Meet the Author: Melania Mazzucco
Celebrated author of nine novels, radio dramas and more 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 […]
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Between People and Architecture
Inspired by small details of everyday life, Vittoria Zupicich’s exhibition Between People and Architecture shows how architectural space is where people move and interact with architectural design. The dynamic forms of modern architecture produce intriguing compositions, capturing the eye and showing architecture in a new and unexpected way. The individuals become part of the geometrical […]
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La Ciociara: special screening of the masterpiece starring Sofia Loren
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 – 6:30pm New People Cinema 1746 Post […]
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Women and Leadership
Stories from Italy and Silicon Valley PanellistsMajda Barazzuti, Senior Counsel, Valla & Associates, Inc. Leilani Latimer, Director of Global Marketing, Zephyr Health Elisa Rossi, Product Marketing, Square Moderators Elisabetta Ghisini, Professor of Management Communication, Hult International Business School Paola Tonelli, retired, former Executive Director, Vodafone Is there a different, distinct leadership style for female professionals […]
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Beautiful Country: Italy and the tourism phenomenon
Stephanie Malia Hom presents her monograph on tourism in Italy EVENT CANCELLEDWe regret that, due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances, the speaker will be unable to attend and the event has therefore had to be cancelled. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience.THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY:Tourism and the Impossible State of Destination Italy Stephanie Malia Hom […]
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Roberto Fabbri, guitar virtuoso
Meet a master of the instrument! Roberto Fabbri has opened for Ennio Morricone (the legend who brought us those wistful spaghetti Western scores), is recognised even in Spain (the land of guitar virtuosi) as a master of the instrument, and has been described as incandescent, exuberant and technically surprising by Soundboard magazine, the premier guitar […]
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Needlework and Italian immigration
Joseph Sciorra presents Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora. Joseph Sciorra, director of academic and cultural programs at Queen College’s John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in New York City, presents Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora (University Press of Mississippi, 2014), an interdisciplinary collection co-edited with […]
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Michelangelo and the Medici
“Michelangelo Buonarroti” and “the Medici” are usually the first two names that come to mind when we recall the heroic figures of the Italian Renaissance—Michelangelo as a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect and poet, the Medici as an inspired family of patrons and collectors. They were all Florentines, to be sure. But in real terms, […]
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Opening of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Italy
By invitation only The presentation will announce the opening of the Center for the Study of Ancient Italy at UC Berkeley. The newly formed institution is intended to promote and advance the study of the many cultures of ancient Italy, with special emphasis on the Etruscans and Romans. It will also support teaching and research […]
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Movie ‘n’ Food: Sapore di Cinema
Two events to celebrate the role of food in Italian cinema Dinner on the 29th of April and costume, book and photo show on the 30th. Register separately! ****************Dinner: 29 April, 7 PM, Ristobar, 2300 Chestnut Street, SF. Celebrate the role of food in Italian films with dinner at Ristobar, the destination for artisanal Italian […]
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