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...
Making Art in Schools Possible
by Bianca Friundi C.I.A.O. is a unique art program offered by the Museo Italo Americano and is available for all San Francisco middle schools. The name of the program is very easy to remember: Children's Italian Art Outreach (CIAO). The program started back in 1982, when the Museo was located in North Beach, on the 3rd floor of Ca...
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...
Piccolino is the poshest Italian restaurant in South County
It occurs to me while I'm eating the panzanella at Piccolino that this is one of my favorite things in the whole world, a simple Italian bread salad made with little more than vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes and high-quality olive oil. It surprises me because that's not something that usually enters my mind when eating bread salads anywhere else. &...
When in Rome - Ven 17 Giu 2016
Data: Ven 17 Giu 2016 Orario: Dalle 19:30 alle 22:00 Luogo: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 601 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102 Ingresso : A pagamento - Organizzato da : Lua Hadar La cantante internazionale Lua Hadar ed il suo complesso jazz Twist eseguiranno alcuni successi di musica italiana ed americana degli anni 40, '50 e...
Exiled Italian prince now sells pasta from a van in California
Emanuele Filiberto, 44, is the only male line heir to Italy's exiled king, Umberto II, who was booted out in 1946 when the country became a Republic. Unlike other royals, Filiberto doesn't spend his time swanning around the royal courts of Europe and playing polo. Instead, he is trying to make and sell authentic Italian pasta to Americans. &n...
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...