The Conversation: Francesco Vezzoli, artist
by Liam O'Brien You're putting on a trio of exhibitions at Rome's Maxxi museum, New York's MoMA and the MOCA in Los Angeles this year – that sounds like a lot of work. It is. Especially because it's not the same show. I kind of grew tired of the whole scheme of art exhibitions – they start in one place and then go to another place...
Unescoitalia: Italy’s World Heritage Sites December 6, 2013 – January 24, 2014
The travelling exhibit, "unescoitalia" – created by Italy's Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – is a collection of photos of Italy's UNESCO World Heritage sites, as seen through the lenses of 14 prominent and contemporary Italian photographers: Olivo Barbieri, Gabriele Basilico, Gianni...
Of Bronz and Fire: The Art of Casting – Tuscan Craftsmanship
The exhibition presents bronze copies of famous works of art by artists such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Giambologna, and Etruscan masters, realized by the renowned Ferdinando Marinelli Foundry in Florence. The shows highlights the peculiar casting techniques employed in Tuscany and the role that the art of bronze casting plays in the conservation...
Maria Montessori’s pioneering educational method that shaped successful American businesses
Last week, Google celebrated its 16th anniversary. Behind the creation of the web giant, as well as of others the likes of Amazon and Wikipedia, there is a generation of brilliant Montessori-educated founders. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, and Jimmy Wales all attended Montessori schools in the U.S., inspired by the innovative educational...
Dangerous Perfection: Funerary Vases from Southern Italy
Thirteen elaborately decorated Apulian vases provide a rich opportunity to examine the funerary customs of peoples native to southern Italy and the ways they used Greek myth to comprehend death and the afterlife. Displayed following a six-year conservation project at the Antikensammlung Berlin and the Getty Villa, these monumental vessels...
Italo-americani in California: una storia da non dimenticare
D'improvviso, la California riscopre le sue radici italiane. A febbraio le televisioni pubbliche della California, da San Francisco a San Diego, trasmetteranno due serie di documentari: una sull'epopea degli italiani in America, l'altra sulle vicende dell'emigrazione italiana nel "Golden State". È un segnale di vitalitá culturale che fa be...
He's why we love Little Italy
by Nina Garin San Diego's Little Italy is a place to find top-notch restaurants, bars and events. But it wasn't always like that. Thanks to Marco Li Mandri, the area's been improving and growing since 1995. Li Mandri, 58, knows quite a bit about building communities. He's president of New City America, a company that forms and ma...
Partecipazione collettiva alla Maker Faire Bay Area 2015
L'ICE-Agenzia organizza la partecipazione collettiva alla Maker Faire Bay Area 2015, che si terrà a San Mateo, California, dal 16 al 17 maggio 2015. La Bay Area è l'edizione originale della Maker Faire, organizzata per la prima volta nel 2006 nel cuore della Silicon Valley, una fiera itinerante che oggi conta oltre 100 eventi all'anno in tutto il...
Festa Coloniale Italiana To Celebrate Italian Heritage On Saturday
The San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation invites the community to celebrate the rich Italian heritage of the city and North Beach in particular at its eighth annual Festa Coloniale Italiana from 9:30am-6:30pm this Saturday, August 15th. The festival will take place inside the club at 1630 Stockton St. and outside on Stockton betw...
“Recital Italiano” with Luciano Bellini
When: Thursday 13 October from 6:30pm to 8:00pm Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, 601 Van Ness Ave F, San Francisco, CA 94102 Luciano Bellini is a pianist, composer and very famous conductor. Luciano will perform Italian composers such as Scarlatti, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Bellini, Berio, Busoni, Casella and the one piano piece...
History San Jose to honor Frank Fiscalini at annual event
Frank Fiscalini is a man who defies labels. He's served as both vice mayor and a city councilman for San Jose; as CEO of Alexian Brothers Hospital; as superintendent of the East Side Union High School District, which added 10 new schools during his tenure; as a teacher at James Lick High School and Bellarmine College Preparatory; and as a ment...
Don’t Miss the Italian Spring Market at Fort Mason
Here are a few words of reminder from our friends at DIVE, the network of Italian women in the Bay Area:The real Italy of hand made food and original crafts is in town again! The Italian Market is coming back at Museo Italo Americano on May 10th in San Francisco. After the success of the Christmas edition, the organizers put together the S...