Festa Coloniale Italiana 2012
We are very excited to announce that on Saturday, August 11, The San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation welcomes the Bay Area to North Beach for the 2012 Festa Coloniale Italiana, an annual Italian festival that celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for generations. This free event conti...
The ancient art of violin making from Cremona to Los Angeles
The Italian city of Cremona, in Lombardy Region, is considered as the violin's birthplace, where between the 17th and 18th century the Amati, Guerneri, and Stradivari families created some of the finest string instruments that the world has ever seen. Over the last 12 years, each September Cremona has hosted the unique exhibition of handcr...
Napoli Act II. Fundraising evening to promote cooperation between San Francisco and Naples
Campania Felix LLC, Mind the Bridge Foundation, Two Universities by the Bay, and Unite the Two Bays cordially invite you to: Napoli and San Francisco Act II A Fundraising Event to celebrate the second anniversary of Unite The Two Bays and to launch its new programs: From Vesuvio to Silicon Valley...and back Biophysics of Amyloids and Prions...
L'opera italiana per festeggiare il compleanno della Repubblica
Come da tradizione, la ricorrenza della Festa della Repubblica italiana a San Francisco si è celebrata in concomitanza con l'evento "Italian Opera Day at the Park", appuntamento annuale presentato in cooperazione con l'Italian American Community Services Agency, il coordinatore del programma Maria Fassio Pignati e i Simi Cantori. L'evento...
Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio Visits San Francisco & Knights a Commendatore
San Francisco was honored by the recent visit of Ambassador of Italy His Excellency Armando Varricchio, who spent several days visiting with leading, local Italian businessmen and meeting with City and Italian community leaders. Stops included a ribbon cutting for Energica Motor Company and a meeting with Airbnb. Energica, a high-performance, super...
Don't miss this incredible concert: "Christmas in Italy" with internationally acclaimed Cristina Fontanelli.
A vocal journey through Italy's best-loved songs and arias by composers such as Donizetti, Tosti, and Puccini, plus favorites like "Torna A Surriento," "Ave Maria," and other Christmas classics. Now playing for nine Christmas seasons in New York, the magic of "Christmas in Italy" comes to the West Coast for the second time in 2012. Ms. Fontanelli...
Pasolini's East in Roberto Villa’s Photographs
An exhibition of over 100 images that explores the experience of photographer Roberto Villa (in attendance at the opening) on the set of The Arabian Nights (1974) by Pier Paolo Pasolini, documenting the director's work in the Middle East (Yemen and Iran,) but also offering one of the last portraits of a land that was about to become a war zone. &n...
Joe Buscaino L.A. City Councilman shares his Italian roots
Joe Buscaino, L.A. City Council Member 15th District, is a first-generation Italian American whose parents immigrated from Sicily in the 1960s. Joe was an LAPD officer for 15 years before running for L.A. City Council in 2012. He represents 250,000 residents from San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway and Watts. R...
Convivio Center Reflections
Most visitors to the Convivio Center would first see the paladino, the knight in armor standing in view through the front window (and donated by Umberto Falcone, resident of Little Italy), just as Hillary and Justin did last year and noted it in their blog, An Uncontained Life. (Read their blog post, Celebrating Little Italy's "Fishy" Past.)...
Italian Festival in Eureka, CA
Sunday September 27, 10 AM - 3 PMRedwood Fields, Eureka, CA 95503Come celebrate Italian heritage and tradition at the annual Sons of Italy Italian Festival! --Bocce tournament open to players of all experience levels--Authentic, delicious Italian food available at a reasonable price--Live music by the Golden State Accordion Club's Humboldt...
Italian book: "IO E TE" by Niccolo' Ammaniti at the IIC of San Diego
Dear ICC Friends, Are you looking for a night out with a friendly, interesting group? Well, we are looking for you! Whether you enjoy classic literature or a good love story, ICC invites you to share that passion of reading with other book lovers at one of ICC's book clubs. A variety of genres are discussed at the ICC Book Group. All books are in...
Club Paesano’s Annual Italian Picnic Brings Families and Friends Together
by Marc and Kathy Battilega In the 1940's and 50's, the Gardener and Rancher's Association, an organization of Italian produce dealers and farmers in Portland, held an annual summer picnic called the Gardener's Picnic. As the years went by and this picnic ended, a group of Italian farmers in the area decided to carry on the tradition of an...