The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to introduce CINEAPERITIVO, a new film series featuring Italian contemporary cinema accompanied by an aperitivo and light refreshments. The second film of the series is A Girl Returned (L'Arminuta), a film by Giuseppe Bonito based on the bestselling novel L’Arminuta by Donatella Di Pietrant...

When: Friday, March 17, 2023 At 7:30 pm - Where: Libreria Pino, 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco - Co-presented by Istituto Italiano di Cultura San Francisco and Libreria Pino Mbrascatu a cross-pollination of numerous influences, including spaghetti Westerns, immigrant dance music of Eastern Europe, psych rock, folk, to create a unique blend of sounds...

Tuesday March 7th, 2023 6-8pm. SFIAC San Francisco Italian Athletic Club - 1630 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA. Buy your ticket. March is Women's History Month and BAIA is excited to celebrate with a spotlight on Italian female professionals in the Bay Area. The third edition of the event is dedicated to the qualities that have allowed these leader...

When: March 9, 2023 | 6:30 PM - Where: Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco Italian Design Day in the World 2023 (IDD) will take place in 100 cities all over the world. As in the past editions, a theme will be chosen with particular attention to sustainability by 100 “Italian design ambassadors” - architects, designers...

Thursday March 2 | 6:30 PM. FIVE SHORTS AT THE NEW PARKWAY THEATER (474 24th St, Oakland, CA 94612). Introduction by Dr. Cristina Farronato, Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator, Department of Italian Studies, UC Berkeley. All shorts are subtitled in English. Free Admission | Registration required here. LA MIA MILANO by Nadia Ali (24 min). IDR...

The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, under the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco, commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a concert curated by Luciano Chessa and featuring Frances-Marie Uitti (cello, voice) and Chessa (piano, voice). The program includes two works, both inspired by Primo Levi...

When: December 15, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco @INNOVIT, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco Federico Faggin shares his fascinating journey through the ages, from being born in war-time Italy to living the American dream as he became the renown physicist, serial entrepreneur, designer of the first microprocessors...

December 2, 2022 | 5 PM & Leonardo Award Ceremony | 7 PM. Refreshments will follow. In-person and virtual presentation by Martin Kemp. The Commonwealth Club of California - 110 The Embarcadero - Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco. Five centuries after his death, Leonardo Da Vinci is attracting more attention for his art, his science and his mec...

On September 27, 2022, the Institute of European Studies of the University of California, Berkeley hosted a talk by an Italian academic, Professor Amedeo Arena, on the correspondence between the Neapolitan Enlightenment philosopher Gaetano Filangieri and the US founding father Benjamin Franklin. Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Director of the Italian Cultur...

"This year's Day of the Contemporary offers a unique opportunity to address complex and increasingly topical issues such as sustainability and climate change in a different way," said Italy's Ambassador to the United States, Mariangela Zappia. "Italy's commitment to addressing these challenges and promoting more environmentally friendly practices i...