Dreaming of becoming an Italian citizen, resident, home owner, or more knowledgeable traveler? Join San Diego's Honorary Consul and Convivio Director Tom Cesarini, ICC's CILS Program Director Patrizia Lissoni, and Elena Bernardi of Cultural Italy to discover tips and steps towards Italian citizenship, residence, home ownership, or glorious touring in Convivio's charming space in Little […]

Lettere d’Isabella Andreini (1607) is a collection of fictional anonymous letters on love and other pertinent subjects written by Isabella Andreini (1562-1604), famed commedia dell’arte actress and manager of the Compagnia dei Gelosi, with her husband Francesco. Admired by distinguished patrons like Ferdinando I de’ Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine, Andreini turned to writing to […]

by Nobel-prize winner Dario FoIsabel, Three Sailing Ships, and a Con ArtistThis insightful, satirical, subversive comedy, set after and before 1492, revolves around the tragicomic deeds of an actor who is sentenced to death for having performed a banned play by Fernando de Rojas. The unfortunate actor, while on the gallows, is offered an opportunity […]

Come join us on Sunday August 11th for the House of Italy Lawn Program. Talented musicians Iris Moné and Dan Ochipinti will be performing starting at 2:00 pm. Sara Venneri will teach the traditional Pugliese dance, the Pizzica, which is a fun dance and easy to learn, starting at 3 pm. Mark Pelliccia, the House of […]

This presentation will discuss three works by women: Rosalia Pianavia Vivaldi’s colonial diary Tre anni in Eritrea (1901), Sibilla Aleramo’s memoir Una donna (1906) and Marie Hall Ets’s transcribed oral storytelling Rosa: The Life of an Italian Immigrant (1970). Taken together these narratives link colonialism, emigration, and the Southern Question and emphasize the central, yet devalued, role and experience of women […]