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The 37th Mill Valley Film festival (October 2-12) will feature the Italian films Woman as a Friend and I Can Quit Whenever I Want.    Woman as a Friend (2014, 88 min). Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bu59gk1_0Q  Francesco and Claudia are two very good friends. He is a goofy, clumsy lawyer and she is a non-conforming...

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Alitalia's new chairman aims to make the airline profitable in 2017 following its takeover by Emirates-based Etihad Airways. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo also told reporters in Rome Tuesday: "Today there are the conditions, enthusiasm, economic and financial willingness to start the new era of Alitalia."   Alitalia's new strategy envisio...

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Naples, as depicted here in the Vatican Hall of Maps, is a hotbed of world cultural heritage. The city was founded 2800 years ago as a Greek colony, making it one of the oldest cities in the world, and since then it has been the seat of duchies, kingdoms and an empire of diverse cultural groups with diverse languages.

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Italingua is not just a place where you learn Italian, you come to us to feel Italian. The students are supported by a warm, extended family while learning about Italian culture, music and food, art and politics. At current economic situation Italingua has been affected like other wonderful communities.    We are asking for your generou...

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The San Francisco Opera will present the world premiere of Marco Tutinof's "La Ciociara (Two Women)" on June 13, 2015.   The company said Tuesday that the opera based on Alberto Moravia's novel of the same name will star soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci, tenor Stephen Costello and baritone Mark Delavan. Music director Nicola Luisotti conducts...

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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 a crossroads in San Francisco....

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May 9, 2015, Saturday 2:00 PM - 5:00 PMWilliams-Sonoma - 340 Post Street - San Francisco, California 94108 Please join Bloomingdale's San Francisco in welcoming Marco Bicego, Italian jewelry designer as he presents his latest collections.   Since the launch of his eponymous jewelry line in 2000, Marco Bicego has redefined the...

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by Catherine Accardi   It's summer in the city and although two of San Francisco's Italian themed festivals have come and gone, there's still more serious festeggiare (celebrations) to come. On June 13th and 14th we enjoyed the 61st annual North Beach Festival in San Francisco's Little Italy. It's the oldest street fair in the nation wi...

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di Alberto Onetti   Oggi anche in Italia si parla tantissimo di startup. E soprattutto si fanno spesso paragoni con gli Stati Uniti e la Silicon Valley. Difficile dire quanto ancora siamo distanti (credo ancora tanto). Però è possibile tracciare alcune prime linee di confronto.   L'occasione ci viene data dal rapporto sull'ecosis...

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Domenico Monteforte, who gave a much appreciated exhibition here at the IIC in summer 2012, is back in San Francisco. This time, the Tuscan painter will turn one of our galleries into a painter's studio, allowing guests to see him at work and then exhibiting his creations on our walls as they are completed. Guests will have the rare chance to meet...

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