Festa Italiana in LA's San Pedro is back!

 

This website's Founder and Editor-in-Chief will be representing the Italian community of San Diego at Festa Italiana in LA's San Pedro on October 15th and 16th of 2022! Like before, there will be food and retail vendors, games, entertainment, speeches and presentations by prominent community members and leaders, and a Heritage stand where you can learn about the Italians of San Pedro! The Los Angeles port neighborhood of San Pedro has the last remaining large concentration of Italians in the city as so many others are spread about the City of Angels and was officially designated LA's "Little Italy" in 2019! You can learn more about LA's Little Italy and of Italians in San Pedro here. Below are photos from the past festivals I, Christopher Forte, has visited.

Watch videos from 2019 and 2021 here.

Photos of Festa Italiana 2021:

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Museo Italo Americano to Be in San Francisco's Italian Heritage Parade Sunday, October 9th, 2022

 

The Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco will participate in the Italian Heritage Parade on Sunday, October 9th, 2022, to celebrate Italian Heritage Month with a decorated motorized cable car. Museo members and supporters are invited to be on the car or walk alongside it in the parade, but you must register here. For more info on the parade, go here.

The Museo Italo Americano was the first museum in the United States devoted exclusively to Italian and Italian-American art and culture. Established in 1978, the Museo Italo Americano is a non-profit institution governed by a Board of Directors.

The mission of the Museo Italo Americano is twofold: to research, collect, and display works of Italian and Italian-American artists, and to promote educational programs for the appreciation of Italian art and culture, thereby preserving the heritage of Italian-Americans for future generations. More here museoitaloamericano.org

What: Italian Heritage Parade

Where: San Francisco, CA

When: Sunday, October 9th, 2022

For details and info, go here.

IAMLA Presents Opera Nights to Celebrate Italian Heritage Month

 

IAMLA Presents Opera Nights to Celebrate Italian Heritage Month

The Italian American Musuem of Los Angeles IAMLA.org is presenting "Opera Night: A Concert of Arias to Celebrate Italian Heritage Month." This is a free event, but you must register online here.

What: Opera Night: A Concert of Arias to Celebrate Italian Heritage Month

Where: Italian American Museum of Los Angeles

644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

IAMLA.org

When: October 8th, 2022

6:00 pm

Tickets: Free. Register Here.

The mission of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is to foster a deeper understanding of Southern California’s diverse heritage through research, historic preservation, exhibitions and educational programs that examine the history and continuing contributions of Italian Americans in multi-ethnic Los Angeles and the United States. More here: IAMLA.org