A Weekend with the Medici Family. Streaming Lectures from Florence with Art-Historian and Tour Guide Laura Cirri. SEE YOU ON March 26, 27, 28, 2021 - 9:30 am PST / 12:30 pm EST. 3/26 - From the Origin to the 15th Century. 3/27 - The 16th Century. 3/28 - The 17th & 18th Century Tickets on donation. Each live event will last about 1 hour and you will...

March 11, 12, 18, 19, 2021. 8:00 am PST / 11:00 am EST. Tickets $25-30 for the series. Join us for a virtual exploration of one of the most magical cities in Italy! Each live event will last about 1 hour and you will have a chance to ask questions :) Register here. You will receive a link after your ticket purchase. 3/11 - Spaccanapoli. 3/12 - Piaz...

We are beginning a new year in these unusual times, hoping the ICC community is healthy and in good spirits. Let's start 2021 in Venice! Enjoy a three-part lecture series in collaboration with Cultural Italy. You will be guided by a Venetian art historian and guide in the discovery of 18th Century Venice: its masks, everyday life, art, stunning arc...

Sun, December 20, 2020. 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM CET. A Virtual Seasonal Celebration for the Households of ICC Members & Friends. Sign up by Friday December 18 and you will receive a Zoom Link on Saturday December 19. The small contribution ($5 members; $10 non-members) will be used to support our harpist and to continue producing ICC events. Thank you...

Online Lecture Series. Sundays 9:30 am PST / 12:30 pm EST / 6:30 pm ITALY. Join expert Florence tour guide Laura Cirri as she gives an insider's introduction to the museum and churches of Florence. Tickets $20-25 for the whole series on Eventbrite. Click here. This is a collaboration between ICC and CulturalItaly. A portion of the proceeds are dona...

Friday, March 6, 2020. 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST. Italian Cultural Center of San Diego - 1629 Columbia Street, San Diego, CA 92101. A lecture about the work of San Diego Italian American writer Lawrence Madalena. Italian almond confetti and a taste of Prosecco will be shared.  In this presentation Clarissa Clò will discuss the novel THE INVISIBLE GLASS...

Sunday, February 16, 2020. 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST. House of Italy, 2191 Pan American Rd W, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101. Discover how Italy morphed from the face of Il Duce to the face of La Dolce Vita and conquered the world through passion and excellence in the realms of film, fashion & design, gastronomy & viticulture. The lecture will be led...

Saturday, February 22, 2020. 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PST. Lower Hall, Our Lady of the Rosary, 1654 State Street, San Diego, CA 92101. San Diego Italian Film Festival and Italian Cultural Center present a lecture on Pietro Germi, his comedies, and Italy in the 1960s. The lecture will be taught by Antonio Iannotta, PhD, Artistic Director of SDIFF and profe...

Saturday January 11. 7:30 pm. St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 743 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037. The San Diego Early Music Society is proud to present the long anticipated San Diego debut of the award-winning Concerto Italiano under the direction of renowned harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini. Concerto Italiano will perform music of Corel...

Join members of ICC and SDIFF for a night revolving around the world of Elena Ferrante. SDIFF Executive Director Diana Agostini and SDIFF Artistic Director Antonio Iannotta will hold a workshop on Elena Ferrante's first two novels: L'amore molesto and I giorni dell'abbandono. The workshop will be taught in English, with references to the original t...