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...
READ MOREThursday 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...
READ MOREMy late father bought me a Joe Montana jersey when I was a boy. Home red with white stripes. I don't remember when he gave it to me, or why, but I'll never forget the way the mesh sleeves felt against my arms. The last time I visited my mom, I looked for it in her closets. She said it'd been put away somewhere. On trips home I half expect to still...
READ MOREThe San Francisco Bay Area is a mecca for foodies and wine lovers with upscale grocery stores in every neighborhood. Retailers such as Whole Foods, Mollie Stone’s, Draeger’s and Lunardi’s have multiple locations in the densely populated thirty-five-mile peninsula located South of San Francisco. With warm lighting and neutral colors, Whole Foods in...
READ MOREThursday February 9 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. On zoom. Organized by Il Cenacolo SF. Donatello, along with Ghiberti, was one of the most important Early Renaissance sculptors. He worked in bronze, marble, woodand terracotta. We will examine pieces from his Early Period, including the statues from Orsanmichele, the Mature Period featuring the bronze David...
READ MOREThe United States crowns Abruzzo and its wines: at the Wine Star Awards ceremony, which just concluded, in the splendid setting of the majestic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Abruzzo received the award given by the prestigious international magazine Wine Enthusiast to the most interesting wine realities in the sector."It is an extremely pres...
READ MOREThe San Francisco Giants announced today that amateur scout **Jim Gabella **was named this year’s winner of the Dick Tidrow Scout of the Year Award. The award, established in 2022, is given annually to the Giants scout who represents the integrity, character and work ethic exemplified by the late Dick Tidrow. Keith Snider, also in SF’s amateur scou...
READ MOREAccording to a recent liquor license application, Chef Matthew Accarrino is opening a new restaurant at 2232 Bush Street. The space was previously home to Out the Door, a “lower-key Slanted Door offshoot serving inventive modern Vietnamese fare,” and is right around the corner from Accarino’s existing eatery, SPQR. The upcoming Pacific Heights rest...
READ MOREShake off the post-holiday blues with some high-energy fun courtesy of Club Fugazi’s latest production, “Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon.” The one-man show stars Italian mime, comedian and cabaret artist Ennio Marchetto. At last week’s opening night performance, Marchetto's whirlwind series of parodies of some 60 different celebrities and historica...
READ MOREThere are projects in the Italian American world that are not connected to one local community, but rather contain them all, telling a particularly important theme that has characterized throughout the United States the stories of our compatriots. The protagonist of this interview is Raymond Guarini, a fantastic and very proud Italian American wh...
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