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It has been just over a year since Mauro Battocchi arrived in The City as the newly-appointed Consul General of Italy in San Francisco.   He had already paved the way for his grand entrance by posting a much-circulated YouTube video, in which he introduced himself by driving through the streets of Rome, explaining who he was, and what he was...

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Presented through the eyes and hands of local North Beach resident, John Mola, a former poverty lawyer and Old World Italy aficionado, this video first touches on Chinatown's growth into previous North Beach territory, then presents some restaurants that are part of what Mola sees as a trend of Italian immigrants coming back into North Beach. &nbs...

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By Mauro Battocchi   "Action is needed now. Together we can make a difference." (Remarks by Claudio Bisogniero, Italy's Ambassador to the US, in a video-message at the Italian Athletic Club of San Francisco on Feb. 13) February 13 was an unforgettable day for the Italian community in the Bay Area. They paid heed to our cry for support to th...

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By Mauro Battocchi   Last week's Cleantech Forum in San Francisco demonstrated how Italy is an advanced global lab of distributed generation and green technologies. Several of the Italian companies presented their various technologies, which addressed key needs in cleaner energy generation. Let's take a look at these companies. BM Solar pro...

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Time: September 18, 2015 to March 6, 2016Location: Museo Italo Americano - Fort Mason Center -  2 Marina Blvd., Building C - San Francisco, CA 94123Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas, an original, documentary exhibit by the Museo Italo Americano, written by Joseph McBride, will be on exhibit at the Museo from September 18...

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by Allie Pape   Trattoria da Vittorio150 West Portal Ave., West PortalPhone: (415) 742-0300Web: www.trattoriadavittorio.com Trattoria da Vittorio, the new Southern Italian spot from Vittorio d'Urzo, officially opened last night in the former Cafe For All Seasons space. D'Urzo, who used to manage Italian restaurants on the Peninsula, has bro...

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by Paolo Lucchesi   San Francisco got its historic Tosca Cafe back last week, though the North Beach classic now comes with a touch of New York. The new owners are Ken Friedman and chef April Bloomfield, who run the Spotted Pig and other several successful restaurants in Manhattan.   They've restored Tosca with some subtle change...

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Please mark your calendars for Friday, November 22, 2013. Our annual ItaLingua Fundraiser is here again! We are pleased to announce that this year's event will be held at the beautiful Italian Consulate in San Francisco. It promises to be an exciting evening with live jazz, delicious food, donated by some of the best Italian restaurant in San Fran...

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A few years ago a wonderful documentary, "Bitter bread" (Pane Amaro) described the story of the Italian emigration to the east coast. It was a milestone in this field, and now the two authors and producers, Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, are back with another marvelous documentary, this time about the Italian emigration to the west coast: "Fin...

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A highly anticipated lecture is coming to the Jewish Community Center (3200 California Street) on November 3rd at 7:00PM.   The event is a Germanacos Lecture and will show off an all-star cast which includes: Anne Germanacos, who runs the Germanacos Foundation; Ann Goldstein, editor of The Complete Works of Primo Levi; Robert Hass, Poet Laur...

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