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By Roberto Natalini For all the lovers of the opera in San Francisco, there is now a special opportunity to enjoy some of the best repertoires from the masters of classical music, uniquely sung in Italian within an elegant but informal atmosphere right in the center of North Beach.   Every Thursday night since the last month of August, Rist...

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I once went with a friend to San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf — for lunch.   I grew up as the daughter of a commercial airline pilot, which made it easy to taste the world on a whim. My children did not inherit the same travel benefits, but I like to think that my own job as a food editor and restaurant critic has shown them that worthwhile...

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La 38.ma edizione del Fancy Food Show ha abbassato il sipario ieri all'insegna della soddisfazione generale da parte della maggioranza delle 49 aziende italiane che hanno confermato la propria presenza con prodotti alimentari e bevande in un mercato a stelle e strisce decisamente in fermento.Ieri ha fatto visita alla vetrina internazionale della ta...

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di Elena Lavezzi   Ci sono concorsi e concorsi. Quelli che nascono per permettere all'associazione di turno di farsi bella inserendo da qualche parte la parola "startup" e quelli che a qualcosa servono davvero. A mio avviso un buon modo per riconoscere le iniziative serie è vedere quelle che sono nate per prime, che hanno preceduto ques...

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di Mauro Battocchi   San Francisco will soon have an opportunity to meet the best of recent Italian technological and scientific innovations, and familiarize themselves with a country on that is on the move again. "Italy of the Future" is an exploration of Italy's most recent scientific discoveries and includes twenty interactive exhibits th...

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When the man swayed into Tosca Cafe with the distant yet determined expression of a bar-stool poet 50 years late for a drink with Jack Kerouac, I thought he had to be a ringer. When he listed past the gleaming, monumental espresso machine and produced a bottle of off-brand tequila from his jacket, I was sure of it.   Ken Friedman and April B...

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By Mauro Battocchi I would like to applaud the Cristoforo Colombo Club of Marin for their generous support of the Italian Scholarship program at Marin Catholic High School. For over 30 years, this scholarship program has enabled Marin Catholic to attract students to the study of Italian by offering them reduced tuition.   Especially given o...

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When: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 Presentation of ON THE JOURNEY... nel mezzo del cammin, a short film by Maria Luisa Forenza. Followed by a roundtable discussion on the figure of Frank V. de Bellis, his Collection at SFSU and the intellectual legacy of the new Italians in the Bay Area.   An Italian woman and an American girl meet by chance at...

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Not long ago, I ran into a colleague on Green Street between Powell and Columbus. When Rita saw me she asked, “Hey, what are you doing in Chinatown?”   Her question perplexed me. Chinatown? I had just walked out of the Casa Coloniale Italiana Fugazi, San Francisco’s oldest Italian community center. We were standing in front of the former loc...

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A brunch with the artist. Join us for a unique opportunity to meet and brunch with Domenico Monteforte as we celebrate the conclusion of his month-long residency at the IIC.   Renowned food expert Viola Buitoni will design and curate a glorious Tuscan menu to accompany Domenico's paintings for an exclusive experience recreating a full immer...

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