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Tis the season to be jolly – and extraordinarily busy!  In between shopping, decorating and feasting, there are multitudes of holiday events to attend.   Italy in December is a holiday evening of dining, dancing and merriment that has a …

“When my friends at Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna, and Dolce&Gabbana said they wanted to restore Cinema Paradiso, I was incredulous: ‘Thank you, but the film has just been released, why would you restore it?’” Twenty-six years have passed …

Meyer Fine Art will present its 7th Annual Vintage Poster Exhibit, in conjunction with NoLi Natale at a special reception on November 29th from noon until 8:00pm. The exhibit is featuring original first and second printings of Italian and European …

Annual events and city festivals mark the holiday season and bring a familiar rhythm to autumn. There is one in particular event that Italian transplants, Italian-Americans and Italian culture lovers mark on the calendar come every November: “Cinema Italian Style” of …

Celebrating its 18th edition, the New Italian Cinema festival is back at Vogue Theatre in San Francisco, from November 19 until November 23. The festival is part of the San Francisco Film Society’s Fall Season and will bring together enthusiastic …

Before San Francisco had bat-wielding orange and black Giants roaming the fields, baseball fields that is, Seals sauntered around our local stadiums, including Seals Stadium. Exhilarated after the recent Giants’ World Series win, I pondered the bay area’s admirable baseball …

There was a time when the Italian film industry was an example of what movies should look like, a time when Cinecittà made the history of world cinema. Last year, the celebrations for Paolo Sorrentino’s Academy Award-winning The Great Beauty …

For most of his life, professional surfer Chris Del Moro has probably spent as much time in the water as on land. When he was just three, while most kids were learning how to swim, he was riding his boogie …

Se oggi la nostra lingua non è stata dimenticata, in parte lo dobbiamo anche a lui. La passione per lo sport e l’amore per la cultura hanno guidato Tony Pirozzi per quasi cinquant’anni, e il suo impegno nel promuovere le …

San Francisco è universalmente considerata la più europea delle città americane. Un’ulteriore prova  al riguardo si è avuta con la conferenza “Toward Green-Tech Cities”, la quale  ha evidenziato come California e Europa siano precursori sulla scena globale nel campo di …