21-23 August, Vogue Theatre, 3290 Sacramento St, SF. Frank Sinatra would be 100 this year and to celebrate Jack Daniel's is presenting "Ring-A-Ding-Ding: The Movies of Frank Sinatra" at the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco.   Over the weekend of August 21, 11 of Sinatra's most iconic roles will be screened, a carefully curated selection o...

It's back to school season and the time for self improvement is ripe. If you've always wanted to try your tongue at the bella lingua now is the time. "Strike while the iron is hot!" as the Americans say. And the good news for you, dear lingual blacksmith, is that the Bay Area has a plethora of options for you to develop and hone your Italian skills...

di Roberto Bonzio   Lo stralunato "Doc", il dottor Emmet Brown di "Ritorno al Futuro" è ispirato proprio a lui, che negli anni Settanta è stato una figura di punta della scienza quantistica e contemporaneamente della controcultura californiana. Scienziato eccentrico, Jack Sarfatti classe 1939 vive ancora a San Francisco, dove Italiani di Fro...

This roundtable discussion by leading California scholars in Italian American cinema and culture will cover some of the following questions related to Italian American media, representation, and history. What is the role of film and mass media in the constant reconstruction or refreshing of Italian and Italian American iconic images?  ...

by Eric Brightwell Los Angeles and Orange Counties are home to many official and unofficial (but widely recognized) ethnic enclaves, including Cambodia Town, Chinatown, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, Little Armenia, Little Arabia, Little Bangladesh, Little Ethiopia, Little India, Little Osaka, Little Saigon, Little Seoul, Little Tokyo, Oaxacato...

In 1989, Suzette Gresham and Giancarlo Paterlini decided to leave high-end Italian restaurant Donatello to open their own restaurant, Acquerello, in Nob Hill. With Gresham running the kitchen and Paterlini in charge of the front-of-house, Acquerello has become a local institution, earning a Michelin star annually since the guide debuted in the Bay...

Join the Italian community in the East Bay for the A's Italian Heritage Night on Friday, August 7th at 7:05PM at the Oakland A's Coliseum. A ticket to the festivities includes a pregame event in the Eastside Club (a new perk this year), an Athletics branded Italian heritage scarf, complementary Italian food and a reserved ticket at Field Level. &n...

The short film CHILD K, based on a little known page in history which was the first case of Genetic and Ethnic Cleansing in Germany, which lead the horrific stigma of what was to be the Holocaust, has met the preliminary requirement for the 2015 Best Live Action Short Film Oscar selection. Produced by Colorado Film, and Dinamo Film with the contri...

by Cameron Salce After moving 6,000 miles away from home in Italy, it took only one visit to Southern California for senior Riccardo Michelini to realize that San Diego State was the right choice to start his collegiate golf career in 2012. It was a dream scenario.   "SDSU was my first visit and even though I was in contact with other...

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...