Screenings of Finding the Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California
The movie documents the experience of Italian immigrants in California, which was markedly different from that of their compatriots elsewhere in the United States. Through stories set in seven Italian communities throughout California, this film examines how economic and social mobility became possible for many Italians in the Golden State. ...
The Mafia only kills in summer – March 27
Pierfrancesco Diliberto (a renowned TV host and political comedian, better known as Pif) wrote, directed, and stars in this subversive, irreverent feature debut about Arturo, a young boy whose obsession with the Mafia’s casual presence in his city surpasses even his passion for Flora, the beautiful schoolmate who remains his main love interest unti...
Leading Italian Women Open Up Frank Discussion at the Italian Cultural Institute
They embody the ultimate dream of any Italian woman seeking a senior leadership role. They are all endowed with natural leadership skills and refined knack for opportunity management. They are strong-willed, hardworking, purpose-driven and – above all – hyper successful in their respective industries in law, science, business, hi-tech. The...
Creating Beauty – lecture
Museo Italo Americano - Fort Mason Center - 2 Marina Blvd., Building C - San Francisco, CA 94123.Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:00pm Let Kathleen Gonzalez, author of A Beautiful Woman in Venice, tell you the stories of Rosalba Carriera, Veronica Franco, Hermonia Vivarini, Marietta Barovier, Cencia Scarpariola, and others who proved tha...
Sacramento proposed Indigenous People’s Day in October – until Italian Americans objected
by Anita Chabria After backlash from local Italian Americans, the Sacramento City Council this week shelved a plan to make Christopher Columbus share his October holiday with indigenous people. Councilman Eric Guerra, who introduced the resolution last week, on Tuesday removed the provision creating an Indigenous People's Day that fel...
“La Città dei Ragazzi” - Model of Social Work in Rome Funded by American Donors
The Boys and Girls Towns of Italy (BGTI) hosted a fundraiser this past weekend in San Francisco for an organization that is testament to Italy's real impact in the sphere of philanthropy. This remarkable nonprofit takes in refugee youth who have fled their homeland due to violence and extreme poverty and finds them secure, nurturing environments th...
Ferragosto 2013 – Little Italy America : The Roaring 20’s!
From New York to San Diego, America cast off the inhibitions of an earlier era and celebrated prosperity, movies, the automobile, and jazz. Then - January 16, 1920 – The 18th Amendment was signed into law and America went DRY! It was Prohibition! Thirsty Americans sought relief ... and the Speakeasy was born! There has never been a time l...
Founders of Italian American Heritage Foundation in San Jose to be honored
by Mary Gottschalk The Italian American Heritage Foundation is honoring the surviving two founders of the group at the upcoming Un Ballo d'Amore. The first is Joe Guerra Jr., a longtime Willow Glen resident who with his brother Louie worked in his family's grocery story on S. First Street, eventually turning it into a sporting goods store...
Savor the Tastes, Sights, and Sounds of Old World Italy at Festa Dell' Autunno
Savor the tastes, sights and sounds of old world Italy at the Festa Dell' Autunno at the Condé Nast Traveller #1 rated resort in the world, The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, California, September 20-22. The three-day harvest season event held at Newport Beach's only five-star resort brings the tradition of Italy to Southern Cali...
Join me for a chat on the streets of San Francisco
by Mauro Battocchi It's been nearly three years since I took the post of Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, and while a lot has happened, many themes of San Francisco Italy remain strongly in force: Italians are contributing to Silicon Valley in meaningful ways; Italy is attracting world-class talent to set up shop in Europe; Italia...
A month-long celebration of the Italian Heritage with Ciao Italia Santa Monica
by Valerio Viale For the last fifteen years, the U.S. president has been making an annual, official proclamation, nominating the month of October, as "National Italian American Heritage Month". In coincidence with the festivities surrounding Columbus Day (October 12), the designation acknowledges the numerous achievements, contributions, a...
Contemporaneity: Signs of Modern Times
Kicking off Italy's "Year of Italian Culture in the USA", the Museo ItaloAmericano is pleased to present the a new exhibit featuring five contemporary Italian artists. From April 18 through July 21, 2013, in celebration of Italy's arts the Museo will present "Contemporaneity: Signs of Modern Times" an exhibit by the Sedna group. Sedna is made up o...