NEWS FROM : CALIFORNIA  

We are very excited to announce that on Saturday, August 11, The San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation welcomes the Bay Area to North Beach for the 2012 Festa Coloniale Italiana, an annual Italian festival that celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for generations. This free event conti...

The most prestigious award in for grassroots environmental work, the Goldman Environmental Prize, was awarded to Italian national Rossano Ercolini and five others last night at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Ercolini himself and learn about his remarkable efforts to combat waste burning which grew i...

After the presentation to the music professionals in Chicago, the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles hosted today the last meeting with CRF U.S.A. and CremonaFiere S.p.A. team. With guests Antonio Piva (Chairman of CRF U.S.A. and CremonaFiere S.p.A.), Peter Seman (President of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers) and Georg Eitt...

The Italian city of Cremona, in Lombardy Region, is considered as the violin's birthplace, where between the 17th and 18th century the Amati, Guerneri, and Stradivari families created some of the finest string instruments that the world has ever seen.   Over the last 12 years, each September Cremona has hosted the unique exhibition of handcr...

Campania Felix LLC, Mind the Bridge Foundation, Two Universities by the Bay, and Unite the Two Bays cordially invite you to: Napoli and San Francisco Act II A Fundraising Event to celebrate the second anniversary of Unite The Two Bays and to launch its new programs: From Vesuvio to Silicon Valley...and back Biophysics of Amyloids and Prions...

Come da tradizione, la ricorrenza della Festa della Repubblica italiana a San Francisco si è celebrata in concomitanza con l'evento "Italian Opera Day at the Park", appuntamento annuale presentato in cooperazione con l'Italian American Community Services Agency, il coordinatore del programma Maria Fassio Pignati e i Simi Cantori.   L'evento...

Its a successful model we've seen time and time again: an Italian technology company with an innovative idea sends their top brass to Silicon Valley to open up the global headquarters.   The engineering thrust of the operation is left in Italy, while the American-based executives capitalize on the benefits of ample Venture Capital money in t...

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)Join us for our informal Aperitivo to connect with fellow professionals, meet some of our newest members, and make new friends within the BAIA community. With its outdoor patio and delicious Italian menu, Tootsies at the Stanford Barn is the perfect location for this gathering. We look forward...

Non c'è niente di più positivo di un'occasione che rilanci l'economia italiana e permetta di mostrare al mondo il meglio della nostra cultura e delle nostre tradizioni. Expo 2015 significa soprattutto questo, la possibilità di emergere da una crisi che ha lasciato troppo poco dietro di sé.   Un messaggio che l'ENIT, Agenzia Nazionale del Tur...

This is a fantastic opportunity for Italian language teachers in Southern California of all levels. This professional development workshop is offered by Chapman University's Italian Studies Council.   Keynote speaker: renowned language education specialist Dr. Elissa Tognozzi (University of California, Los Angeles). The course will be held f...

The Christopher Columbus statue at Columbus Park no longer looks the same. Someone used red and black spray paint to spread the words 'slave', 'rape' and 'genocide' on the statue. Visitors at Columbus Park are shocked by the vandalism. "It's ignorant people with small minds and they do stupid things. That's my opinion on that. That doesn't make any...

San Francisco was honored by the recent visit of Ambassador of Italy His Excellency Armando Varricchio, who spent several days visiting with leading, local Italian businessmen and meeting with City and Italian community leaders. Stops included a ribbon cutting for Energica Motor Company and a meeting with Airbnb. Energica, a high-performance, super...