IT’S FERRAGOSTO TIME, AMICI!  COME AND CELEBRATE IT WITH US!!

 

THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED!!

FERRAGOSTO 2025 – DETAILS AND INFORMATION
Ciao, Amici –
Are you ready for Ferragosto? It will be a FABULOUS,  FESTA DI FERRAGOSTO!  And, better still, it will benefit our local students by helping us raise money for our Scholarship Fund.
 
We will be offering a hearty and delicious 4-course Italian meal catered by Via Maestra 42 that includes wine, water, soda and coffee.
 
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      2025 - 2 SATURDAYS Introduction by Anna Brusutti UCSB Film and Media Dept         FREE ADMISSION Cari Amici - Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2025 movie line-up of Cinema Italiano Classico. This year we will present  two wonderful classic movies starring a group of  fabulous Italian actors. They will make you laugh and cry; but more than anything else, they will entertain and delight you. As in the past, each movie will be presented Read more [...]

 

Cari Amici, Dear Friends,

The Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara is delighted to offer this interesting presentation on the Florentine Women of the Renaissance.

It will be a second presentation about Italian Women in past centuries.  In this  presentation, I will  analyze the role of women in Florentine society and the importance of their fashion in socially advancing the status of their families within their society.  To this end, a number of lovely images Read more [...]