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Monday, Nov 2 - Starts at: 7:00 pm - TICKETS - General Admission $27, Members get 10% off.Jewish Community Center of San Francisco - 3200 California Street | San Francisco, CA 94118The Germanacos Lecture. With Anne Germanacos, Ann Goldstein, Robert Hass, Adam Kirsch, and Richard Rodriguez. Moderated by France...

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Those who share a passion for Italy and the Italian language cannot miss the "Being Leonardo Da Vinci" Performance on Thursday, December 17, 2015, from 6:30 pm at the ACT Strand Theater (1127 Market St. San Francisco). Italian director and actor, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory will bring Leonardo da Vinci to life again on stage in a one-act, 60 minute...

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by Mauro Battocchi   Naples is in the limelight these days in the Bay Area. In honor of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture, the San Francisco Jazz Festival is hosting Pino Daniele at the SF Jazz Center this Friday June 21st from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The popular singer, songwriter and guitarist that influenced the Neopolitan sound in the 70's w...

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International prize-winning violinist Francesca dePasquale is an emerging star in the classical music world and winner of the 2010 Irving M. Klein International String Competition. She is also the 2014 recipient of the highly prestigious Lenore Annenberg Fellowship for the Performing and Visual Arts. Ms. dePasquale will be accompanied by San Franci...

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by Moira Sullivan   Isabella Rossellini will be a featured guest at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival (April 23-May 7) and the subject of a new documentary "Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live" by Judy Shapiro that screens April 26-27 in the presence of Isabella and the filmmaker.   Rossellini has had a long-term love affair wi...

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di Mauro Battocchi At the Boys' and Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI) Ball of the Year earlier this month, Rick Martellaro, President of Lathrop Construction Associates, was named the Man of the Year for his outstanding support of the organization. Over $100,000 was raised at the event as bidding wars were waged for honoree Mr. Martellaro's Bocce and B...

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Anita Hughes knows San Francisco society. "Lake Como" starts out with lots of San Francisco weddings, each more beautiful than the last. The protagonist, Hallie Elliot, is impatiently waiting for her boyfriend Peter, a brilliant journalist, to propose. In the meantime, she works as an interior decorator designing homes for the wealthy. But when sh...

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Being an artist is as much a part of Angelina DeAntonis' genetic coding as her Italian ancestry and the great-grandfather she was named for.   In speaking about her youth, the fact that Angelina is a designer—including dying the fabric for her own multi-purpose pieces—is no surprise given her hands-on, grass-roots upbringing.   Read m...

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Celebrating 10 years of enduring partnerships and commitment to bringing the best in contemporary design to San Francisco, DZINE is honored to host internationally renowned architect and designer Piero Lissoni in celebration of the exhibition "1:1 Piero Lissoni" in San Francisco.   Opening on September 3rd, the month long multi-media exhibit...

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by Catherine Accardi   This article is part one of two parts. Part one investigates the ancient game of Bocce throughout the ages and part two, which will appear in the next issue of the L'Italo Americano newspaper, will explore the modern-day game, where to play, and how to lean to play the Italian way.   My father played bocce ball...

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