Little Italy Gala Celebration Saturday Sep 13th (2)
A truly 1st class black tie Gala celebration with a four course meal, concert by Pasquale Esposito, themed performers, fine wines, valet parking, and a silent auction that even features a fabulous countryside stone farmhouse in Tuscany.Celebrate Little Italy's accomplishments over the past 5 years and help us honor the many In Kind donors for the A...
Italy at the 38th Annual Watts Towers Jazz Festival
Marco Cappelli's Italian Surf Academy featuring Marco Cappelli (guitar), Luca Lo Bianco (bass) and Francesco Cusa (drums) will perform at the 38th Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival. Followed by book discussion and signing: Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development By Luisa Del Giudice at 12:30pm Noah Purifoy Gallery...
Tarantata spider dance - February 3, 2015
Extraordinary vocalist, hand-percussionist and dancer Alessandra Belloni creates a voluptuous exploration of Tarantella— the frenzied ritual dances that enact the release of built-up erotic desire— in a contemporary incarnation of the southern Italian folk form. In the traditional "Pizzica Tarantata" healing rite, performers suffering the...
Paso sister city Gaiole Italy posts follow up to Eroica festival in Italian paper
by Skye Ravy Gaiole Italy ran a follow up article to the first ever Eroica festival hosted in Paso Robles in April in their local Italian paper. L'Eroica become an event that combines two worlds: on the one hand Italy, with Gaiole in Chianti, which for twenty years has organized the cycling event, and the other the United States, with...
Celebrating the House of Italy's Return Home to Balboa Park!
The House of Italy and The San Diego Italian Film Festival invite The Italian Cultural Center to a Party!!! Celebrating the House of Italy's Return Home to Balboa Park! Sunday, September 20, 2015 A buffet dinner will be served in the Casa Del Prado (across from MOPA) at 5 PM. The dress is casual. After d...
Italian American Cinema Events Coming Up In the Bay Area
Italian Americans have had an indelible impact on the fabric of American culture which manifests itself in diverse ways, both encompassing veritable attributes of the culture and also promulgating enduring stereotypes. Today, let's take a look at the Italian American influence on American film and some great opportunities you have to understand thi...
Il Fornaio Announces New Restaurant Opening in Santa Clara, CA
Il Fornaio, the celebrated Italian restaurant company with locations throughout the US, is shaking things up a bit as it unveils its 23rd restaurant at Santa Clara Square this fall. With a rustic design and a more casual vibe, the restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner and will feature classic Il Fornaio favorites as well as some mor...
The San Francisco Bay Area Celebrates Italy’s Republic Day
by Catherine Accardi On May 31, 2016 the San Francisco Bay Area's Italian community celebrated Italy's Republic Day with an elegant event at San Francisco's St. Francis Yacht Club. The event's host was our very own San Francisco Italian Consul General, Mauro Battocchi, who describes this day as follows: "It is the most important event of t...
Il Console Perrone incontra "le dive" di Los Angeles
La scorsa settimana, il Console Generale d'Italia a Los Angeles, Giuseppe Perrone, è stato l'ospite d'onore delle "Dive" di Los Angeles presso la residenza di Los Feliz di Marisa Antonini. Le "Dive" è è un'associazione di Donne Italiane residenti nella California meridionale fondata nel 2009 con l'obiettivo di costituire un luogo d'incontro e scam...
Kettner Nights In Little Italy
In Little Italy North; the art has as much flavor as the espresso and tantalizing marinara. The Art and Design District of San Diego's Little Italy was modeled after New York City's trendy SoHo and Chelsea districts; offering art-lovers and design patrons diverse resources. Come explore this ever-growing distinctive neighborhood with a wal...
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite you to Cinema & Law
Oftentimes cinema portrays legal subjects, producing authentic masterpieces. This one-day event explores the relationship between Italian cinema and law by way of a CONFERENCE with the participation of Italian and American scholars in the fields of cinema, law, and political science as well as filmmakers and actors, including Enzo Decaro and...
Pasolini: film screenings, discussion, music and poetry
On the heels of a major retrospective at MOMA in New York, and at UCLA and the American Cinemateque in Los Angeles, Luce Cinecittà and Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini/Cineteca di Bologna, in association with Colpa Cinema and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, present Pasolini, a sampling of the three periods of Italian film master Pier Paol...