culinary art > Pellegrino Artusi and the Culinary Unification of Italy
Pellegrino Artusi and the Culinary Unification of Italy(Pellegrino Artusi e l’unità d’Italia in cucina) A documentary exhibition celebrating Pellegrino Artusi Opening on November 10, 2022, at the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, 710 Sansome St (new location) On view through November 30, 2022 by appointmentcontact.sanfrancisco@esteri.it The exhibition by Casa Artusi Pellegrino […]
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dance > ARTEMIS DANZA: FUOCHI SEGRETI (Secret Fires) | #Pasolini100
October 25, 2022 – 6:30 pm (performance) – 10 am-12 pm (workshop) ARTEMIS DANZA presents FUOCHI SEGRETI (SECRET FIRES) A contemporary dance performance in celebration of Pasolini100 A production of Compagnia Artemis Danza/Monica CasadeiWith the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, ATER Fondazione, Regione Emilia-Romagna Cultura d’Europa Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of […]
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ancient civilizations > Deciphering Demons: Underworld Figures in Egypt and Etruria
DECIPHERING DEMONS: UNDERWORLD FIGURES IN EGYPT AND ETRURIA A Zoom presentation with Lisa Pieraccini and Rita Lucarelli The SF Bay Area Chapter of ISSNAF is pleased to invite you the next BAC Connect event, held online on Monday, October 24 at 9AM PDT to include an audience from both Europe and the United States. […]
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Biliardino letterario | XXII Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo
In occasione della XXII edizione della Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura organizza la seconda edizione del Biliardino letterario! Ringraziamo Francesco Covucci de Il Casaro Pizzeria che, oltre ad una targa di riconoscimento, offrirà una pizza alla squadra vincitrice. Iscriversi è molto semplice: scegli un compagno di squadra porta con te […]
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opera > ASTIANATTE
ASTIANATTE An Opera composed by Leonardo Vinci in 1725. Libretto by Antonio Salvi.October 21, 22 & 23, 2022 at ODC Theater Presented by Ars Minerva BUY TICKETS A dark tale of post-Iliad trauma, vengeance, sexual havoc and threatened infanticide, composed by one of the early 18th century’s most brilliant and under-recognized operatic masters. […]
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film > Pier Paolo Pasolini BAMPFA | #Pasolini100
October 22–November 27, 2022 “The cinema is an explosion of my love for reality.” —Pier Paolo Pasolini A brilliant artist who was at the center of the intellectual life of postwar Europe, the influential Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) enjoyed a multidisciplinary career as a novelist, poet, playwright, actor, painter, polemicist, and filmmaker. No stranger […]
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music > DIODATO at the IIC SF
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco presents DIODATO in concert with violinist Rodrigo D’Erasmo October 21, 2022 | 7 PM (new time) 710 Sansome St, San Francisco On the occasion of the 22nd annual Week of Italian Language in the World, with its theme this year, L’Italiano e i giovani (Italian and Youth), […]
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22nd Week of Italian Language > A conversation with the author Dacia Maraini
22nd Annual Week of Italian Language in the World DACIA MARAINI in conversation with Sara Marinelli around the theme Italian Language and the Youth. Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco REGISTER HERE WATCH DACIA MARAINI’S INTRODUCTION TO THE EVENT ABOUT Dacia Maraini‘s work focuses on women’s issues, and she has […]
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film > PERLASCA: THE COURAGE OF A JUST MAN
Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian businessman and former fascist who, with the collaboration of official diplomats, posed as the Spanish consul general of Hungary in the winter of 1944. During his official appointment as consul general, he saved 5,218 Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps in Eastern Europe. Steven Geiger, director at Mensch International […]
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XXII Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo | L’ITALIANO E I GIOVANI
La Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo, sotto l’Alto Patronato della Presidenza della Repubblica, celebra ogni anno la lingua e la creatività italiane nel mondo. Il tema proposto per la XXII edizione è L’italiano e i giovani. Per l’occasione, il volume L’italiano e i giovani, realizzato dall’Accademia della Crusca, sarà scaricabile gratuitamente per tutta […]
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