Duo Alterno | Foto-songs from Italy and the WorldDuo Alterno | Foto-songs from Italy and the World
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Entrance : Free Duo Alterno, featuring Tiziana Scandaletti, soprano, and Riccardo Piacentini, piano and foto-songs, presents a program entitled Foto-songs from Italy and the World, featuring work...
California passes a lot of dumb bills. Ending Columbus Day would be one of themf
I know, Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of this already inhabited continent led to the indefensible annihilation of Native American life that had existed for thousands of years. I've always been incensed about it after being brought up by a mother whose grandmother was a Cherokee toddler on the Trail of Tears. Mom revered her Native American he...
The Italian community of San Pedro celebrates St. Joseph
“The first time, my mother brought me here in a stroller,” council-member Joe Buscaino recalls during the Saint Joseph’s celebration in San Pedro, a feast that has had a profound meaning for his family for a long time. His grandmother, Rosaria LoGrande, known as nonna Savina, was one of the six Sicilian women members of the Italian Catholic Federat...
The Week of Neapolitan Pizza in San Francisco & the Bay Area
Following the recent decision of UNESCO to inscribe the art of the Neapolitan Pizzaiuolo in itsList of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and Dress in Dreams Movie & Costume of Rome have organized a week of events to celebrate Neapolitan Pizza in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Pizza-making dem...
Italian food at Long Beach’s Caffe Gazelle is like Mama used to make - if she’s from Italy
Caffe Gazelle is so easy to miss, to overlook, to just not see — even though it’s hidden in (almost) plain sight. It sits just a few feet off the happy chaos of Second Street in the heart of Belmont Shore, with frenzied crowds crawling from sports bar to sports bar just a glance away. But it’s on narrow, one-way La Verne Avenue, in an almost nondes...
The coolest thing about Francis Ford Coppola's Italian restaurant may surprise you
The coolest thing about Francis Ford Coppola’s casual Italian restaurant in San Francisco, Cafe Zoetrope, isn’t the food. Which is not to say the fare isn’t good, because it is—very good, in fact, and reasonably priced. Nor is it that the smart wine list includes selections from his eponymous Geyserville winery, along with other pours, some premium...
Filippi’s Pizza Grotto celebrates 50 years in Pacific Beach
Vincent DePhilippis was born in New York, but spent his youth in Naples, Italy. After returning to New York at 18, Vincent met Madeleine Manfredi. They settled in Westchester, Pa. after marrying in 1925. In 1947, the two moved to San Diego, and three years later, the pair opened Cash & Carry Italian Foods on India Street. Cash & Carry Italian Foods...
Che Fico Opens on Divisadero — Cool Figs, Wood-Fired Chicken and Hot Pizza
Walking into the second floor dining room of NoPa’s newly-opened Cal-Ital destination, diners can’t help but think to themselves how cool the design is. They’ll tell themselves, “Wow, what a formidable pizza oven.” Or, “My goodness, that is one long, never-ending communal table.” Perhaps, they’ll even ask themselves, “When was the last time I saw a...
99 anni di Lawrence Ferlinghetti, il tributo ad un poeta contemporaneo
99 anni per Lawrence Ferlinghetti, editore e proprietario dai primi anni del Novecento della libreria City Lights Book di San Francisco. Un faro per tutta l`America culturale [VIDEO] e non, gestito per oltre mezzo secolo da Ferlinghetti e soci, che nel pieno del proibizionismo e del politically correct di Kennedy e Kissinger interrogò un`intera naz...
35th Anniversary Season The Verdi Chorus Spring 2018 Concert: The Force of Destiny
When: From Saturday, April 28, 2018 to Sunday, April 29, 2018 At 7:30 pm - Where: First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica - Organized by : The Verdi Chorus - Entrance : With fee The Verdi Chorus celebrates its 35th anniversary with its Spring 2018 concert The Force of Destiny for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in S...
Celebrating Italian Americans in Baseball
When: Thursday, April 26, 6–8 p.m. - Where: S.F. Italian Athletic Club (1630 Stockton St.) Museo Italo Americano and San Francisco Italian Athletic Club proudly co-present a celebration of Italian Americans in baseball. Special guests include author Lawrence Baldassaro, who will present his new book, Beyond DiMaggio: Baseball Italian Style,and film...
“Paint & Speak” Italian Art & Language Workshop – Burbank And Los Angeles, April 14th & May 12th
You are invited to experience a “Paint & Speak” Italian art workshop led by expert Italian artist and language teacher Ylenia Mino. Ylenia will guide you through the creation of a painting while teaching you new vocabulary words and phrases with the goal of enriching your Italian language skills through the artistic medium of painting. The goal of...