Everything old is new again:Zoppé Italian Family Circus brings new acts for all ages to Napa Valley Expo
If you happen to be born into the Zoppé family, your fate is sealed. Since 1842 -- when a French street clown and a Hungarian equestrienne ballerina ran off to Venice, married and started a circus dynasty -- six generations of Zoppés have carried forward the tradition of a one-ring, old-world styled show dedicated to the celebration of life, l...
Music Emotion - Filarmonica della Scala
The world's leading conductors bring Classical masterpieces to cinematic life in these unique programs from Europe's premier symphony. MusicEmotion transports audiences to the glorious Teatro Alla Scala in Milan for an Old World musical experience in high definition. Hosts Francesco Micheli and Joelle Williams go behind the scenes, interv...
Artists’ Tribute to Italian American Baseball Exhibit in San Diego’s Little Italy remembers Reid Rizzo
Everybody has heard about Chicago Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo and Washington Nationals President Mike Rizzo, but it's never too late to learn about the legacy of Italian American Reid Rizzo. If it had not been for renowned sports artist Chris Felix, most baseball lovers would have never have known about the impact that Reid Rizzo had on so many live...
Valentine's day special event
Marc Huestis presents in Celebration of 20 Years at the Castro FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI'S ROMEO & JULIETwith LEONARD WHITING "Romeo" Live In-Person! R & J Event 8 pm Gala Plus 1 pm West Side Story Matinee "Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" - right here in San Francisco at ye olde Castro Theatre! And we're havin...
Giro d’Italia & Il Giro di San Francisc
It doesn't seem to matter what the occasion might be, Italian culture can enrich everything from bicycle tours and races to local community festas all around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Take for instance two bicycle races, Il Giro di San Francisco and Giro d'Italia. (Giro is the Italian word for "Tour".) Bicycle racing and touri...
Los Angeles: italian and american animated cinema meet
Italian animated cinema meets its American counterpart during a special evening organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles in collaboration with the Animation Department of the California Art Institute of Los Angeles and Cinema Without Borders magazine. A series of Italian shorts, showing the most recent advances in our production,...
Verdi club hosts annual festival
Enjoy a traditional game of bocce or a not-so-traditional hot air balloon ride at the Verdi Club's annual Community Festival July 19 to 21 in Amherstburg. Festival committee chairman Lucio Salvati said the festival has changed and grown since the club began 54 years ago but it's always meant a little "Italy in Amherstburg." Salvati said t...
La pellicola della politica (Summer 2014)
This summer IISA gets political! We are delighted to present our 2014 summer series, "La Pellicola della Politica - Politics and Social Issues in Italian Cinema". This 2nd of June the Italian Republic will be 68 years old. In light of this, the films of our summer series all deal with political and social issues of the past 70 years of I...
It’s Ferragosto time, amici!! Details and information
Ciao, Amici! Italians are crazy about Ferragosto! They brave bumper to bumper traffic to go the the beach on vacation where they are supposed to enjoy nature and time away from 'crowded' cities while resting and relaxing.... While this is an excellent idea, reality often turns out to be quite different! In the meantime, the great Italian cities ar...
Italian Heritage Night — at the Ball Park!
by Mauro Battocchi San Francisco is lucky to have AT&T Park as the home of their beloved Giants. The modern behemoth is nestled against San Francisco Bay and, if the action on the field lulls, the bleacher seats can gaze out over the water and watch the container ships drift by. Usually, though, the game has good pep, considering the G...
Topo Gigio conquista l'America
In molti Paesi del mondo è tra i personaggi dello spettacolo più amati, è stato protagonista di centinaia di show in tv, ha fatto decine di dischi e Michael Jackson è stato uno dei suoi più grandi fan. Come testimonial poi è richiestissimo: il suo ultimo contratto è di qualche giorno fa, per promuovere un formaggino in Brasile. È stato arruolato ne...
Preserving a Vanishing Art in the Italian American Community with Local Filmmaker Michael LoVaglia
The Italiano Villaggio Culturale at the Italian Family Festa was proud to be hosting the world premiere of the documentary film, "Pomodoro", by local filmmaker Michael LoVaglia. The film is a tribute to three generations of his family, and is a glimpse into a vanishing culinary art in the Italian American community, the making and canning of homema...