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The beauty of the Italian Maiolica and the Renaissance Lustre Pottery have been the main topics of the lecture held by professor Justin Raccanello and hosted by the De Young Museum in San Francisco a few weeks ago. The story …

The path followed – nowadays – by Italian talents is usually marked by the need of taking skills and ideas abroad in order to make them successful. Very few times, these people get the opportunity to return to Italy and …

“I can move! I can talk! I can walk!” : whoever has a passion for fairy tales must know the story this quote belongs to. Not sure yet? Here another hint: “When he lies his nose gets big.” Yes, you …

For the fourth year in a row, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco is home to some of the most known Italian movies. Nevertheless, Cinema Italia has become a not-to-be-missed event not only for Italian film-lovers. The festival develops a …

ArsMinerva takes “THE AMAZONS IN THE FORTUNATE ISLES”, composed by Carlo Pallavicino in 1679, on stage thanks to a world premiere at the Marines’ Memorial Theater in San Francisco on May 21st and 22th.             …

Milan and San Francisco, here we go again! Many times, on this newspaper, we have talked about the legacy between the Italian and the American cities and the way artists, intellectuals, and other professionals tried to build a connection between …

A wholesale bakery connected to a restaurant, the “Mead Restaurant and Bakery” built around 1910. A wall was hiding a coal-oven that measured about 15′ wide and 15 deep whose façade was covered by its original subway tiles, full of …

Do not call it a race! Who has been part of the California Mille in the last years cannot help but call it either a “tour” or a “drive. Every year, for a full weekend, San Francisco and the Bay …

Fifteen years was the time of an investigation around the migrations of the Calabrese people. The final thoughts and insights can now be found in a book called “Fuga e ritorno di un popolo” (Escape and Come back of a …

“We don’t sell cars. We sell history, nostalgia and style.” If you love vintage cars and you walk in at EuroClassix, you immediately understand that this is all true: as these cars are as familiar to their owners as their …