Accidental death of an anarchist
By Dario Fo – discounts for IIC members! Save 20-50% on Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo at Berkeley Rep. A bank gets bombed, a suspect dies in custody and the police inquiry turns into…a masterpiece of comedy! Berkeley Rep hauls you down to the station for a hilarious interrogation of our culture. […]
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Viola’s Italian Kitchen
Cooking at the Italian Consulate Viola Buitoni’s monthly classes on the traditions and trends of Italian cooking, held in the private kitchen of San Francisco’s Italian Consulate (2590 Webster Street), have now resumed, beginning on Wednesday the 5th of March. In these intimate hands-on workshops, students integrate Italian regional cuisine and seasonal ingredients into everyday, […]
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Servillo/Sorrentino
Three films to celebrate the partnership of Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo To celebrate the Oscar nomination of Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) and the director’s ongoing partnership with actor Toni Servillo, we are screening three of their other collaborative efforts during the month of March. 5 March: Il Divo (2008, 110’). […]
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Italian Innovation Day
“We are the Makers”: Manufacturing and Design 2.0 An action-oriented investors’ day bringing together the best of Italian technology and innovation. After a long recession, Italy and Europe are back on the world economic scene with new policies to attract FDI (foreign direct investment) and platforms to promote new waves of innovations: the Makers Faire, […]
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Crossing the sea of song
Popular Music in the Mediterranean, from Italy to Israel Showing the impact of Italian popular music, and especially the Sanremo Song Festival (Festival della Canzone Italiana), on the development of Israeli popular song from the 1950s to the present, musicologist Francesco Spagnolo explores the politics of culture and national identity across the Mediterranean. The talk, […]
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La Guarimba Film Festival
New Italian short films La Guarimba and the IIC San Francisco present a series of new Italian short films.Wednesday, 19 February, 6:30 PM. Programme: Trailer for About the Resistance, the documentary about the festival which talks about cinema as an act of resistance. Emilio by Angelo Cretella. 2013 | 15′ | HD | Colour | Caserta, […]
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Baci e Cioccolato on Valentine’s Day
Viola Buitoni will teach how to make Baci Perugina! This Valentine’s Day, come to the Istituto Italiano di Cultura to learn how Italians say “I love you”.Join our food specialist, Viola Buitoni, in a workshop to uncover the secrets of Baci Perugina, the iconic Italian confection still deliciously made with the same recipe of gianduja, […]
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Napoli!
A new production of Eduardo De Filippo’s Napoli Milionaria. A.C.T. favourite Marco Barricelli (Vigil at A.C.T.) and Stratford Festival star Seana McKenna (Phèdre at A.C.T.) return to lead the cast in Napoli!, a sparkling new translation of Eduardo De Filippo‘s Italian masterpiece Napoli Milionaria. During the chaotic days of the Second World War, a feisty […]
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An Italian Sojourn 2
Tuscany, Umbria, Rome and Venice A celebration of painting ‘al fresco’ Each summer, Academy of Art University students and faculty live in Italy for 7 weeks to explore the Italian landascape and culture. The Italian Cultural Institute, in partnership with Academy of Art University, cordially invites you to a retrospective of works produced in such […]
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