How you know you're done with North Beach
North Beach is a neighborhood of many flavors. There's the pizza and the garlic, the Beatniks and the Barbary Coast and the Caffe Triesters. But living in the highly trafficked neighborhood can get the best of even the most seasoned San Franciscan. The tourists with their rental bikes and bright yellow GoCars are one thing; the masses of partygoers...
Sounds of Color: A Tribute to the art of Carlo and Paolo Montarsolo
When: From Tuesday, May 22, 2018 to Friday, June 01, 2018 - Time: From 6:30 am To 8:30 am - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco Carlo and Paolo Montarsolo were not only brothers, but also artists, who made art of their lives. During theris existence they supported and encouraged each other’s art, and traveled around the world often p...
Eating My Way Through Italy: Italian Cuisine as a Key to Culture
When: Wednesday, June 06, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Entrance : Free Elizabeth Minchilli has been writing about the joys of Italian life for the last 30 years. She is the author of 9 books on Italy, including her most recent Eating My Way Through Italy (St. Martins Press, May 2018). She is th...
Fremont Resident Frances LaMantia Dies At 96
Frances was born in San Jose, California on July 20th, 1921 to Nicolau Buccellato and Giuseppa (Josephine) Azaro. She was the third of five children: John, Vince, Frances, Greg and Mike. Being the only girl child and growing up during The Great Depression made a profound impact on Frances's life. She was a go-getter. Her family owned a cherry orcha...
Celebrating Italian Heritage weekend
The Buzz: A celebration of Italian heritage through sport, music, education, food, and friends is planned for May 31 through June 2. Hosted by Convivio, the three-event series will channel and celebrate the colorful history of Italian Republic Day (June 2), while treating participants to three distinctive Italian American cultural experiences invol...
5 Minutes With . . . Antonio Sabato Jr.
With a Hollywood and modeling career that has spanned nearly three decades, Antonio Sabato Jr. is now making a run at elected office. The 46-year-old Italian-American started out as a Calvin Klein underwear model and was a star on “General Hospital” before going on to become a successful actor and a household name. Now, Sabato is running for Congre...
The Chiarioscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy
When: From Sunday, June 03, 2018 to Thursday, September 06, 2018 - Where: LACMA - Organized by LACMA in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington - Entrance : With fee. Info at www.lacma.org For this first major presentation of the subject in the United States, some 100 rare chiaroscuro woodcuts from the Italian Renaissance will be...
Inaugural Savoy Foundation Fundraising Gala Honors Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia in the City of Stars; Raises Funds for Stuart House
On Saturday, April 28th, His Royal Highness Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy was the guest of honor at a formal charity gala which benefited Stuart House at UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center. The inaugural “Notte di Savoia” event was organized by the American Foundation of Savoy Orders, successfully continuing the spirit and traditions of charitab...
Piemonte: the Land of Slow Food - 06/24/2018
When: Sunday 06/24/2018 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Where: Museo Italo Americano, Marina Blvd, Building C - San Francisco Renato Sardo will present an illustrated lecture on the beautiful region of Piemonte and its famous Slow Food movement, with wine-and-cheese pairings. Learn the very Piemontese story of Slow Food, a grassroots organization found...
Italian Genealogy: Discovering Your Ancestral Records in Italy and in the USA
When: Saturday, May 19, 2018 From 10:00 am To 1:30 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Los angeles - Organized by: IIC & Lingua Viva - Entrance: Fee $105 *To register please call (310) 824-7408 or email classes.iicla@esteri.it Back by Popular Demand! Millions of Americans identify themselves as having Italian ancestry. If you’re one of them,...
Colori tra Cielo e Terra
Thursday, May 10, 2018 | 5:30-7:30pm. Museo Italo Americano, 2 Marina Blvd, Building C. Opening Reception with Artist Angela Sepe Novara. Free Admission | RSVP. Piedmontese artist Angela Sepe Novara was born and raised in the province of Torino. Graduating from Fine Arts High School, she went on to take classes in nude art at Albertina Academy in T...
The art of being Italian American
Art, in all its forms and shapes, is the most immediate and beautiful of all ways of communicating: a painting, a song, a piece of poetry, a palace or a church, they all tell a story. A story of emotions and feelings, filtered through colors, shapes and sounds. What an amazing world, that of the artist, gifted and blessed with the most universal of...