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Located about 45 minutes south of Portland in the rolling hills above Dayton, Red Ridge Farms spreads out like a piece of Tuscany. The Farm is home to the carefully tended grapes of Durant Vineyards and the unlikely scene of …

Per i losangelini amanti dei film d’azione, dei polizieschi con un pizzico di paranoia politica, di humor e di sensualità, il lunedì sera all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura potrebbe diventare un appuntamento fisso.  Dopo la proiezione del film Milano Calibro 9 …

Doradus: a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. It must have been written in the stars that Fernando Scarpa and Mara New would meet and make their first film “Doradus”, premiering at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival on June 25th. “Doradus” …

The year was 1935. The United States was in the midst of the Great Depression, yet San Diego opened the doors to its iconic Balboa Park for its second attempt at a world fair. Approximately 25,000 guests attended the California …

Pur non essendo la città ideale dove godere l’arrivo dell’estate, dato il suo clima piuttosto fresco in questo periodo dell’anno, la città di San Francisco offre ai suoi abitanti e visitatori un programma musicale di grande livello, a cominciare dall’opera. …

Whether you are familiar with “Oprah”, “The Tonight Show”, The Big Lebowski, or Nickelodeon’s “Hey Arnold”, you can’t miss comedian Dom Irrera. Not just because of his bulgy build, which he often jokes about, but because of his charismatic persona when he …

The Granatos of Salt Lake City are bridge builders. Not the bridges that cross rivers, but the bridges that bring people of various religions, races and cultures together. During the first century of Utah’s existence its population was both culturally …

It is said the only constant thing in life is change. That may be true, but knowing that doesn’t make change any easier. Being the person to bring about change is even more challenging. Valeri Orsini, president of the San …

I shall begin this article the way I ended my June 6th article on the San Francisco Upper Grant Avenue Fair, i.e., with Peter Macchiarini. He was much more than one of the original founders of the North Beach Festival. …

The Italian Cultural Institute joined in celebrating the 8th annual SF Design Week with a satellite exhibit from the Museo Nazionale della Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI) called Piccolo Utopie, or Small Utopias. Opening night at the Institute, Thursday, June …