CICIS Annual conference
Date: Friday, February 26, 2016 - Saturday, February 27, 2016 Hours: http://cicis2016.weebly.com/ Venue: UCSB Organized by: CICIS In collaboration with: IIC To register visit the following site http://cicis2016.weebly.com/ The California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies was established in 2002 to bring together faculty, student...
Meet Author Michele Cecchini from Lucca at the IIC Next Week
by Mauro Battocchi Join Italian literary enthusiasts at the Italian Cultural Institute (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F) next week Tuesday March 22 at 6:30 for a special talk by lucchese author Michele Cecchini as he presents his new book "Per il bene che ti voglio." Mr. Cecchini was born in Lucca in 1972 and teaches literature in Livorno, the I...
Contemporary Creativity and Cultural Heritage: “Arte Contemporanea a Villa Pisani”
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Meet a Masterpiece by Andrea Palladio: A talk by Francesca Pola This talk is intended to present the project "Arte Contemporanea a Villa Pisani" (Contemporary Art at Villa Pisani) which Francesca Pola started in 2007 as curator, and whic...
The “Italian Cultural Spring” Continues into Summer & Fall
by Catherine Accardi Earlier this year, our own San Francisco Italian Consul General, Mauro Battocchi, posted an important observation in his blog at San Francisco, Italy, www.sanfranciscoitaly.com. Consul General Battocchi noticed an increase in interest of all things Italian in the San Francisco Bay Area. He called this welcomed phenomen...
Call for Volunteers! Help the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles and be part of a great event
by IAMLACall for Volunteers! Help the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles and be part of a great event.The IAMLA is looking for friendly and energetic volunteers to support Taste of Italy 2016 on Saturday, October 1st, 2016. We need support in the following areas: Welcome Services; Line Monitors; Giving Directions; Check...
Book presentation: "Fuga e ritorno di un popolo." Il fenomeno migratorio in Calabria
September 27. Book presentation: "Fuga e ritorno di un popolo." Il fenomeno migratorio in Calabria. di Francesco Filareto. La presentazione sara' in italiano. Un grande esperto di storia socio-economica della regione Calabria racconta i flussi migratori che hanno interessato questa parte poco conosciuta d'Italia, dal XIX secolo...
Bobby Cannavale: Hollywood only give me Pizza guy and Mob type roles
The presence of Italian-Americans in major motion picture roles has stirred controversy since day one. As Hollywood is struggling with diversity, women and black people are making a few strides, but, as actor Bobby Cannavale tells The Hollywood Reporter, Italian-Americans are getting left behind. "I'm always getting the ethnic roles o...
Programma "Silicon Valley 2012"
Il progetto "Lo sviluppo tecnologico/industriale negli USA e in Italia", giunto alla terza edizione e realizzato in partnership con la NIAF (National Italian American Foundation) dal 19 al 25 agosto 2012, ha permesso a sette studenti italiani in ingegneria un soggiorno formativo incentrato su di un programma di visite alle aziende della Silicon Val...
Conferenza sull'industria aeronautica e aerospaziale negli USA
Sono stati inaugurati ieri a Beverly Hills, in California, i lavori della 27° Conferenza organizzata da Speednews/Penton Publishing sul tema ''Commercial Aviation Suppliers''.Penton e' una storica casa editrice americana (fondata da John Penton nel 1892) che si occupa di pubblicazioni, conferenze, congressi e seminari su temi economici, manifatturi...
Italian operatic pop band “Il Volo” to perform in Los Angeles
By Silvia Simonetti When some people's career, and life, literally "takes off" we may think it is only a matter of fortune: they were in the right place at the right time. Nevertheless, in most cases this wouldn't be enough, as it takes talent and courage to seize opportunities. And this trio of young Italian artists called "Il Volo" defin...
A venti anni dalla scomparsa di Fellini orchestra italiana del cinema ne ripercorre a Los Angeles la straordinaria carriera artistica
A 20 anni dalla scomparsa di Federico Fellini, a 40 anni dalla realizzazione di Amarcord a 50 anni di 8 ½ e a 60 anni dalla prima de I vitelloni, l'Orchestra Italiana del Cinema in collaborazione con i migliori giovani musicisti di Los Angeles celebra il maestro indiscusso della pellicola Federico Fellini attraverso uno straordinario concerto sinfo...
Passaporti e Informazioni sui Servizi Consolari a Los Angeles: Il 12 Dicembre Funzionario Itinerante a Santa Barbara
In occasione della prossima missione del funzionario itienerante a Santa Barbara, il Consolato generale d'Italia a Los Angeles, insieme a Comites, Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara e Italian Book Club ha organizzato anche un seminario informativo sui servizi consolari. Tutto si svolgerà giovedì prossimo, 12 dicembre, ne...