Philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem Pledges More Than $20 Million to Fund Arts Programs at UC Davis
In a testament to Maria Manetti Shrem’s continuing commitment to the arts and education internationally, the “Maria Manetti Shrem Arts Renaissance” will be created at the University of California, Davis, with a pledge of more than $20 million to further the art patron’s longstanding philanthropic partnership with the university. Funding eight endow...
Call for Sponsors For the XXIII Week Of the Italian Language In the World Contest
The Consulate General in San Francisco invites applications to sponsor the prizes for the competition, “The Italian and the Book: the World between the Lines” which will be launched in the first days of August 2024. Sponsorships may include financial contributions, technical support (through the provision of products) or a combination thereof. Inte...
“La famiglia è tutto”: what it means to be an Italian language student at PLNU
Venice, or Venezia: the elusive city of islands, canals and free-flowing water; a home to mystery, pride and honor. Venetians have told themselves stories about themselves for hundreds of years — stories of their stable government, autonomous republic and prosperous existence. This is the myth of Venice. Born out of a republic – “La Serenissima” –...
Fondazione Italia partners with Sons and Daughters of Italy in America® (OSDIA) to offer 20% discount on classes to members
Fondazione Italia, a leading Italian Language school both in the classroom and online, has announced a partnership with Order Sons And Daughters Of Italy In America® (OSDIA). All members of OSDIA are eligible for a 20% discount on any group class offered by Fondazione Italia, which include beginning to advanced as well as conversational, vocabulary...
Maria Manetti Shrem Grants For AP Italian 2023/2024 Academic Year
Grants honoring Italian American Philanthropist Ms. Maria Manetti Shrem are available through the COMITES (Committee of Italians Abroad), under the auspices of the Consulate of Italy in San Francisco, to support students taking the AP Italian Language and Culture Exam in 2024. As an effort to increase the number of AP Italian Language and Culture E...
Italian Songs in the Making: A Creative Celebration at Chapman University
The Italian and Italophile community of Orange County and the broader Southern California region convened last Saturday for the eighth iteration of the Italian Perspective Series at the Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman University. This event, a successor to the Theater and Culture showcase of 2023, which marked the inauguration of the Ferrucci In...
The Ferrucci Institute, through its Italian perspective series, brings the best of Italy to the forefront
Held in the luxurious rooms of the Musco Center for the Arts, the Italian Perspective series has established itself as both a beloved tradition at Chapman University in Orange and a key event for celebrating and exploring the wealth of Italian culture. Initiated in response to the local community’s sincere wish to strengthen ties and create opportu...
Fondazione Italia partners with Sons and Daughters of Italy in America® (OSDIA)
Fondazione Italia, a leading Italian Language school both in the classroom and online, has announced a partnership with Order Sons And Daughters Of Italy In America® (OSDIA). OSDIA announced this partnership in the April issue of its newsletter “Questo Mese”. This partnership is focused on rekindling a connection to heritage and culture among the I...
Contest Italo Calvino and Sustainability
On March 6th at Palisades Charter High School and on March 7th at San Pedro High School a group of students who attend the Italian classes have been awarded for having taken part in the contest “Italo Calvino and Sustainability”. At Palisades Charter High School, Consul Lorenza Errighi congratulated the teacher Arianna Strippoli and her students wh...
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Viterbi Naming
Twenty year ago, Andrew Viterbi, cofounder of technology powerhouse Qualcomm and inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, and his late wife Erna made the largest naming gift to an engineering school in history at that time. In the two decades since, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering reached new heights of academic excellence. Over the past 20 years,...
Leonardo da Vinci: Inventor. Artist. Dreamer
Opening March 2. California Science Center. 700 Exposition Park Drive Los Angeles, CA. Learn more and tickets here. Explore the engineering marvels and artistry of one of history's greatest minds and inventors, Leonardo da Vinci. The companion IMAX movie Cities of the Future 3D showcases the exciting innovations engineers are working on today—from...
California International Reggio Center (CIRC): Uniting Education Globally
The Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco is glad to announce that La Scuola International School in San Francisco, a private Italian non-profit school supported by the Consulate, recently hosted a Ribbon Cutting ceremony to mark the launch of the California International Reggio Center (CIRC), a groundbreaking initiative fostering global educ...