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Saturday, November 16 · 2 - 4pm PST. St. Joseph Cathedral, 1535 Third Avenue San Diego, CA This presentation will discuss three works by women: Rosalia Pianavia Vivaldi’s colonial diary Tre anni in Eritrea (1901), Sibilla Aleramo’s memoir Una donna (1906) and Marie Hall Ets’s transcribed oral storytelling Rosa: The Life of an Italian Immigrant (197...

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Saturday October 19 2024, 14:00 (Local time). St. Joseph’s Cathedral (Auditorium) 1535 Third Ave, San Diego, CA. Tickets here. After premiering at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and Chapman University, Nick Gabriel‘s new adaptation of SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (1921) by Nobel Prize winner Luigi Pirandello, is presented in...

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Saturday September 14, 2:00 pm. Auditorium at St. Joseph's Cathedral, 1528 Fourth Ave, San Diego, CA. Tickets Here. In the first-ever SCIENCE DAY with ICC, six wonderfully accomplished San Diego-based Italian scientists will share stories of their educational paths and cutting edge research in a friendly atmosphere followed by Italian aperitivo. A...

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Venice, or Venezia: the elusive city of islands, canals and free-flowing water; a home to mystery, pride and honor.  Venetians have told themselves stories about themselves for hundreds of years — stories of their stable government, autonomous republic and prosperous existence. This is the myth of Venice. Born out of a republic – “La Serenissima” –...

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When: Starts on Friday, March 22 · 6:30pm PDT - Where: House of Pacific Relations - Hall of Nations, 2191 Pan American West Road San Diego, CA 92101 United States Through the works of 18th-century playwright Carlo Goldoni, and 19th-century composer Giuseppe Verdi, Professor Franca Barricelli will explore how the "Myth of Venice" -- the facts and fi...

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Thursday, January 18 - 6:30pm PST. House of Pacific Relations - Hall of Nations. 2191 Pan American West Road San Diego, CA. This presentation, by USD Italian Studies Professor Loredana Di Martino, will deal with women and migrations throughout some key moments in modern Italian history. A brief glimpse at female migrations from Italy will be follow...

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Friday, March 24th at 2:30 - 5:30 pm. Learning Commons 107 - University of San Diego Campus (5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA). Beatrice Basso is going to USD to speak about the Italian language and cultural work she did for Pixar’s film LUCA which takes place in a fictional Italian town inspired by the coastal town of Cinque Terre. She will discuss...

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Saturday, Feb 25, 2023, 12:00 PM PST - Online. Chicago's premier Commedia dell'Arte company, Laughing Stock Theatre, is here to talk about the history of the great Italian Commedia, demonstrate some of its characters, tropes, and its relevance to modern theatre, television, and cinema. This hour will combine a traditional lecture with short lazzi a...

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The Italian Cultural Center is looking for new members for our board of directors. Unlike other boards, there is no financial commitment, although board members are asked to donate gift baskets or other small tokens (around $100) for our Festa di Natale. We volunteer our time, usually in our areas of expertise, to help run the ICC. We meet every ot...

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The Southern Question has been a major topic in Italian political, economic, and cultural life for a century and more. The South remains a resonant theme in Italian literature and cinema. What consequences has the Question had in controlling the imaginations and actions of intellectuals and those with political and other forms of power? In this lec...

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