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The We Love Italian campaign in the Bay Area is raising needed money to bolster Italian language education and Italian AP test taking among schoolchildren. And the work is paying off. Just recently, the Lowell High School in San Francisco received a $7,000 grant from the campaign to replace old textbooks, which were falling apart, with a new text c...

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One of the most important events of the year for all those who share a passion for Italy and the Italian language is coming up on Thursday, December 17, 2015, from 6:30 pm at the ACT Strand Theater (1127 Market St. San Francisco). Renowned Italian director and actor, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory will bring Leonardo da Vinci to life again on stage in...

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By Mauro Battocchi   What better way to celebrate that most special day than to surround yourself with the elegance of the Italian Consulate General in SF, perched atop the hills with gleaming views of the Bay? Many don't know, but the Consulate is a popular place for couples to bond themselves in official matrimony.   It's also the f...

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Italy is the only major country without a direct flight from and to San Francisco. We, the business community of the Bay Area and Italy, believe that the lack of a direct flight is an anomaly that damages the economy of both Italy and California.   Therefore we petition Alitalia and other airline companies to act fast in order to re-est...

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The Dalai Lama on Friday gave an Italian plastic surgeon the 'Unsung Hero of Compassion 2014' award for his humanitarian efforts to help victims with birth defects or who were permanently scarred.   Paolo Morselli, the founder and president of Interethnos Interplast Italy, was handed his award by the the Buddhist monk himself at a ceremony i...

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E' andato tutto molto più velocemente del previsto, per l'ultima creatura di Fabrizio Capobianco, Top IdF Friend (protagonista della prima intervista Italiani di Frontiera, all'inizio dell'avventura californiana nel 2008) e figura di spicco degli italiani di Silicon Valley, dopo il successo della sua Funambol di cui oggi è presidente. Con un piacev...

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di Mauro Battocchi   Complimenti a BAIA per aver lanciato una campagna di crowdfunding per il NICE (New Italian Cinema) 2015, il festival del nuovo cinema italiano a San Francisco che avrá luogo dall'11 al 15 novembre. Per gli italiani ed italofili della Bay Area questa è una straordinaria opportunità per incontrare attori e registi e nel co...

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"Cucina povera" and "alta cucina" may be apples and oranges (or rather mele e arance), but we Americans adore them just the same—indeed more than any other foreign cuisine, according to recent reports.   These 20 best Italian restaurants in America—which stretch from the best restaurants in Miami in the south right up to San Francisco's best...

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The musical evening that the Five O 'Clock Piano Duo offers the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco reflects the content of their recent album, ITALIAN CONNECTION. It's a musical journey that unfolds among the various stylistic trends of Italian contemporary piano music.   The deep need for immediacy of communication is the glue that...

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Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Time: 6 PM. Location: IIC (Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: IIC, Italian Consulate General Now that we have finished moving into our new premises, we would like to welcome you with an opening reception featuring the world premiere of paintings related to Europe by the inte...

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