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by Mauro Battocchi   Have you made it down to the Museo Italo Americano of San Francisco located at Fort Mason? This important institution preserves the heritage of Italian Americans for future generations through art exhibits, language classes, cultural programs, feste, film and more. For the full listing, check out their calendar of events...

For most of his life, professional surfer Chris Del Moro has probably spent as much time in the water as on land. When he was just three, while most kids were learning how to swim, he was riding his boogie board on the shores of both the Pacific and the Mediterranean; by the time he was a teen, he began to surf around the world.   From Indon...

by Catherine Accardi   Can an 18th century Italian comedic play withstand the tests of time and culture? We who live in the San Francisco Bay Area have the opportunity to make that determination when Mirandolina, Mistress of a Tuscan Inn comes to the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Mirandolina is probably not the typical type of...

Date: Sunday, September 27, 2015 Hours: www.wattstowers.org Venue: Watts, CA Organized by: Watts Towers Arts Center and IIC   The Jasmine Tommaso Quintet that includes Jasmine's father, Giovanni Tommaso at the contrabass, represents Italy at the prestigious Festival that pays tribute to the American music forms of jazz, gospel and R&B...

The wing position for the Kings this season has underachieved and there isn't much debate about it. After signing Marco Belinelli in free agency, it was apparent that the Kings were making the right moves necessary to fill the void of a shooting wing.   With the collection of Rudy Gay, Ben McLemore, Omri Casspi and Caron Butler, it seemed th...

When: Saturday April 23rd at 6:00pmWhere: Italian Cultural Center - 1669 Columbia Street, San DiegoRSVP at: http://iccoliveoilevent.eventbrite.com Come experience the different tastes of oils based on olive type and growing conditions!   During the event you will taste four different extra virgin olive oils from the regions of Trentino...

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...

by Roberto Natalini   As Music Director Nicola Luisotti and San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley revealed the day prior to the performance, all three hundred and twenty artists from Teatro San Carlo and the San Francisco Opera would communicate together using only the universal language of music.   The long awaited combi...

By Lara Lago Questa è la storia di un regista a cui nessuno dava fiducia, di un film senza budget, girato in 11 giorni per 8 ore al giorno, di attori pagati dal regista senza fiducia del film senza budget, perché "nonostante tutto noi volevamo così".   Questa è una favola che parla di successo, ma posa le sue radici su quella frustrazione c...

Sicily. This is the story of Giovanni, the perfect embodiment of naivety and passion, of innocence that crosses all barriers of knowledge and ignorance, a simple soul that says what he thinks and believes all that people tell him. July 3rd 2.00 pm - July 6th 12.30 pm - July 9th 2.00 pm - July 12th 9.30 pm - July 13th 6.30 pm  

"Think 'Moonstruck' meets 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.'" That's how Maria Cominis, professor of theatre and dance, describes "Italian American Reconciliation," which runs Oct. 7-30 at Cal State Fullerton's Hallberg Theatre. Directed by Cominis, the romantic comedy, written by "Moonstruck" author John Patrick Shanley, centers around Huey, who is...

by Mike Silverman   Anna Caterina Antonacci is an opera star who thrives on defying expectations. A mesmerizing performer with a supple and lustrous voice, Antonacci seems equally at home in roles written for soprano or for the lower-voiced mezzo-soprano.   She has triumphed in one of the most popular of operas, Bizet's "Carmen," but...