Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 Hours: 6:30 PM Venue: IIC Organized by: IIC In collaboration with: Luce Cinecitta' and UC Santa Barbara On Italian National Unity and Armed Forces Day, the IIC commemorates WWI Centennial with the screening of Fango e Gloria (docufiction, 2014, 90') directed by Leonardo Tiberi. In Italian with English subtitl...

On December 3rd, the Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy will present its Holiday Luncheon at the Olympic Club in San Francisco with modeling of Italian designer fashions from Centro39 and a performance by Ragazzi Boys Chorus, San Francisco's premier boys chorus. The reception and silent auction will kick off at 11AM. Contact 212-980-8770 or click he...

by John Chesler   Among OC's hundreds of burger joints, bountiful Asian restaurants, and seemingly endless Mexican food options, Italian restaurants don't seem to get as much love from the hipster masses. But here comes North Italia in Irvine, as the Arizona-based mini-chain serves up some high-quality modern Italian grub.   It ain't...

The University of Berkeley is inaugurating its Program for the Study of Italy on Friday, February 19 from 2-4PM at 201 Moses Hall. The gathered crowd will be treated to a discussion with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History at NYU, and Stephanie Malia Hom, Professor of Italian at the University of Oklahoma. The two distinguished Italian...

The Vallejo lodges of the Order Sons of Italy in America on Nov. 6 presented the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center with a donation of $8,734 during a ceremony held in the UC Davis MIND Institute auditorium. The donation, from the Virgilio Lodge Number 1586 and the Beatrice Portinari Lodge Number 1626, brings the organization's donations to UC Dav...

L'ICE organizza, in collaborazione con AESVI, un Punto Italia con meeting point alla Game Connection America che si terrà all'interno del Sir Francis Drake Hotel, a San Francisco, dal 25 al 27 marzo 2013.   Dal 2001, la Game Connection, organizzata tre volte all'anno in Europa, Stati Uniti e Asia, è la manifestazione che offre maggiori ...

In Italian popular tradition, an old lady riding on a broomstick visits all the children on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany to fill their socks with candy and presents if they are good or a lump of coal or dark candy if they are bad. Befana carries a bag, wears a black shawl and is covered in soot because she enters the children's houses throu...

by Mauro Battocchi   As we watch 2013 edge to a close, let's take a look back at the outstanding events that brought many dimensions of Italy's rich culture to the Bay as part of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture.   We've been truly graced to have such a delightful schedule of engagements and I offer my heartfelt thanks to all who made...

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes cookbook author Chloe Coscarelli to the store to discuss and sign her new cookbook, Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen: 150 Pizzas, Pastas, Pestos, Risottos, & Lots of Creamy Italian Classics, on Tuesday, September 30th at 7pm.   If you think a healthy vegan diet means saying goodbye to sumptuous Ital...

The history of the brand name "Cama" has its roots in Deruta, a city known for its famous production of ceramics throughout Italy. It is also linked to California and in most areas of the United States.   The name "Friends of Cama" was originally created by a group of American citizens from the Bay Area, who in 2010 came together to raise a...