L'Italo-Americano

CVII • N. 37-38 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 • GIOVEDÌ 17 SETTEMBRE 2015 FACEBOOK.COM/ITALOAMERICANONEWSPAPER Left to right: Consul General Mauro Battocchi, Lisa Pieraccini (Project Director of the Center at UC Berkeley), Anthony Cascardi (Dean of Arts and Humanities at UC Berkeley) and Andrew Stewart (former Chair of the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology at UC Berkeley). Photographs courtesy of Dr. Lisa Pieraccini italoamericano.org $ 2.25 DATED MATERIAL - DO NOT DELAY Expanding the View of Ancient Italy at UC Berkeley O n M ay 6, 2015, U C Berkeley's ambitious plan to establish a Center for the Study of Ancient Italy was officially launched with a reception at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco. It was a well attended event with supporting remarks from Italy's ow n repres entative, Mauro Battocchi, the Consul General of Italy. Overseen by the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, the Center w ill embrace an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research. It will promote and advance the study of the many cultures of ancient Italy, with special emphasis on the Etruscans and Romans. It w ill organize conferences , CATHERINE ACCARDI DR. LISA PIERACCINI The ultimate artisan of luxury travel to Italy Continued on page 11 Continua a pagina 21 Americano L'Italo Founded in 1908 Published by L'Italo American Foundation The #1 source for all things Italian since 1908 PO Box 1287 Monrovia, CA 91017 - Tel: (626) 359-7715 . . .. . .. . . . . . TM SAN FRANCISCO Cinema Italia SF 2015 Page 9 ORANGE COUNTY Steve Oedekerk: an Italian in Hollywood Page 13 ALL AROUND ITALY Valtellina: the hidden gem of Lombardy Page 17 LA BUONA TAVOLA Timballini di Melanzane Page 20 SIMONE SCHIAVINATO U n grazie ufficiale a chi sceglie di sostenerci, a chi crede nel valore "sociale" de L'Italo-Americano, che dal 1908 vuole essere la voce e il racconto della comunità italo- americana nella West Coast. Conoscere l'Italia degli italiani per esserne fieri sponsor lectures, workshops and exhibitions dedicated to the ancient art, his tory and archaeology of Italy. The stated goals for the center are as follows: • To provide excavation opportunities and funding for undergraduate and graduate students at major Etruscan and Roman sites in Italy (Iron Age, Etruscan, and Roman periods). •To coordinate and encourage the publication of archaeological materials w ith partner institutions. •To be a hub for scholarly exchange between the art and archaeology collections dedicated to Ancient Italy (The P hoebe H ears t M us eum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, the S an F rancis co F ine A rts Museums) and other museums and universities in the US and Italy. Who are the people working to create this groundbreaking center? Recently, L 'Italo Am er icano interview ed the Center's P roject D irector, Lis a P ieraccini, P h.D (an archaeologist who teaches at UC Berkeley and specializes in the Etruscans and Early Romans). Through this interview we learn

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