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By Kim Westerman How is it that there are so many variations on the theme of flour, water, yeast, tomatoes and cheese? What makes pizza "authentic?" This food with Italian origins is now an American staple, and there are more styles than you can shake a stick at, the most common in the Bay Area being traditional Italian and Californian.   T...

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This time our aperitivo will go big! We are organizing a "grigliata", an Italian BBQ to welcome new members of the UC Berkeley/LBNL community! We want this to be an opportunity for new members of the UC Berkeley/LBNL community to feel welcome in our university and meet our society. We invite all UC-Berkeley/LBNL affiliates, alumni and the...

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Sixty years ago Anna Magnani won an Oscar for Best Actress for The Rose Tattoo, starring Burt Lancaster, directed by Daniel Mann. The Istituto Luce-Cinecittà dedicated to a great actress retrospective, La Magnani, who is conquering New York and will involve other cities of the United States- Chicago, Detroit, Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Francisco, H...

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by Mauro Battocchi A new research center has been opened at UC Berkeley the Study of Ancient Italy. The center is affiliated with the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology and will promote and advance the study of the many cultures of ancient Italy, with special emphasis on the Etruscans and Romans.   It will suppo...

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Mr. Jonathan Moscone is currently in his 12th season serving as Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater, organization that has its base in Berkeley. A renowned director, he has received an Award by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation for "transforming the American theater through his unique and creative work".Besides his...

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Relevent Sports, a division of RSE Ventures announced that top international clubs Real Madrid CF and Inter Milan will face off at Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium on the University of California, Berkeley campus on Saturday, July 26, as part of the Guinness International Champions Cup.   Kickoff for the contest, which will be broa...

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Il circolo PD San Francisco-Berkeley-Silicon Valley e' lieto di invitare tutta la comunità italiana della Bay Area a un brindisi per le festività. Il brindisi sara' un'occasione per conoscere il circolo, e discutere insieme di idee per la comunità e per la politica in Italia. L'evento si svolgerà nella sala meeting, indirizzo 50 8th St, San Francis...

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By Sarah Rohrs Before his rise as a leading progressive political analyst and author, Michael Parenti learned about life growing up on the streets of New York's Italian East Harlem. The Berkeley author, a strong voice for the political left, gave a glimpse of his early life during a special book reading in an unusual location -- the credit un...

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Ricercatori italiani e statunitensi scendono in campo a Expo 2015 per salvare l'agrobiodiversità grazie ad uno strumento, nato per preservare la biodiversità nel settore agricolo. Si tratta di una tecnologia basata su un software che simula il funzionamento di un ecosistema e, per la prima volta, consente di intervenire scientificamente contro le c...

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The University of Berkeley is inaugurating its Program for the Study of Italy on Friday, February 19 from 2-4PM at 201 Moses Hall. The gathered crowd will be treated to a discussion with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History at NYU, and Stephanie Malia Hom, Professor of Italian at the University of Oklahoma. The two distinguished Italian...

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