World Day of Italian Cinema | ROBERTO TURRIN: Music & Movies
Celebrate with us World Day of Italian Cinema! For the occasion, Maestro Roberto Turrin will present a piano recital with music dedicated to the world of cinema. The recital will take place at the Brown Music Center, Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford University. Free admission PROGRAM D.Milhaud (1895-1974) L’album de Madame Bovary, op. 128b (1933) M. Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895-1968) Stars – […]
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An Evening of Poetry | MIGRANT WORKER POETS OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA
Libreria Pino, Telegraph Hill Books e Istituto Italiano di Cultura San Francisco presentano una serata di poesia con David Lei in conversazione con Giusi Tamburello, traduttrice e professore associato di Lingua e Letteratura Cinese presso l’Università di Palermo. Letture di Wenxia Lynn Lewis, Yuqi Xiang e Rebekah Gregory. Questo evento avrà luogo presso la Libreria […]
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poetry > Migrant Worker Poets of Contemporary China
Libreria Pino, Telegraph Hill Books and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco present an evening of poetry with David Lei in conversation with Giusi Tamburello, Translator and Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of Palermo. Readings by Wenxia Lynn Lewis, Yuqi Xiang, and Rebekah Gregory This event will take place at Libreria Pino, 1501 Grant […]
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FIVE SHORTS AT THE IIC
Celebrate with us the closing of the year with five shorts selected by the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio. PROGRAM LA CONFESSIONE (THE CONFESSION) Dir: Giuseppe D’Angella, Simone D’Alessandro Italy, 2022, 14′ 53″ In Italian with English subtitles GRAZIANO E LA GIRAFFA (GRAZIANO AND THE GIRAFFE) Dir: Fabio Orlando, Tommaso Zerbi Italy, 2022, Animation, 6’ 33” […]
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film > DANTE, by Pupi Avati
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco presents Pupi Avati’s DANTE Monday, December 11, 2023 | 6:30PM The movie tells the story of Dante Alighieri through the words of Giovanni Boccaccio who in 1350 embarks on a journey to find Antonia Alighieri, Dante’s daughter, to offer her a symbolic sum of money in reparation for […]
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A NIGHT AT THE OPERA \ THE ELIXIR OF LOVE
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration with San Francisco Opera, invite you to Gaetano Donizetti’s beloved opera: The Elixir of Love Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 7:30 PM For this performance, Friends of the Italian Cultural Insitute of San Francisco will be granted tickets a 30% discount! Enter the code IICELIXIR30. Hurry, only […]
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photo exhibit > LOOKING BEYOND
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of San Francisco are pleased to present LOOKING BEYOND, a documentary exhibition aiming to enhance Italian research in the space field and raise international public awareness of the multiple uses of satellite tracking technologies created to protect the planet. The satellite images have been acquired by the […]
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CINEAPERITIVO | The Mayor of Rione Sanità
TUESDAY, NOV 21 | 6:30 PM THE MAYOR OF RIONE SANITA’ (Il sindaco del rione Sanità) Dir: Mario Martone 2021, Drama, Italy, 115′ Cast: Francesco Di Leva, Massimiliano Gallo, Roberto De Francesco, Adriano Pantaleo, Daniela Ioia, Giuseppe Gaudino (II) In Italian with English subtitles Free admission | Registration required SOLD OUT
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art > BOTTICELLI DRAWINGS
NOV 19, 2023 – FEB 11, 2024 BOTTICELLI DRAWINGS At the Legion of Honor Botticelli Drawings is the first exhibition ever dedicated to the drawings of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (ca. 1445 – 1510). Exploring the foundational role drawing played in Botticelli’s work, the exhibition traces his artistic journey, from studying under maestro Fra Filippo […]
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art > A SYMPOSIUM ON BOTTICELLI
A SYMPOSIUM ON BOTTICELLI At the Legion of Honor, Gunn Theater Saturday, November 18 | 1 – 5 PM Join us for a one-day international symposium and hear from scholars, curators, and academics on Sandro Botticelli’s art and design processes. This program will include an introduction to the exhibition Botticelli Drawings organized by exhibition curator […]
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