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By Mauro Battocchi   I am honored to introduce a brand new web portal created by the Italian Consulate in San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute to promote Italian language education in the consular district of Northern California and the US North-West: www.weloveitalian.org. Together we must promote the teaching of Italian in the...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco recently welcomed Italian author Michele Cecchini who presented his acclaimed novel, "Per Il Bene Chi Ti Voglio" to a Bay Area audience. The novel, now in its fourth printing, speaks of the bittersweet experiences of the protagonist, Antonio Bevilacqua, as he emigrates from Lucca, Italy to San Francis...

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Date: Friday, May 06, 2016 - Time: 7:30 PM. Location: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Organized by: San Francisco Performances - In collaboration with: IIC   Known for her sparkling soprano and gifts as an actress on both the concert platform and opera stage, Rosa Feola regularly collaborates with conductors su...

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Il musicista italiano Marco Fusi, specializzato nel panorama della musica contemporanea, ha fatto visita alla Baia di San Francisco presentando un programma di pezzi per viola e violino di alcuni dei più innovativi compositori italiani attualmente operanti.   Il programma musicale è nato dalla collaborazione fra l’Istituto Italiano di Cultur...

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Warming Up with Luciano Berio- The brilliant young pianist Adam Tendler, visiting from New York, joins Sarah Cahill in a warm-up concert featuring Luciano Berio's piano compositions before they perform the same program a week later at the Italian Academy in New York.   Among the Berio pieces they will play are Touch (1991) for piano four-han...

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by George Calys   Design geeks have known for years that Italy is home to design with a capital "D". You only need watch the ubercool café patron leafing through Domus, to know that you'd better have at least one Italian-designed object in your living room or kitchen or else suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous poor taste. Fortunately...

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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, designed by architect Peter Eisenman, is photographed and interpreted through a present day lens. A Field of Stelae, creating a labyrinth of concrete blocks, exemplifies the profound anguish cemented in the memory of the Jews massacred by the Nazi regime.   The photo painting installation, present...

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The life, work and personality of Amedeo Modigliani will be discussed tonight at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco. Art expert Dr. Kenneth Wayne, author of the book "Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse" will present a two hour lecture that explores the psychology and historical context of Modigliani's bizarre forms, colorful po...

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The accomplished piano virtuosi 'Duo Pianistico di Firenze', invited to San Francisco as part of the annual Salkind piano duo festival, will grace our upper gallery with a special performance. Please click here to register for the concert.   Information Date: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (814 Montgomery Str...

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Americans and Italians are magnetically attracted to each other. This is one of Beppe Severgnini's statements on May 7th at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco.   Hardly anyone could have questioned it, as 500 Italians and Italo-philes crowded the theater. The event was co-organized by BAIA, the Consulate and the Italian Cultural In...

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