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2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). The PPIE opened on February 20, 1915 and continued to amaze visitors for over nine remarkable months until it closed on December 4, 1915.  This spectacular exhibition was …

From theatre and cinema to figurative arts: at this point of his career, Max Papeschi, the Italian artist with the first institutional solo exhibition in the United States, achieved an immediate success among both the critics and the public thanks …

Taking a passeggiata along Columbus street in San Francisco can turn into a unique opportunity: in fact, in the way it keeps the authentic charm from its origins, North Beach is not a neighborhood as the others. This is mainly …

La storia di Sabato “Simon” Rodia è certamente una delle più affascinanti e allo stesso tempo meno conosciute delle tante imprese d’immigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti.   Le sue “Watts Towers”, le tre torri e complesso scultoreo costruito a Los …

The creative unit Cyop&Kaf are urban artists in the truest sense of the word.  Not content to limit the avenues of their expression to street art, Cyop&Kaf moved on to photography, illustrated books, and most recently documentaries. They make their …

Yes, the Italians are coming and not necessarily in brightly colored Fiats as depicted in recent television ads. As charming as that image may seem, the Italians referred to here are coming to the Bay Area via our local PBS/KQED …

Since 1905, the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) founded in New York City by Dr. Vincenzo Sellaro has played a key role in preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of American of Italian descent. Among the 55 lodges …

Part of the generation of the 30s, Dacia Maraini is more than just a writer: in fact, as she took part to the group of intellectuals, she is now ranked with some of the best-known authors of Italian literature. A …

The words piazza and plaza have the same Greek origin (although some scholars insist the origin is Latin), with plaza being the Spanish adaption and piazza the Italian one. Let’s opt for Italian for the purposes of this article! When …

La California e San Francisco amano i vini italiani. È questa in estrema sintesi la conclusione del Tre Bicchieri USA 2015 organizzato da Gambero Rosso, l’evento più atteso dell’anno che porta l’eccellenza della produzione vinicola italiana in tour negli Stati …