San Francisco Bay Area & The Italian Frontier Past & Present
by Catherine Accardi The role of Italian Americans in the development and preservation of San Francisco's Italian character dates back to the earliest days when thousands of Italian immigrants arrived in the Bay Area beginning in the mid 1800s and continuing through the 1940s. As a matter of fact, April 18th marked the 109th anniversary o...
Italian-American Cinematheque: Italian Cinema in America with Maximilian Law
In an effort to raise awareness of the influence Italian-American cinema has had on American cinema, the Italian Tramer Art Lounge in Los Angeles hosted the first of educational series by the Italian-American Cinematheque. The event was presented by actor, screenwriter, and producer Maximilian Law, accompanied by UCLA cinema professors Tho...
Artful Feasting in Renaissance Italy Led by Nancy DeLucia Real
This vibrant culinary course begins with a virtual visit to a sixteenth-century artist's studio. Join art historian and chef Nancy DeLucia Real for a tour of the exhibition, Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action (on view June 23-September 13, 2015 at The Getty Center). The course continues at the Italian Cultural Institute w...
Mama Mia! The Ultimate Italian Dinner Comes To SF In October
by Kelly E. Carter National Pasta Month is October, which just happens to be when the Ultimate Italian Dinner takes place in San Francisco. The feast, taking place on Oct. 23 at Bimbo's 365 Club, is part of the James Beard Foundation's third annual Taste America: "Local Flavor from Coast To Coast," a national epicurean tour that visits 10...
Meet Giada De Laurentiis at Williams-Sonoma Union Square in San Francisco
November 16, 2015 - Monday 12:00 PM - Williams-Sonoma - 340 Post Street - San Francisco, California 94108. Join us at Williams-Sonoma Union Square on Monday, November 16th to celebrate the launch of Giada De Laurentiis's newest cookbook, Happy Cooking. GIADA DE LAURENTIIS is the Emmy Award-winning star of Food Network's Eve...
Enjoy Aperitivo in Piazza to Benefit of Italian Language Education
Join the vibrant community of Bay Area Italian language supporters on Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Italian Cultural Institute at 601 Van Ness Ave in San Francisco. The special event, called Aperitivo in Piazza, is hosted by the Istituto Italiano Scuola and will be a gathering of friends and family around the time-hono...
Ca’ Momi: Bringing Truly Authentic Italian Food—and Produce—to Napa
In the 19th century, there were more Italian immigrants on the Pacific coast than in New England, and their influence has not waned: today, San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood is a bustling epicenter of Italian-American cuisine. But Italian and Italian-American are not synonymous, as Chef Valentina Guolo-Migotto noticed when she arriv...
Burri Prometheia a Los Angeles
Con la più estesa mostra mai concessa ad un singolo artista, il Solomon R. Guggenheim di New York ha ribadito nel 2016 il ruolo primario di Alberto Burri (1915/1995) come radicale innovatore dell'arte del secondo Novecento, precursore di soluzioni adottate da movimenti artistici quali New Dada, Noveau Réalisme, Postminimalism e Arte Povera. ...
Gems of the Medici! Bowers Museum!
martedì 16 aprile 2013 19.00a lunedì 29 aprile 2013, 19.00 Bowers Museum of Cultural Art2002 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA (map) GEMS OF THE MEDICI Tuesday, April 16 - Sunday, September 15, 2013 In the mid-1400s, many celebrated artists, goldsmiths, silversmiths and engravers were attracted by the abundance of wealth in the city of Florence, but the...
Italian language class for elementary-age kids
So, your child knows a few Italian words. Buon giorno! Buona sera! Arrivederci! Buona notte! But if you think your elementary –age son or daughter would be interested in having a deeper knowledge and understanding of Italian linguistics or a running introduction to it, for one reason or another, this should be good news for you. Ital...
The Great Beauty: rhymes and reflections all'IIC di Los Angeles
Sarà inaugurata ufficialmente giovedì, 27 febbraio, a Los Angeles la mostra "The Great Beauty. Rhymes and reflections" che si è aperta ieri negli spazi dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Saranno presenti il direttore dell'Istituto Massimo Sarti ed il console generale Giuseppe Perrone. È atteso all'inaugurazione anche il regista Paolo Sorrentino. &...
Films Al Fresco brings Italian cinema to San Diego
By Glenn Heath Jr. Thanks to Convivio, a nonprofit seeking to be "San Diego's premier Italian cultural organization," locals will get a chance to see some of the best European imports of recent years. The series is entitled "Films Al Fresco," which debuts Saturday, June 13, at The Lafayette Hotel in North Park with an opening night presentation of...