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Italian film was showcased at Newport Beach Film Festival, in California, with a screening of "Immaturi - Il viaggio" (2012) by Paolo Genovese. The film was introduced by the Executive Director of the Festival, Gregg Schwenk, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Alberto Di Mauro. They both underscored the strong link between th...

Fri 4/24/15 5:30PMThe Godfather Live + Pre-Film Mafia Costume PartySan Diego Symphony - 750 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101   Its organized crime and you're invited! Join the family on Friday, April 24th! Tickets are only $100 and include the pre-film Mafia Costume Party and preferred seating for The Godfather accompanied LIVE by the San...

Museo Italo Americano. Fort Mason Center - 2 Marina Blvd., Building C - San Francisco, CA 94123. Sunday, November 1 at 4:30pm. The San Francisco Renaissance Voices will perform Viva Italia, a concert of Italian Renaissance music. Come and enjoy a special, fascinating and rare concert featuring Missa Nasce la Gioia by Palest...

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive of the University of California recently presented the new film series centered on the great Italian directors of Western movies, "The Hills Run Red: Italian Westerns, Leone and Beyond."   The Series, running through January 27th, presents six classics by Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, Damiano Dam...

Say "Italy," and most people probably think of Italian food. Say "Italy" to a musician, and thoughts turn immediately to opera and to song. "It's such a lyrical place," said Dana Zimbric, artistic director and conductor of the California Chamber Orchestra. "There's so much wonderful music from Italy and about Italy."   The orchestra opens it...

by Nickolas Marinelli   Ask any average American who Ninetto Davoli is, and you'll likely get a blank stare. Even fans of vintage foreign films may have a hard time remembering where they've heard that name before. But ask an Italian or Italian film fan, and you'll get the kind of reaction usually reserved for superstars who began their care...

Credited as "one of the most important showcases for the contemporary guitar" by The San Francisco Chronicle, International Guitar Night (IGN) is a long-standing Bay Area tradition known for its friendly and informal ambiance, as well as its exceptional guitar performances.   The Italian guitarist Pino Forastiere will be one of the special g...

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1709:00 am Honoring an Italian Maestro of Cinematic ArtDoc Once Up a Time... Sergio Leone dir Giovanni Minoli (60') 10:15 am Eni - Culture by Energy -The Mattei Affair dir Francesco Rosi (116')Restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L'Immagine Ritrovata in association with The Film Foundation, Paramount Pictures, and Museo Nazionale de...

Sabato 10 Novembre al Mopa in Balboa Park si è tenuta la serata di Gala del San Diego Italian Film Festival. Alla sua sesta edizione questa manifestazione è un'importante istituzione per la comunità italiana di San Diego ed offre la possibilità di condividere e vivere aspetti della cultura italiana tramite l'arte del cinema.Per 90 minuti o poco più...

by Mauro Battocchi   Naples is in the limelight these days in the Bay Area. In honor of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture, the San Francisco Jazz Festival is hosting Pino Daniele at the SF Jazz Center this Friday June 21st from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The popular singer, songwriter and guitarist that influenced the Neopolitan sound in the 70's w...

by Catherine Accardi Italian film "noir" is coming to San Francisco's historic Castro Theater. The Noir City-San Francisco Noir Film Festival 2015 began its 13th year on January 15th and will continue through January 25th. Twenty-five classic films are included in the line-up this year. If you are a film noir aficionado this is an event you do not...

by Moira Sullivan   Isabella Rossellini will be a featured guest at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival (April 23-May 7) and the subject of a new documentary "Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live" by Judy Shapiro that screens April 26-27 in the presence of Isabella and the filmmaker.   Rossellini has had a long-term love affair wi...