more than a way to approach life. It is what led him to success and has also helped become both the Founder and the CEO of …