Close

by Bianca Friundi   Nothing is as important to an Italian as their family, "La Famiglia". We Italians define our family not only in the traditional sense, but also extend it to the community which encompasses our daily lives. In San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, there is a little known group of Italian expatriates from the northern Ita...

679

My father died six months before I was born in 1919. He was in his 50s and suffered a heart attack on the stoop of his house in Yonkers, N.Y. Months after I was born, my mother was institutionalized for depression. My Aunt Emilie from France and her husband took me in, and we soon moved to France, near Strasbourg.   My first memory is b...

574

Did you know that an Italian castle clings to Telegraph Hill? And, this one was created and owned by Italian immigrant Julius' Roz and designed by Italian architect Louis Mastropasqua.   If you walk up to 302 Greenwich Street where it meets up with Montgomery Street, there clings a castle, called Julius' Castle. Rarely does one find a castle...

636

Nei prossimi mesi di luglio ed agosto c'è un appuntamento settimanale da non perdere per gli amanti del cinema italiano residenti nella Baia di San Francisco.   Sta riscuotendo una grande popolarità, infatti, il cineforum intitolato "La Pellicola della Politica" organizzato dall'associazione di studenti di italiano all'Università di Berkeley...

549

About the author: Melania G. Mazzucco has written nine novels, including Vita (FSG, 2005), which was awarded the prestigious Strega Prize and named a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. For Limbo, she was awarded the Premio Elsa Morante and the Premio Bottari Lattes Grinzane.   Her many other honors include receiving the Viaregg...

824

L'associazione "La Storia nel Futuro" organizza ormai da diversi anni il "Silicon Valley Study Tour", uno dei primi progetti mirati a creare un ponte culturale e imprenditoriale fra Italia e California. La Stampa ha incontrato il presidente Paolo Marenco per farsi raccontare in cosa consiste il progetto e quali sono i vantaggi, a breve e lungo ter...

676

The Italian Community Services in San Francisco are celebrating their 97th anniversary at their annual dinner in October. They will be honoring the Director of the San Francisco Opera, Maestro Nicola Luisotti. The dinner will be preceded by cocktails.   WHEN: October 27th WHERE: Ritz Carlton Hotel - San Francisco, CA TIME: 6:00 pm For mor...

661

IASA-WRC needs new officers; people committed to leading the organization. IASA-WRC is now accepting nominations for officers (President, Vice-president, Treasurer, Secretary and Curator/Newsletter editor) for the 2014-2016 term. Some of our current officers are interested in continuing in a leadership role but we need new individuals interested i...

580

On the occasion of the World Premiere of Marco Tutino and Fabio Ceresa's opera La Ciociara at SF Opera, the Italian Cultural Institute of SF will present a special screening of the 1960 film of the same title by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sofia Loren.   Sunday, May 31 – 6:30pmNew People Cinema - 1746 Post St, San Francisco Tickets: $20...

957

by Flora Tsapovsky   The trend of lucrative collaborations has reached an unexpected frontier – charcuterie! The superstar of everything Italian Mario Batali and Belcampo Meat Co, the prime Northern Californian destination for prime cuts, announced a gourmet 'collection' of collaborative salumi called "Belcampo by Mario Batali".   The...

1147