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When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Entrance : Free Duo Alterno, featuring Tiziana Scandaletti, soprano, and Riccardo Piacentini, piano and foto-songs, presents a program entitled Foto-songs from Italy and the World, featuring work...

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I know, Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of this already inhabited continent led to the indefensible annihilation of Native American life that had existed for thousands of years. I've always been incensed about it after being brought up by a mother whose grandmother was a Cherokee toddler on the Trail of Tears. Mom revered her Native American he...

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Following the recent decision of UNESCO to inscribe the art of the Neapolitan Pizzaiuolo in itsList of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and Dress in Dreams Movie & Costume of Rome have organized a week of events to celebrate Neapolitan Pizza in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Pizza-making dem...

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The coolest thing about Francis Ford Coppola’s casual Italian restaurant in San Francisco, Cafe Zoetrope, isn’t the food. Which is not to say the fare isn’t good, because it is—very good, in fact, and reasonably priced. Nor is it that the smart wine list includes selections from his eponymous Geyserville winery, along with other pours, some premium...

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Walking into the second floor dining room of NoPa’s newly-opened Cal-Ital destination, diners can’t help but think to themselves how cool the design is. They’ll tell themselves, “Wow, what a formidable pizza oven.” Or, “My goodness, that is one long, never-ending communal table.” Perhaps, they’ll even ask themselves, “When was the last time I saw a...

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99 anni per Lawrence Ferlinghetti, editore e proprietario dai primi anni del Novecento della libreria City Lights Book di San Francisco. Un faro per tutta l`America culturale [VIDEO] e non, gestito per oltre mezzo secolo da Ferlinghetti e soci, che nel pieno del proibizionismo e del politically correct di Kennedy e Kissinger interrogò un`intera naz...

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When: Thursday, April 26, 6–8 p.m. - Where: S.F. Italian Athletic Club (1630 Stockton St.) Museo Italo Americano and San Francisco Italian Athletic Club proudly co-present a celebration of Italian Americans in baseball. Special guests include author Lawrence Baldassaro, who will present his new book, Beyond DiMaggio: Baseball Italian Style,and film...

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OPENING RECEPTION & ARTIST'S TALK Friday, April 20, 2018 | 6:30pm. ON VIEW Tuesday, April 17 - Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - 9:30am-5:00pm - Italian Cultural Institute, 601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F (Opera Plaza), San Francisco. Free Admission | RSVP Required San Francisco based photographer and filmmaker Lou Dematteis covers issues of social, political and...

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On the occasion of Italian Design Day, March 2, 2018, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration with DZINE, presented architect and designer Aldo Cibic at the DZINE Showroom, in San Francisco.   In 1981, as a partner in Sottsass Associati, Cibic was a founding member of Memphis, an artists’...

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Fifty years is an anniversary that almost did not happen for The Sausage Factory. "Recently the restaurant came on hard times," said owner Mario Azzolino. The restaurant in San Francisco's Castro District opened in 1968, on the site of an old sausage factory. Mario's uncle, Tony Azzolino, started working there in 1972 as a prep cook. He eventually...

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