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by Silvia Simonetti   Non solo cinema italiano all'IIC di Los Angeles, ma sempre con l'obiettivo di promuovere il talento di connazionali di successo come il compositore Carlo Siliotto, autore delle musiche dell'acclamato Instructions not included.   Il film messicano, diretto da Eugenio Derbez, sarà proiettato all'Istituto nella sera...

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by Mauro Battocchi   You've likely seen the Recology trucks cruising around the neighborhoods of San Francisco collecting the contents of their plastic bins. The company was founded 90 years ago by Italian Americans as one of the nation's first urban recyclers and is committed to recycling, renewal, reuse and reduction. The goal? Zero waste....

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There is a once in a lifetime opportunity for students of the Academy of Art University of San Francisco to live and create their art while experiencing the culture and history of Italy.   Each summer, students and faculty live in Italy for a Fine Art Study Abroad Program during almost two months while exploring the Italian landscape and cul...

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Valhalla's Art, Music and Theatre Festival continues this week with Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta. Gambetta performs at the South Shore's Valhalla Boathouse Theatre Wednesday night, bringing a diverse set of tastes to Lake Tahoe.   "From his unique background as an Italian musician in love with both American roots music as well as the mus...

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By Richard Freedman Gabrielle Saveri has always loved horses. Cowboys? Well, if they're along for the ride, so be it. Anyway, who doesn't like cowboys, especially Italian ones? Surely not Saveri, a Solano Community College adjunct professor who parlayed skills learned from the school's photography instructors and her summer trek to Italy into...

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Happy holidays to all Italians and Italian Americans in the North West and Pacific area! In 2000 there were 1,163,038 American citizens of Italian origin in the North West and Pacific region. These are the most recent census data in which you can identify Italian ancestry. In the 48 counties of Northern California, there were around 700,000, a lit...

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After the success of Matteo Garrone's last film, Reality, Santa Barbara dedicates 3 nights to one of the most controversial yet admired Italian directors, with a retrospective organized by UCSB Professor Anna Brusutti and co-sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Film and Media Studies department. After graduating from art school, Matteo Garr...

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Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - Saturday, June 15, 2013Photographs by Giuseppe LeoneThe exhibit describes the culture and identities of Sicily and in particular of the historic-archeological-naturalistic district of Marsala, from where the Statue of a Youth (the Mozia Charioteer) currently on view at the Getty Villa, comes from. Born in Ragusa where he li...

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by Mauro Battocchi   San Francisco Italy has showcased exclusive documentaries on leaders of the Italian community in the Bay Area like Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Angela Alioto. We continue now with Dr. Federico Faggin in this exclusive documentary created by Mauro Aprile Zannetti for the Italian Consulate in San Francisco.   Dr. Faggi...

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Great news on the Italian cleantech front: UCLA Anderson School of Management has selected the Italian firm IsTECH to participate in the prestigious Global Access Program, which sends teams of talented professionals around the world to work with select technology companies.   These final-year MBA students will invest thousands of hours to fi...

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