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Three local Italians and two American travelers, the love for the same land, Salento, and a great passion for travel and culture. Salento by 5 is more than a book, is a collection of woven stories, travel tips, drawings, and …

The Bay Area has now, finally, a direct flight from/to Italy, seventeen years after the last Alitalia aircraft took off from the San Francisco International Airport heading to Rome. After almost two decades, Norwegian Air connects Italy and Northern California …

“Vedi Napoli e poi muori” – “See Naples and die”: an Italian saying of unknown origin and authorship perfectly represents what visiting Naples might mean to many. There is nothing else worth seeing, comparatively speaking, more than the beauty and …

How a perfect night looks like when you are an Italian food lover? The answer could come from people who attended the Taste Of Italy event, organized by the International Culinary Center at the Airbnb HQ in San Francisco on …

Cinema Italia keeps its Spring tradition alive with a five-film retrospective on Michelangelo Antonioni. The one-day program, co-curated by Luce Cinecittà and The Museum of Modern Art ​in New York City, is meant to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the …

The Extraordinary Italian Taste made its way to San Francisco kicking off a year that sees – once again – Italy as one of the leading countries in the food industry. The winter edition of the Fancy Food Show came …

Italian Ambassador, Armando Varricchio, visited the Bay Area in May, for the second time since he presented his credentials as Italy’s ambassador to the United States last year. During his five days in California, Ambassador Varricchio managed to meet and …

The life and the career of Lina Wertmüller come to San Francisco on September 23 thanks to Cinema Italia. The Festival, which had the first 2017’s edition honoring Dino Risi, focuses on the first woman in the world to receive …

“When I first received the call from Lorenzo Ortona, I could not believe it. I was senza parole, I mean totally speechless.” As we kicked off the conversation, that’s the first thought that Angela Alioto shared with me about the …

The legacy between Genoa and San Francisco is now stronger than ever. Two years after the visits of some other Genovese representatives, Italian Americans in the bay welcomed Marco Bucci, currently serving as Genoa Mayor since his election in June …