Guglielmo Marconi
The Leonardo da Vinci Society, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, will hold the second of a cycle of conferences celebrating Italian scientists who have made unique and stellar contributions to the world at large and have left their imprint in the San Francisco Bay Area. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), inventor of […]
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The Children of Rome | Photographs by Jeffrey Blankfort
In January 1966, San Francisco-based photojournalist Jeffrey Blankfort arrived in Rome on the first of his many trips to Italy, where he stayed for six months, learning the language, enjoying the food and the city’s remarkable beauty but most of all its people and, in particular, its children. Blankfort later said, “For the first two […]
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Cleopatra, The Last Pharaoh
More than two millennia after her death, Cleopatra VII remains an enigma and an object of fascination. The last Ptolemaic ruler of Hellenistic Egypt and the most influential woman of her times, Cleopatra lived dangerously and died sensationally. Ever since, she has been an iconic figure, continually re-imagined through the cultural prisms of successive ages. […]
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Dino Risi – A Film Series
An Homage to the Master of the Comedy Italian Style Saturday, April 22, 2017The Castro Theatre429 Castro Street, San Francisco Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with The Italian Cultural Institute and Cinema Italia San Francisco presentsDino Risi – A Film Series, featuring four of his most significant movies. A few months after the 100th anniversary of […]
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Marco Fusi | Two Concerts
Marco Fusi is an Italian violinist and violist, and a passionate advocate for the music of our time. Among many collaborations with established and emerging composers, he has recently premiered works by Billone, Scelsi, Sciarrino, Eötvös, Cendo, Ferneyhough. He has performed with Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Alan Gilbert, Beat Furrer, David Robertson, and frequently plays […]
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Terra Sangue Mare
Original compositions and traditional songs infused with Mediterranean warmth and color Join us for an evening of vibrant Italian folk songs played by Terra Sangue Mare, an ensemble created by Michela Musolino and Fabio Turchetti. The grand-daughter of Sicilian immigrants, internationally recognized Italian-American singer Michela Musolino has re-discovered her cultural roots through the study and […]
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Elena Ferrante’s Naples
The first in a series of evenings centered around the theme “Literary Locations,” Elena Ferrante’s Naples will take you to one of the most extraordinary cities in Italy. Beautiful Naples has long held a place in the literary imagination. Writers as diverse as Goethe, Stendhal, Leopardi and Neruda have described its allure. For 21st-century readers, […]
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Andrea Centazzo in Concert
Wednesday, March 22 – 7:30pm Tom’s Place – 3111 Deakin Street, BerkeleyAn evening of ad hoc improv, featuring Andrea Centazzo (percussion), Kyle Bruckmann (oboe), Thomas Dimuzio (electronics), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Ron Heglin (low brass, voice). Thursday, March 23 – 9:00pm The Luggage Store Gallery – 1007 Market Street, San FranciscoAndrea Centazzo, electroacoustic percussion, with Matt […]
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INSULAE – The Everyday Landscapes of Venice
An exhibition by Italian photographer Claudia Corrent, on view March 3-April 7, 2017 Insulae – meaning “Islands” – is a photographic project by Claudia Corrent about the city of Venice and its territory, which investigates the relationship between place and identity. In pursuit of a fresh perspective on the visual topography of the city, Corrent […]
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Bruskers Guitar Duo – Sunday Matinee
Eugenio Polacchini and Matteo Minozzi, the Bruskers Guitar Duo, have been defined “two leading figures in the motley world of guitar” and “a source of inspiration for guitarists”. Molded by the classical (Eugenio) and modern (Matteo) music worlds, they use jazz as a common ground and their repertoire covers traditional jazz standards and soundtracks in […]
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