mostra > FERLINGHETTI FOR SAN FRANCISCO
July 19, 2025 – July 19, 2026 FERLINGHETTI FOR SAN FRANCISCO Legion of Honor, Logan Gallery Learn more & buy tickets The exhibition Ferlinghetti for San Francisco at the Legion of Honor museum explores the artistic practice of one of San Francisco’s most beloved and significant cultural figures: Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021). A poet, activist, publisher, and […]
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cinema > THROUGH HER EYES: A Film Series by Italian Women Directors
THROUGH HER EYES A five-film series by Italian women directors Feb 18-Jun 3, 2026 | 6:30 PM Italian Cultural Institute, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco All films are in Italian with English subtitles Free admission | Registration required Wednesday, February 18 | 6:30 PM Siblings (La vita da grandi) Dir: Greta Scarano Italy, 2025, 96 […]
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THROUGH HER EYES > Sweetheart (Gioia mia)
THROUGH HER EYES A Five-film Series by Italian Women Directors Wednesday, April 22 | 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM) Italian Cultural Institute 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco SWEETHEART (Gioia Mia) Directed by: Margherita Spampinato Italy, 2025, 90 min Starring: Aurora Quattrocchi, Marco Fiore, Camille Dugay, Martina Ziami In Italian with English subtitles REGISTER […]
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books > AMARA LAKHOUS: THE FERTILITY OF EVIL
Thursday, April 30th | 5 PM THE FERTILITY OF EVIL – Book presentation with Amara Lakhous Townsend Center For the Humanities 220 Stephens Hall, Berkeley From Italy’s Flaiano prize-winner Amara Lakhous, comes THE FERTILITY OF EVIL: A Novel (Other Press Trade Paperback). A heady psychological thriller spanning the history of postcolonial Algeria, Lakhous’s latest […]
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exhibition > EXPERIENCE ETRURIA – A LAZIO IMMERSIVE DIGITAL EXHIBITION
EXPERIENCE ETRURIA A LAZIO IMMERSIVE DIGITAL EXHIBITION Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco Digital exhibition open to the public from May 2-29, from 10 AM-4 PM by appointment. Email contact.sanfrancisco@esteri.it The Experience Etruria digital exhibition offers an immersive, technology-driven experience in the heart of downtown San Francisco, at the Italian Cultural Institute […]
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cinema > THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA @SFIFF
Sunday, May 3 | 12:00 PM Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr #B, San Francisco Now in its 69th edition running from April 24-May 4, 2026, the San Francisco International Film Festival presents the premiere of The Kidnapping of Arabella, an intense drama directed by Carolina Cavalli, skillfully blending humor and melancholy in […]
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cinema > ITALIAN CINEMA TODAY: CAROLINA CAVALLI AND BENEDETTA PORCAROLI
Monday, May 4 | 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM) Italian Cultural Institute 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco Italian Cinema Today: Carolina Cavalli e Benedetta Porcaroli The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco invites you to a special conversation with director Carolina Cavalli and actor Benedetta Porcaroli, following the screening of their film The […]
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cinema > CARLO CHATRIAN at the SF Silent Film Festival
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2026 AMAZING TALES FROM THE ARCHIVES A presentation by Carlo Chatrian, Director of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino Thursday, May 7 | 11 AM Castro Theater, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco Free Admission Event sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco LEARN MORE The SF Silent Film […]
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books > IN CALIFORNIA WITH JOAN DIDION
In California with Joan Didion: Horizons, Fears and Abysses along the West Coast Book presentation with author Benedetta Faedi in conversation with Sara Marinelli Thursday, May 7 | 6:30 PM This presentation is in English Free Admission | Registration required REGISTER HERE On a June morning in 1948, an eighth-grade girl delivers her graduation speech […]
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cinema > ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL PORTLAND
Italian Film Festival USA – Portland 22nd Edition May 8 – 16, 2026 Fifth Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Street, Portland (OR) PROGRAM Free Admission / All films are in Italian with English subtitles Enjoy the local premiere of five recent Italian films and a program of short films at the 2026 Italian Film Festival […]
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