Bringing Tuscany to San Diego
When Antonio Bandini was 15 years old, he enrolled in a watercolor painting class in his hometown of Livorno, Italy. One day his teacher approached him and expressed a desire to enter one of his paintings in an art competition in Milan. Bandini was interested, but concerned. When would he get the painting back? The teacher explained that i...
Five O'Clock Piano Duo: Italian Connection (April, 16)
The musical evening that the Five O 'Clock Piano Duo offers the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco reflects the content of their recent album, ITALIAN CONNECTION. It's a musical journey that unfolds among the various stylistic trends of Italian contemporary piano music. The deep need for immediacy of communication is the glue that...
California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies
Annual conference of the California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies (CICIS) addressing the theme of the Sacred in Italy across time, place and discipline. Key note speaker: Maurizio Viroli, University of Texas, Austin and University of Lugano. Read more Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/ &nb...
The Institute officially re-opens with Ferlinghetti exhibition
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Time: 6 PM. Location: IIC (Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: IIC, Italian Consulate General Now that we have finished moving into our new premises, we would like to welcome you with an opening reception featuring the world premiere of paintings related to Europe by the inte...
Conversation with comedian Frank Ferrante and his stage persona, Groucho
by Valerio Viale The New York Times has proclaimed Italian-American comedian/ director/producer Frank Ferrante (Los Angeles, April 26, 1963) as "the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx's material." So, don't be surprised if his current show, An Evening with Groucho, is a regular sold-out. If you want to see the comedian at work, y...
Meet the Conductor: Carlo Ponti, Movie Magic
When: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 At 6:30 pm Organized by : IIC & Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz In collaboration with : Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra Entrance : Free - RSVP herePre-concert lecture illustrated by film excerpts and Maestro Carlo Ponti for the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra's (LAV) season finale performance that will be hel...
Italian Street Painting Marin Ciao Bella Roma in San Rafael
When: June 25, 2016 - June 26, 2016Where: Downtown San Rafael, 5th & A Streets, San Rafael, California 94901 The iconic Trevi Fountain, recreated as an interpretive 3D street painting by world-renowned Madonnara Julie Kirk-Purcell, and a small team of emerging artists; The myths and magic of Rome's Bocca della Verità, otherwise...
Festa Coloniale Italiana presented by the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation
On Saturday, August 20, the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation welcomes the Bay Area to North Beach for the 2016 Festa Coloniale Italiana. The Festa, which runs from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., along Stockton St., between Union and Filbert celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for...
Giannini’s miracle: How an immigrant helped save an American ideal
At 5:12 on the morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by a severe earthquake estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The San Francisco quake devastated a great many of the city's buildings and generated fires that burned for four days. By the time the fires were out, more than 80 percent of the city's built-up area h...
In the Art of Laguna: Artist Giorgio Dimichina
by Gaya Linn In its heyday, Laguna Beach, a seaside city in Orange County, was il centro of a rich and flourishing artist colony. All along the Pacific Coast, "en plair air" (in open air) artists were seen with their brushes and easels, depicting Laguna's coastline of coves, beaches and picturesque landscapes. Much has changed since those...
Professor Jamiolkowski and Professor Viggiani: a talk with the two engineers who saved the Leaning Tower of Pisa
"It can even incline five steps more without falling": the history of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is full of anecdotes and legends, which come along with interesting researches and studies. One of these stories, from which the quote has been taken, dates back to 1728: when Charles Louis de Secondat, the Baron de Montesquieu visited the Piazz...
Gabriele Ciampi. Un italiano in America
Da Roma, sua città natale, a Los Angeles, dove vive attualmente: il compositore e direttore d'orchestra Gabriele Ciampi ha esportato il suo modo di comporre negli Usa. Su invito della First Lady Michelle, nel 2015 si è esibito alla Casa Bianca per la famiglia del Presidente Obama. E ora annuncia due importanti notizie per una carriera artistica in...