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by Serena Perfetto   He is considered part of that group of people "who are shaping our world". Indeed, Martino Gamper, worldwide known Italian designer based in London, proved once again, during his conversation at Arkitektura in San Francisco, how his work crosses multiple personalities, engaging a variety of projects, from exhibition desi...

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by Catherine Accardi   Many people, especially native San Francis-can's, certainly noticed when the historic North Beach establishment, the U.S. Restaurant, closed for remodeling in April, 2015. Patrons would walk by 515 Columbus Avenue looking for signs of a much anticipated reopening.   Months went by, people with worried glances an...

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Handpicked Adventures, a California-based, artisan food-focused travel company, is offering a one-of-a-kind trip to Piedmont, Italy, September 18 – 25, 2013. Anchored by the popular Bra Slow Food Cheese Festival, the Piemonte and the Bra Slow Food Cheese Festival trip promises an intimate immersion into the region's unique culture via the food, dri...

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Enjoy a traditional game of bocce or a not-so-traditional hot air balloon ride at the Verdi Club's annual Community Festival July 19 to 21 in Amherstburg. Festival committee chairman Lucio Salvati said the festival has changed and grown since the club began 54 years ago but it's always meant a little "Italy in Amherstburg."   Salvati said t...

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By Roberto Natalini   Ha riscosso un grande successo l'evento artistico ed enologico WineArt, il quale ha permesso di scoprire agli appassionati della Baia di San Francisco i segreti della Puglia, una delle regioni meno conosciute oltre oceano, ma senza dubbio tra le più affascinanti d'Italia.   La serata si è tenuta lo scorso 14 Magg...

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Though San Francisco has only been kept in the national spotlight because Richard Sherman's rant at the end of the Seahawks victory over the Niners, here is a little about the long history of Italian restaurants in San Francisco, the most 'Italian' of this country's cities.   San Francisco is an interesting case. Along with New York and New...

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La cantante italiana Roberta Gambarini, fra le voci più note nel panorama musicale internazionale, è tornata ad esibirsi a San Francisco, città da sempre all'avanguardia del genere jazz negli Stati Uniti.   Celebrata in tutto il mondo da appassionati, critici e molti dei più grandi musicisti, la vocalist originaria di Torino è divenuta una s...

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by Mauro Battocchi   If you're looking for a novel evening activity on May 27th, make your way to the Florence Gould Theatre at the Palace of the Legion of Honour, (100 34th Avenue, SF) for the 7:00PM showing of Gran Serata Futuristica.   The evening is an homage to Italian Futurism an avant-garde movement that originated in Milan in...

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Poetry and design meet in this unique volume that is also a tribute to two of the leading characters in these artistic fields -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Armando Milani.   Fifty poems from Mr. Ferlinghetti's body of work are on the left pages of this finely crafted hardcover edition, accompanied on the right pages by fifty images created by...

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By Alastair Bland When Phil LaRocca was 12 years old and entering the Saints Peter and Paul Salesian Catholic school in San Francisco, he and his classmates received notices of rules and expectations for all enrolling students.   Among them was a stodgy line requiring that no student drink any alcohol before the age of 21. But the notice ma...

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