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Friday, October 20, 2023 | 6 PM-8 PM. Consulate General of Italy, 2590 Webster St., San Francisco. Welcoming Remarks: Sergio Strozzi, Consul General of Italy. Introduction: John Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Chair in Law, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley. History in a Nutshell: the Path to the Italian Constitution (Dani...

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October is Italian-American Heritage & Culture Month and, boy, are we in need of something to celebrate! Thankfully, Little Italy is giving us a good reason to! Held in the Piazza della Famiglia, guests will be treated to a performance from the artist known as “The American Bocelli.” Soak in the ambiance of Little Italy’s beautiful central Piazza d...

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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, designed by Renzo Piano, celebrated Italian Cinema in collaboration with Cinecittà. Italy has won more Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film than any other country, with 14 wins. The program, which ran from September 6 to October 4, focused on Italian Cinema/Nuovo Cinema Italiano of the last five...

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The Little Italy of Los Angeles Association (LILAA) is proud to announce the official program on the occasion of Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month 2023. Celebrated in October every year by proclamation of the President and Congress, Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month honors the sacrifices, the achievements and contributions of th...

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“It’s the greatest love story—that movie is emblazoned on us. It romanticizes the decadence and excess that is hip-hop,” DJ Quik says from the Zoom rectangle, holding up a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt featuring the image of one of Al Pacino’s most famous roles, Scarface’s Tony Montana. Though Scarface centers on the rise and fall of a fictiti...

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Beppe Gianoglio, organizer for 40 years of Automotoretrò, entered the Hall of Fame of Concorso Italiano. The nomination, with the consequent assignment of the La Bella Macchina Award, was officialized on August 19th at Concorso in Seaside (CA), where Gianoglio could not attend for personal reasons. The opportunity for the hand over was offered by F...

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Tavola Nostra Pizzeria E Cucina, an Italian restaurant specializing in the owner’s family recipes, is celebrating three years of serving delicacies including an ancient style of pizza called Pinsa Romana. “I dreamt all along to bring recipes and my family heritage from Sicily,” said Jeff Oliveri. “I would sit at the table with my mother and (say) ‘...

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Ray Guadagni, a Napa native and retired local judge, will lead a walking tour Saturday through Napa's very own Little Italy neighborhood. Participants will receive a map of Little Italy— several blocks from a small portion of Third and Fourth Streets to Silverado Trail — and hear about a number of businesses owned and operated by Napa's Italian-Ame...

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It’s widely understood that art is created in solitude. Emily Dickinson, Paul Cezanne, Frida Kahlo — all of them thrived in isolation, at least in terms of their work. From Oct. 21 to 22, The Marketplace at 9000 Ming Ave. will be filled with thousands of visitors for the 25th Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival, an annual celebration of art i...

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The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, tucked in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, held their St. Padre Pio Festival on September 24. Partnering with the Saint Padre Pio Foundation and the Knights of St. Francis, the National Shrine hosted the relics of St. Padre Pio, which brought hundreds of people to the Shrine throughout the day....

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