Dino Risi - A Film Series (San Francisco)
When: Saturday, April 22, 2017 - Where: The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco An Homage to the Master of the Comedy Italian Style. Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with The Italian Cultural Institute and Cinema Italia San Francisco presents "Dino Risi - A Film Series, featuring four of his most significant movies". A few months after...
A Tribute to Silvio Di Loreto
Cari Amici – Dear Friends, On March 17, 2017 our Santa Barbara community lost a remarkable human being: Silvio Di Loreto. He was a man of many talents. After being a B-25 navigator in WWII, he moved to Santa Barbara and started his professional life as a photographer. Then he became active in real estate in which he excelled and from which he of...
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
When: FromSaturday, April 22, 2017 to Saturday, May 13, 2017 - Organized by : LA Opera - Entrance : With fee A fiery prima donna becomes trapped between her allegiance to her rebel lover and the scheming of a treacherous police chief who will stop at nothing in his lust for her. The explosive conflict between these three unforgettable characters co...
23rd Street stretch to receive subname ‘Galileo Club Way’
A four-block stretch of 23rd Street is set to receive the subname “Galileo Club Way” in honor of the Italian-American social club that opened at 23rd and Virginia streets in 1937. On Tuesday, Richmond City Council unanimously approved a request by the club to add between five to eight new street signs on 23rd between Cutting Boulevard and Ohio Aven...
Terra Sangue Mare
When: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 At 6:30 am - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Entrance : Free Original compositions and traditional songs infused with Mediterranean warmth and color Join us for an evening of vibrant Italian folk songs played by Terra Sangue Mare, an ensemble created by Michela Musolino and Fabio Turchetti. The g...
How 'Julie' went from Staten Island Academy to Harvard to Hollywood
Julio Vincent Gambuto only has a couple of rules: 1. No mafia. 2. No guns. See, the filmmaker would rather deal in genuine emotion than dwell on what Hollywood wants Staten Island to be, stereotypically. "In some cases it's been done brilliantly -- in some cases, not so brilliantly, but my stories are about family and the real experience of growing...
The Leonardo da Vinci Society presents: Guglielmo Marconi
Thursday May 11 at 6:30 pm. At the Italian Cultural Institute - 601 South Van Ness F - San Francisco 94102 The Leonardo da Vinci Society, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will hold the second of a cycle of conferences celebrating Italian scientists who have made unique and stellar contributions to the world at large and have le...
Elena Ferrante's Napleas at the Italian Cultural Institute in SF
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to announce the first in a series of evenings devoted to the theme "Literary Locations," an exploration of the intimate connection between author and the place that provides the backdrop to their stories. The choice for the first event in this series is author Elena Ferrante, whose quartet...
Lucrezia Borgia’s Self-Representation
When: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 From 12:00 pm To 1:00 pm - Where: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Royce Hall Room 306, 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. For more event details click HERE. How did noble women represent themselves through the objects they acquired, wore, and used to outfit their living quarters? Professor Diane...
Convivio Communitas Award for Leadership 2017
When: May 23, 2017 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Where: Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, Room CD. For tickets, please follow the link. We look forward to seeing you! Join us as we honor Stephen Ferruolo, Dean of the USD School of Law, and we present him with the 2017 Convivio Communitas Award for Leadership. The awards luncheon will be held o...
Chico Sons of Italy host 'Meatball Madness'
The Chico Sons of Italy held its 31st annual spaghetti dinner to raise money for local high school scholarships Sunday. This year, the money raised will also go towards the 4-H of Chico, a group made up of students who do different community service activities in the area. The cooking began Friday and continued throughout the day Sunday. More than...
Elena Ferrante's Naples
When: Thursday, April 13, 2017 At 6:30 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute. This event is free of charge for Members of the Italian Cultural Institute. Please call 415.788.7142 to reserve your seat. If you are not a member and would like to purchase a tickets ($10), please click here. To join or renew your membership, please click here. The fir...