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San Francisco stripped the name of Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer, from his commemorative day in October. But that doesn’t mean the city’s Italian Americans should stop holding their annual parade in North Beach, where the floats putter up Columbus Avenue as bystanders wave flags and cheer. On Tuesday, Supervisor Catherine Stefani offer...

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All retailers here in California and in the West Coast have a great passion for Italian food. The small and independent ones in particular play a key role, educating customers and communicating with them. Italian food is probably the premium category in every store. That is what Richard Armanino, General manager of ItalFoods, says in the following...

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Last week, the Top of Broadway Community Benefit District (ToBCBD) celebrated the unveiling of ten bronze commemorative plaques that highlight "prominent landmarked and historic businesses" that shaped North Beach's cultural identity. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at North Beach tavern Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Café (12 William Saroyan Pl.)...

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Just weeks after scrubbing Columbus Day from the calendar, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider designating a new “Italian American Heritage Day.” The proposal, which will be introduced Tuesday, is being sponsored by newly sworn-in District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani and Supervisor Malia Cohen — who authored the measure replacin...

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Lecture at SFPL Main Library, Koret Auditorium - 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, 94102. Co-presented by Type@Cooper West. Tuesday, March 6, 2018. 6:00pm–7:30pm. An unbalanced view of two millennia of lettering traditions on the Italian Peninsula and around the Roman Empire featuring calligraphy, signs, a tattoo or two, and inscriptions, inscriptions,...

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Una notizia che fa il giro del mondo, letteralmente. Talent Garden, in partnership con Cassa depositi e prestiti, si appresta ad aprire un nuovo Italian Innovation Hub a San Francisco. Un’occasione per portare l’impresa italiana, riconosciuta in tutto il mondo per la qualità e la quantità dell’innovazione capace di generare in moltissimi settori, d...

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The Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration with DZINE, are pleased to present architect and designer Aldo Cibic, a co-founder of the Memphis movement, who has developed over the years a number of research projects that investigate different levels of the meaning of sustainability. Find out m...

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The Extraordinary Italian Taste made its way to San Francisco kicking off a year that sees - once again - Italy as one of the leading countries in the food industry. The winter edition of the Fancy Food Show came back to the West Coast and became an opportunity for companies from almost all regions of Italy to both launch their new products and sho...

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Dear Friends, I am running for Mayor of San Francisco and I am so excited and energized at the opportunity to again serve the city that I love! My commitment to public service comes straight from my heart - I was born and raised here, I raised my children here. I have served on the Board of Supervisors, where I was also elected President of the Boa...

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San Francisco Italian American groups launched a referendum campaign Thursday to reclaim the former Columbus Day as “Italian American Heritage Day” following a Board of Supervisors decision last month to rename it as Indigenous Peoples Day. The board voted 10-1 in January in favor of the name change. The national holiday was named in honor of Itali...

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