Our Cultural Events
Italian culture is rich in traditions and art. Joining our events opens the door for you to experience Italian culture firsthand, learn the multi-layers of the Italian society past and present, and expand your perspective of the world.
As artificial intelligence’s translating skills develop, is human translation getting obsolete? Or more important than ever? Can the two go hand-in-hand?
Three renowned, dynamic translators working between Italian and English will help us answer those questions, by sharing practices and dilemmas at this unprecedented time.
Silvia Pareschi, prolific and lauded Italian translator of many North American and British writers including Don DeLillo, Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, and Junot Díaz, will join us from Italy.
Elena Di Giovanni, professor at the Università di Macerata and audiovisual translator, will share insights on audiovisual translation and her ongoing commitment to expanding accessibility to arts and culture.
Clarissa Clò, Director of Italian Studies at SDSU, will round up the panel with experiences on collective translation from Italian to English (recently of Italian writer Amir Issaa’s work) alongside colleagues and students.
The panel will be in English, with conversation to follow in both Italian and English.
The event will be in person, with Pareschi and Di Giovanni joining us from Italy on Zoom. Audiences may choose to be in person or online.
For those joining us in person, caffé, fruit, and morning pastries will be served.
This is ICC’s first hybrid event, in the hopes of reaching all our friends, near and far
Past Cultural Events
March 14, 2026: “Portami i cugini” – An Italian American Family Story
“Bring Me the Cousins” is a story about finding Robin Laurìa Witkin’s family in Italy and how it was influenced by random events and cultures and unintentionally given direction by both the Italian Cultural Center and a dinner with friends from Japan. Robin followed a trail that led from Naples to Ellis Island to Brier Hill, Youngstown, Ohio’s Italian quarter, and back across the Atlantic to Basilicata.
March 4, 2026: Inside Milano-Cortina: From Olympic Triumph to the Paralympic Spirit
This exclusive event was behind the scenes conversation of the Olympic Games and the Paralympics with two Italian experts from Milano: Mario Zaninelli, expert in sports, communication, and Olympic culture, and Claudio Arrigoni, RAI journalist who is one of the most authoritative voices in Italian Paralympics sports. They shared behind-the-scenes stories and insights rarely seen by the public.
February 28, 2026: Coro! Let’s Sing Together
At this event, we learned fun, iconic Italian songs with award-winning Swiss Italian singer Iris Moné. We sang together songs by Ricchi e Poveri, Raffaella Carrá e Jovanotti. There was no need to be able to sing or speak Italian.
January 24, 2026: Hidden Little Italy
December 5, 2025: Festa di Natale
ICC was delighted to welcome members to our annual holiday gathering at St Joseph Cathedral on December 5, 2025 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Our members experienced a delightful harp concert by International Harpist Chiara Capobianco, a delicious Italian dinner with a fresh pasta station, photo opportunities and two raffles with fun prizes, including scholarships to Italy in both Lucca, Tuscany and Alberobello, Puglia.