The novel about the novel
Pasternak, Feltrinelli and the publication of Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago, the masterpiece that won Boris Pasternak the Nobel Prize in 1958, had its first worldwide edition in 1957 in Italian. In a letter to Kurt Wolff, Pasternak described the events surrounding the publication of Doctor Zhivago as “the novel about the novel”. The main protagonists […]
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Festa del Libro (Italian Children’s Book Fair)
7th annual children’s Italian book fair extravaganza The Festa del Libro (Italian Children’s Book Fair) will be held at Spazio Italiano (note the venue change!) on the second weekend of November (8-9 November). It will showcase more than 500 books for children (0-10 years of age) selected from some of the most distinguished Italian publishers […]
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Green Cities in Europe and the Bay Area
As negotiations on climate change lag behind, cities and regions around the world are demonstrating leadership and collaborating on challenging environmental issues. Sustainable urbanization and green cities is an area where both the Bay Area and Europe have assumed leading roles. Business leaders will come together in conversation with policy makers from the Bay Area […]
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Renato D’Agostin: The Beautiful Cliché
The Leica Gallery San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco present a San Francisco premier event: The Beautiful Cliché, an exhibition and book with work by award-winning and internationally exhibited Italian photographer, Renato D’Agostin. Born and raised in Venice, Italy, Renato D’Agostin gained interest in photography when, in his teens, he fell […]
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Film premiere: Torneranno i Prati by Ermanno Olmi
Ermanno Olmi’s commemoration of the Great War in hopes of future peace To my father, who, when I was a child, used to tell me about the war in which he fought. –Ermanno Olmi. To commemorate the centenary of the First World War (1914-18), Ermanno Olmi’s film Torneranno i Prati (Greenery will Bloom Again) will […]
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Tuscan brunch with Monteforte
An immersion into Tuscan art and cuisine A brunch with the artist. Join us for a unique opportunity to meet and brunch with Domenico Monteforte as we celebrate the conclusion of his month-long residency at the IIC. Renowned food expert Viola Buitoni will design and curate a glorious Tuscan menu to accompany Domenico’s paintings for […]
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Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered
Dianne Hales presents her book on the Mona Lisa, based on extensive research Every year, some 9 million visitors to the Louvre make their way into a gallery in which one small portrait—the lone painting on an immense freestanding wall—sits inside a bulletproof glass case, and is further protected by the watchful eyes of 24-hour […]
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OOOPOPOIOOO: thereminimalist improvisations
Music for two theremin, two voices, a violin, electronics, and objects Join us on Sunday, October 26th at 6:00pm for a special event with OoopopoiooO: two theremin, two voices, a violin, electronics, and objects. The project was born from Vincenzo Vasi and Valeria Sturba’s desire to deepen their research on their own instruments, working on […]
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The Roman Republic (509-27 B.C).
Two-day conference with theatrical performances. From its legendary origins as a tiny cluster of villages in the Italian countryside, ancient Rome grew into a vast metropolis and the dominant power of the Mediterranean. Leaders of the Roman Republic established a constitutional framework that embodied principles of separation of powers, checks and balances, and the rights […]
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Italian rockstar Ligabue in San Francisco
Ligabue: Like Cher or Bono, the use of a single name is often the sign of greatness. There’s no exception for Luciano Ligabue, known across the globe by his surname only. In Italy’s singer-songwriter Ligabue, many things meet: alternative rock, film, and politics. This is a man who has been doing what he loves, and […]
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