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Last month, San Francisco's Walt Disney Family Museum launched a comprehensive exhibit featuring the works of world-renowned Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto. The celebrated director of the 1976 classic Allegro Non Troppo was hugely influenced by Disney's Fantasia and Bambi, which instilled in him a love of nature and classical music. So it's fittin...

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by Roberto Natalini   Christmas and New Years' Eve are just around the corner, and that means it's the time to indulge in traditional Italian meals and sweets, combined with fine bubbly wines to celebrate the festivities in style.   All it takes is reaching the neighborhood of North Beach, where you can find everything to enjoy an aut...

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By: Giuseppe Esposito.   Not since the Second World War has there been so much emotion in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood over the rivalry between Italy and England.   It may not be a war that everyone is talking about, but one would be hard pressed to tell the difference based solely on the hyperbole and rhetoric when the su...

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Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Time: 6:00 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: Orogami, IIC, David Perry and Associates. In collaboration with: Città di Orvieto, Città Slow, Domenica Fiore Olive Oil, Palazzone, Caffè Montanucci.Through the golden artistry of international award-winning Orogami, you are...

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di Mauro Battocchi   We've already discussed Massimo Banzi's milestone innovation — the Arduino Chip — and how it continues a line of Italian innovation in microelectronics started by Federico Faggin, the father of the commercial microprocessor.   Yet, although the Arduino innovation is impacting innovators and makers the world over,...

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by Mauro Battocchi We last left our guest post series with John Fugazi, the magnanimous Italian benefactor of the Italian community in San Francisco. Today, Nickolas Marinelli, the Northern California Editor for L'Italo-Americano, continues the Fugazi story and tells how he kept his promise to the community.   Local news was rarely seen on...

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di Mauro Battocchi   La Scuola Internazionale di San Francisco, the Bay's premier pre-K though 8th grade international Italian school, held a smashing fundraiser this past Saturday evening called "La Dolce Vita" at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Over 400 people attended in the big hall to show their support and enthusiasm for La S...

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Cari concittadini,The Italian Parliament has decided to give you the opportunity to elect the new Committee of Italians Abroad (COM.IT.ES) for the consular jurisdiction of San Francisco on April 17th, 2015. The election called on December 19th, 2014 was cancelled because no list of candidates had met the legal requirements. Law n. 190 of December...

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With a hearty buona sera! Mayor Ed Lee had welcomed the 2013 Year of Italian Culture to the Bay Area on December 12th, 2012 at San Francisco City Hall. Thus far, the Year has offered us exciting and insightful events from Giovanni Soldini and Team Maserati's record-breaking arrival in San Francisco, Italian Innovation Day and Italy at the Cleantech...

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by Mauro Battocchi   San Francisco's annual literary festival Litquake is gearing up for a week of panels, cross-media events and literary readings this October 11th to 19th in myriad locations around the Bay. For over a decade, Litquake has brought thousands of author appearances for an audience of over 100,000. What a great honor that risi...

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