Il Cenacolo SF | Italian Cultural Club

Eugene Lanzone

This year we are pleased to honor Eugene Lanzone as Il Cenacolo’s 2022 Person of the Year. He is a respected pillar of our community in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

Speaker Series

Italians: Who Are We?–Lawrence Tartaglino

Lunch 12pm / Speaker 1pm–Zoom

Everyone has a preconceived idea of who we are. In his talk, Lawrence Tartaglino presents a new, revealing look into the…

Donatello: Master Sculptor of the Early Renaissance–Susanna Lombardi

Speaker 1pm–Zoom

Donatello, along with Ghiberti, was one of the most important Early Renaissance sculptors. He worked in bronze, marble, …

The Evolving Female Symbol and Image in the History of Art–Tricia Grame, PhD

Lunch 12pm / Speaker 1pm–Zoom

Dr. Tricia Grame will be discussing the evolution of the female symbol and image in the history of art. Her research was…

Colonization and Indigeneity: Etruscan Pasts and Native American Futures–Lisa Pieraccini, PhD

Speaker 1pm–Zoom

In the 1990s, Tuscan artist Giovanni Gorgone Pelaya interlaced ideologies of indigeneity between two seemingly unique cu…

Italian Lifestyle

polenta with vegetables corn grits pizza with tomato eggplant

Polenta, a Specialty of Northern Italy

In northern Italy, polenta is a popular staple. Learn how to cook polenta and enjoy it as an appetizer, a first course, a main course, or even as a dessert.

Italian word of the day: fa freddo fuori

Fa freddo fuori it’s cold outside

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Cinema Paradiso Movie in Concert – Symphony San Jose

Symphony San Jose will perform on February 11-12, 2023 for the movie in concert Cinema Paradiso with the amazing music of Ennio Morricone. T…

Museo Italo Americano – ContemporArte

The Museo is pleased to present ContemporArte, an exhibition featuring a selection of seldom-seen works by Italian-born artists from its Permanent Collection, from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Among […]