Istituto Di Cultura - San Francisco

On April 6, 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, one of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance, died in Rome. On the 500th anniversary of his death, while waiting for the places of culture to reopen and allow us to see the works of art live again, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation together with the network...

Watch Chiara Alessi as she shares stories about some of the most iconic products of Italian design in a series of short videos.  In Italian with English subtitles.   1 FIAT 500 2 BACIO 3 VESPA 4 MOKA 5 NAMES OF DESIGN OBJECTS 6 ORIGIN OF THE ICE CREAM CONE 7 DESIGN IN THE CLASSROOM 8 SUGLASSES OF THE STARS &n...

Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione and Compagnia Pippo Delbono present a series of theatre performances that can be streamed from the comfort of your home. The performances are subtitled in English and introduced by a special video message by Pippo Delbono. Available until September 30, 2020. PROGRAM Questo Buio Feroce...

Ten stories from Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece, The Decameron, read in English and Italian. Written in a time of plague, these tales still have the power to lift the spirits and comfort the soul. Episodes will be released weekly, starting June 30, on our YouTube channel. A production of the Italian Cultural Insti...

In honor of the 20th edition of Week of the Italian Language in the World (October 19-25, 2020), Fondazione Italia, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco under the auspices of the Italian Consulate General in Los Angeles and the Italian Consulate...

On September 9th, Place To Be, the IMF (Italian Music Festivals) project promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Italian Summer Festival schedule, kicks off, as part of the measures to support Italian cultural and creative enterprises and aimed at building a new international narrative...

Once again this year the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (Itailian Short Film Center) in collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has made available ten Italian short films. The shorts will be released weekly starting Wednesday, September 9 and will be availalbe for one week. Link...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Academy of Arts and Crafts of the Teatro alla Scala offer two distinct types of scholarships for the academic year 2020-2021. The first offer concerns 8 scholarships of 9 months each for young foreign opera singers who have successfully passed the first...

The 21st edition of the Pordenonelegge literary festival will take place September 16 to 20. It is one of the major national literary festivals in Italy. The festival will welcome about 250 authors throughout the more than 120 encounters scheduled over the course of the festival. A primary source for autumn previews and...

Italian Music Festivals and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents Calibro 35 in a PLACE TO BE live show in the wonderful Egnazia archaeological area in Apulia. Just a few miles from the coast, from the "white city" of Ostuni and from the trulli, the traditional Apulian houses in Albe...

The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is happy to resume the film series CINEDAY, featuring ten Italian contemporary films available to the first 300 to register. The link & password you'll receive upon registration are valid only for the specified date and time. Please note that the registration li...

PLACE TO BESeptember 23, @ 6:45 pm (Israel time)Cella Monte, Monferrato (AL) Nu GuineaDj Set + Live Keys REGISTER HERE (Free Admission) The last performance of PLACE TO BE will take place in Monferrato, right in the vineyards of Cella Monte. Recognised as a Unesco World Heritage Site, Cella Monte is an enchanting ha...

An international celebration of Elena Ferrante’s new novel, hosted by the global network of Italian Cultural Institutes and Europa Editions   Elena Ferrante readers number in the millions worldwide. She has been celebrated by authors such as Elizabeth Strout, Roberto Saviano, Lauren Groff, Karl Ove Knausga...

The Story of Raphael and Sebastiano del Piombo Thursday, October 1st, 2020 | 12:00pm PST Zoom webinar with MATTHIAS WIVELAub Jebsen Curator of Sixteenth-Century Italian PaintingsNational Gallery - London   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   On April 6, 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, one of the geniuses of the Renaissance...