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by Louie Castoria Filmmaker Christopher Columbus discovered actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. On the second Monday in October each year we remember someone else by that name. This year the day falls on Oct. 12, the traditional date for Columbus Day, and the anniversary of Columbus' first landing in the New World in 1492....

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Ciao Amici! It is with great pleasure that I announce the details of this yearCircolo Italiano's Christmas celebration. As announced, it will be aPranzo di Natale, a Christmas Luncheon. And here they are... We were able to get a venue that is one of Santa Barbara's most elegant places, La Cumbre Country Club.   The menu is not only...

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We know that Italians have a big heart. In the Italian American community there's plenty of examples, and today we are very happy and proud to meet one of them, who has been doing for 10 years something extraordinary.   His name is Bruno Serato, and every day he feeds pasta for free to almost 1,800 kids. Every single day, with Caterina's Club. So...

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Last June 1st, the Federated Italo-Americans of Southern California celebrated one of the most important recurrences of the year, the Italian Republic Day. They met at Casa Italiana for a gala dinner that brought together over a hundred guests, evidently proud of reuniting for such an important occasion. A cocktail hour welcomed the guests before...

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Time: December 14, 2012 to March 10, 2013Location: Museo Italo AmericanoCity/Town: San FranciscoWebsite or Map: http://museoitaloamericano.orgEvent Type: exhbitionOrganized By: Museo Italo Americano The son of Sicilian immigrants, Joe Oddo is a long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay area and a self-described "traditionalist" painter. During t...

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The images above on the Italian Heritage Mural are part of the life work of Italian immigrant Gino Sbrana, who started his American life in San Francisco as a vegetable peddler. By 1911, he had launched a large photographic studio, Pisa Foto, at Columbus and Broadway in San Francisco. Later Gino founded a studio in Oakland and, in 1919, settled in...

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by Mauro Battocchi   Thanks to the Mind the Bridge Foundation more than 250 high-tech professionals from Silicon Valley learnt something that hardly ever pierces through the media walls - facts about Italy's innovation capabilities that are generally confined to a smaller circle of hands-on experts. Such is Italy's success in culture, food,...

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by Mauro Battocchi   After a successful California premier and screenings in New York City, Finding the Motherlode — thedocumentary about the history of Italians in California by Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, co-sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs — has been invited back to California for a tour of eight screenings aro...

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La 57^ edizione del San Francisco International Film Festival è alle porte, e come ogni anno in primavera questo evento presenta per quindici giorni una straordinaria selezione di opere cinematografiche provenienti da tutto il mondo.   Fra gli oltre duecento film ed eventi live in programma e cento registi in persona, anche l'Italia avrà la...

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Quando il cardinale argentino Jorge Bergoglio è stato nominato Papa e ha deciso di adottare, per la prima volta nella storia millenaria della Chiesa cattolica il nome di Francesco, ha inaugurato il suo pontificato con un gesto di alto profilo.   Come è noto infatti, il nome che un Papa decide di assumere per la più alta carica del Cristianes...

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