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When Alberto Cipollina, a more than forty-year member of the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC) became president in 2011, it was clear that things were changing.   After years of disagreements and rancor about the future direction of the SFIAC, the newly-elected Cipollina promised that his one-year term as president would provide a...

On Friday, June 17 the Museo Italo Americano (Fort Mason Center, Building C) will fling open its doors to the public from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m for Museo Night. On this special evening, guests are invited to enter the Museo free of charge and enjoy the galleries, including the latest exhibit "Quattro Storie", as well as hear the music of some of Italy's...

A retrospective of films starring Italy's most iconic actor is coming to Hollywood. The upcoming LA, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest will be dedicated to iconic Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni and include a retrospective of films featuring the beloved leading man of directors including Antonioni, Fellini, De Sica, Germi, Scola and Viscont...

When Ettore Patrizi declared San Francisco's Italian community of 1911 to be La Colonia Modello, he pointed to a number of factors that he believed made it so. One of those factors was the proliferation of Italian institutions and societies that flourished in the Colony. Among them was La Società Italiana di Mutua Beneficenza, the Italian Mutual Be...

by Nickolas Marinelli   As la Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day) approaches, San Francisco's Italian Community is preparing for three events that have marked the day for decades in the City by the Bay. Besides the invitation-only celebration hosted by the Italian Consulate each year, San Francisco will pay special tribute to la patria on...

With the restoration of the exterior set to begin shortly, the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is on schedule to open in the second half of 2014, and possibly as soon as summer, said executive director Marianna Gatto. The long-in-the-works museum's permanent exhibition, focusing on the history of Italian Americans in Los Angeles and Souther...

By Sebastian Fichera   I was a high school kid with immigrant parents who worked in a factory and still struggled with the English language back in Hartford, Connecticut when I started hearing about this guy named Mario Savio causing absolute chaos in a far-away place called Berkeley.   The infamous troublemaker with a name like min...

The centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth will be celebrated by the 10th Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival, the annual pre-Oscars event celebrating showbiz ties between Italy and Hollywood.   Rising star Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, known for his "Pavarotti Ping," will be the first celebrity guest to pay tribute to Sinatra on...

When: FROM Thursday, May 26, 2016 Al Friday, June 03, 2016 Organized by : Violipiano Music, In collaboration with : IIC Entrance : With fee A creative and surprising violinist, Luca Ciarla easily transcends the boundaries among genres to trace an innovative musical path, a magical acoustic seduction in perfect balance between written compos...

The Italian Cultural Center of San Diego requests the pleasure of your company at the Fundraising Dinner for Montemonaco (AP) devastated by the October 30th earthquake. This event, "Three Chefs for Montemonaco", will be held on Friday, February 3, 2017 at the Our Lady of The Rosary Church Hall located at 1654 State Street, San Diego, CA, from 6: 00...

CA Assemblyman seeks to disband Columbus Day and replace with Native American Day "Christopher Columbus' achievements as a great Renaissance explorer and his discovery of America, which led to the influx of ideas and people of Western Europe on which America was founded and still rests, is why we must continue to celebrate Columbus Day on the seco...

by Angela Hart   Whether it's the music, the people, the sense of community or the culinary fare, Cotati's celebration of the accordion is growing more popular every year, event organizers said Sunday. This weekend's festival, the 24th since its inception, drew an estimated 5,000 people to downtown's La Plaza Park — some from as far awa...