Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:00 pm Illustrated lecture by San Francisco Opera Director of Music Administration, Kip Cranna who will explore with you two of Puccini's most beloved operas in two very different cinematic treatments.

by Maria Gloria   Dear Readers,Looking back "Anniversario numero 36" coming up for the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco, reminds me that actor Charlton Heston and his wife Lydia Heston were Charter Members of the Museo ItaloAmericano when it first opened its doors in 1978, atop Malvina's Caffé, in a gallery space generously donated by t...

When: Sunday, August 7, 2016 4:30PMWhere: Italian American Museum of San Francisco, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., Building C, San Francisco, CA 94123 Illustrated lecture by Author Kathleen Gonzalez who will present the biographies of Venetian composers Antonia Bembo and Barbara Strozzi, additionally including the histories of poet V...

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...

For all lovers of baseball and Italian American culture, there is something for everyone in San Diego's Little Italy. Through a series of fundraising efforts including the sale of tickets to the upcoming Padres/Dodgers game at Petco Park on September 21st, the Convivio Center (2157 India Street in Little Italy) is the next stop for the Museo Italo...

Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:00 pm Illustrated lecture by San Francisco Opera's Director of Music Administration, Kip Cranna, who will on the occasion of Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, discuss the operas La Traviata and Otello and show excerpts from the films by Franco Zeffirelli, master of Italian cinema. Italian opera is a special world...

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:00 PM - Leonardo da Vinci Society lecture. Illustrated lecture by Luciano Chessa who is active as a composer, performer and conductor. He teaches at the Conservatory of Music and serves on the Advisory Board of TACET, the international research publication dedicated to Experimental Music from the Universite Paris...

by Mauro Battocchi   The first annual edition of Mercato di Natale (Italian Christmas Market) will be held in San Francisco on December 7th and 8th from 10am to 6pm, in collaboration with DIVE (Donne Italiane che Vivono all'Estero), a dynamic group of Italian women expats living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Enjoy Silicon Valley, a local...

by Mauro Battocchi   Have you made it down to the Museo Italo Americano of San Francisco located at Fort Mason? This important institution preserves the heritage of Italian Americans for future generations through art exhibits, language classes, cultural programs, feste, film and more. For the full listing, check out their calendar of events...

Museo Italo Americano - Fort Mason Center - 2 Marina Blvd., Building C - San Francisco, CA 94123.Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:00pm Let Kathleen Gonzalez, author of A Beautiful Woman in Venice, tell you the stories of Rosalba Carriera, Veronica Franco, Hermonia Vivarini, Marietta Barovier, Cencia Scarpariola, and others who proved tha...