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Italian comics have long been a part of Italian society and culture. Antonio Iannotta, Ph.D., who led communications for an international comics festival in Naples, Italy, for six years, will trace how comics underline Italian history, examine prominent authors and discuss popular characters. More at http://www.chapman.edu/ Date: Thursday, Ma...

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St. Joseph's Day - La Festa di San Giuseppe, the Feast of Saint Joseph, is celebrated by Catholics worldwide, but it is especially important in Italy; it serves as Italian Father's Day, Giuseppe, of course, being the man who stepped in to be the earthly father of Jesus.   The holiday is particularly special in Sicily, where St. Joseph is hon...

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A poetic journey through the wine's stones and the valleys of Valtellina, in Northern Italy.   It's a lush and penetrating look at this unique community and place, noted for grape and wine production. Introduced by Ernest Miller, Co-Chair Slow Food LA.   Read more   Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/  

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Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: IIC, Leonardo da Vinci Society A concert of works by Respighi, Poulenc, and Nino Rota where, in addition to the exploration of innovative harmonies and the restoration of ancient musical materials from the fiftee...

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If you're looking for quality original comic song and Broadway musical comedy numbers, you don't need to a book a ticket to New York. Instead, stick around San Francisco and check out Cabaret Comico: A Salute to the Comic Singer & Songwriter mid-November in San Francisco.    The event is presented by the Italian Cultural Institute a...

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A Smartsville 6-year-old and his dad set a grape-squishing record recently when they squeezed 5.1 pounds of juice out of 20 pounds of fruit. The pair had attended the first day of the recent Italian Festa, in Penn Valley, and saw the first heats of the Grape Stomp. They turned the day of family fun into a stomp recon mission.   "We had...

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by Valerio Viale   Mauro Borrelli, in more than two decades of activity, has been perfecting his visual craft, alongside undisputed cinematic masters, the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and Tim Burton. In 2013, Borrelli realized the short film, White Shoe, a whimsical story inspired to the - internationally renowned - Italian shoemaker,...

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by Michael Hixon   Max Galassi got his first taste of filmmaking during a middle school art competition in Connecticut when he created a short film about bullying. "I had experience with bullying in middle school and it was something I was passionate about at the time," recalled Galassi.   "I was successful with it and I ended up...

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The festival includes an Italian design installation, Fiat test drives on Thursday evening, a fashion show showcasing Italian bicycles on Friday. The "Mangia Bevi Mercato" features Italian food, wine, and beer tastings including Galbani cheeses, Baci chocolates, Peroni beer and various Italian wines, as well as locally-made products in the Italian...

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Presentation about the Reggio Emilia educational method by the pedagogical specialist and Reggio Emilia educator Claudia Giudici and the architect Michele Zini, who designed the Italian International School (La Scuola) in San Francisco and specialises in architecture for young children. Please register here for the presentation at the IIC.  ...

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