Leonardo da Vinci's Secret Life
The President and Board of Directors ofThe Leonardo da Vinci Society cordially invite you to:Eternal Traveler: Leonardo da Vinci's Secret LifeA multimedia concert by Andrea Centazzoin collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute Saturday, March 28, 20157:00 PM: Concert8:00 PM: Dinner The Century Club of California, 1355 Franklin Street,...
Carlo Ponti and the Los Angeles virtuosi orchestra: Orchestral masterworks
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 Hours: 7:30 PM Venue: Theatre Raymond Kabbaz Organized by: Theatre Raymond Kabbaz In collaboration with: Le Lycée Français of Los Angeles, TV5Monde, KCRW and IIC tickets at www.theatreraymondkabbaz.com The concert includes the West Coast premieres of dramatic orchestral arrangements of Giuseppe Verdi's and Cl...
Quartetto di Cremona
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016 Time: 7:30 PM. Location: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Organized by: San Francisco Performances In collaboration with: IIC The Quartetto di Cremona, founded in 2000 while the members were students at the Accademia Walter Stauffer in Cremona, Italy, is rapidly becoming one of the most interest...
Vistas for children charity golf tournament - under the Tuscan sun
March 23, 2015 Los Verdes Golf Club - 3301 Via Campesina - Rancho Palos Verdes, California Vistas for Children's 13th Annual Golf Tournament "Under the Tuscan Sun" promises to be an amazing day of golf with putting and other contests, a Fiat hole-in-one prize, Italian wine tasting, Live Auction and Dinner with awards for the day. Auctio...
La Dolce Vita 2.0 mesmerizes the New Italian Cinema audience of San Francisco
By Mauro Battocchi In the eyes of San Franciscan cinema fans who took part in the closing night of the New Italian Cinema Festival of San Francisco ("NICE"), the protagonist of "The Great Beauty" Jep Gambardella (alias Tony Servillo), has probably become a new Italian icon. He symbolizes Italy's current transition from its "Dolce...
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...
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...
Ascolta, Hollywood!
Hollywood and Italian women; where are they? In general, the world has learned much about the character of women through the many decades of film and television. Various protagonists were mothers. We’ve seen the strong but self-sacrificing Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce, the conflicted Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice, modest but cour...
FESTA DI NATALE 2016
When: Sat, December 10, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM PSTWhere: Italian Cultural Center, 1669 Columbia Street, San Diego, CA 92101 It's our annual Holiday Potluck! Come one, Come All! Bring your favorite seasonal dish, some holiday cheer,and your best Italian smile! Live music with the fabulous Iris Moné, raffle-prizes, tombola, and much...
Friday Nights on Main - La Dolce Vita in Belvedere Tiburon
July 31, 2015 / Friday 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM /Downtown Tiburon - Main Street - Belvedere Tiburon, California 94920. Tiburon celebrates the good life with Ol' Blue Eyes, Jonathan Poretz that is, with a swingin' tribute to Frank Sinatra and the fabulous music of the Rat Pack era. Dance Arts Studios will perform a Cha Cha, Jive and an...