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.   Date:    Read more [...]

      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 [...]

 

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 delicious 3-course catered all-Italian meal that includes soft drinks, water and coffee.  Wine will be available with a small donation of $5.00 per glass to benefit our Scholarship Program.
We are also planning for bocce games while live music will sound in the air.

We Read more [...]