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		June 2011 - San Rafael, CA. Italian Street Painting Festival Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival - a celebration of art, music and cuisine! Just 25 minutes north of San Francisco at the historic Mission San Rafael Arcangel, hundreds of Madonnari (street painters) transform the streets of San Rafael into a color-splashed gallery for 60,000 visitors each year. Using chalk as the medium and asphalt as the canvas, artists create over 200 images in various styles and sizes. This feast for the eyes is complimented by entertainment on 2 stages and a wide variety of Italian fare. Youth in Arts showcases some of the world’s most talented Madonnari in this captivating and unique performance art. Imported from Italy, the tradition of street painting has discovered its place in the United States and the Youth in Arts festival is renowned as one of the finest street painting festivals in the world. www.youthinarts.org/pages/italian.htm August 2011 - Sacramento, CA. Festa Italiana Sacramento's Italian Food and Music Celebration • Music and Entertainers from Italy and the USA • Delicious Italian Food From the areas best restaurants • Italian Marketplace with over 30 vendors, free tasting • Cooking Demonstrations with Celebrity Chefs • Children's Carnival- pony rides, petting zoo, giant slide www.italiancenter.net August 2011 - Seaside, CA Concorso Italiano 2011 A Celebration of Italian Style • Celebrating 60 Years of Ferrari • The 50th Anniversary pf the Ferrari 250GT Cabriolet & CA Spyder • The beautiful and much loved Siata 8V/Fiat 8V • Lamborghini Countach Reunion for the Upcoming 35th Anniversary • The 50th Anniversary of the Maserati 3500GT • Honoring Italian Designer, Ugo Zagato (1890-1968) www.concorso.com September 2011 - San Luis Obispo, CA I Madonnari - San Luis Obispo The streets around San Luis Obispo's Mission Plaza come alive with color during the last weekend every April in this Italian street painting festival. Wander Mission Plaza and Monterey Street viewing hundreds of chalk street paintings from artists around California, and sample Italian fare like gelato at the same time. The even is a benefit for public school art programs for children. Admission is free for viewers; if you want to try your hand at making great chalk art, you can buy your own patch of street and even some crayons. For details, contact the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce at 805-781-2777. September 2011 - Monterey, CA. Festa Italia di Santa Rosalia At the Custom House Plaza, downtown Monterey. Italian music, bocce competitions, arts and crafts, delicious Italian food. The Festival always concludes with a procession to the water front and the blessing of the fleet. www.sonsofitaly-monterey.org (goto Local Culture) September 2011 - Los Angeles, CA Precious Cheese Feast of San Gennaro Just like the 76-year old New York City tradition, the 2011 Feast of San Gennaro will celebrate Italian culture, entertainment and food and will feature live music, carnival games, street performers and strolling musicians in addition to wine from local wineries and food from Los Angeles' best Italian restaurants. Guests will be invited to learn recipes at the cooking stage, play bocce ball with some of Hollywood's most prominent Italian-American celebrities and much more! www.sangennarofoundation.org September 2011 - San Luis Obispo, CA I Madonnari - San Luis Obispo The streets around San Luis Obispo's Mission Plaza come alive with color during the last weekend every April in this Italian street painting festival. Wander Mission Plaza and Monterey Street viewing hundreds of chalk street paintings from artists around California, and sample Italian fare like gelato at the same time. The even is a benefit for public school art programs for children. Admission is free for viewers; if you want to try your hand at making great chalk art, you can buy your own patch of street and even some crayons. For details, contact the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce at 805-781-2777. October & November 2011 - Marin, CA. The 2011 Italian Film Festival Under Lido Cantarutti direction the program has included appearances from Italian film directors and composers, dignitaries of the Italian and Italian-American communities, and an authentically Italian atmosphere at every presentation. The centerpiece, however, is always top-quality Italian cinema. www.italianfilm.com October 2011 - San Diego, CA. The 17th Annual Little Italy Festa The 17th Annual Little Italy Precious Festa presented by the Little Italy Association and Precious Cheese, a leading producer of Italian cheeses, is taking place in Oct. 2011 Visitors to the Little Italy Precious Festa can listen to an array of Italian music on three stages including headline entertainer, Antonia Bennett, daughter of musician Tony Bennett, visit over 150 food and vendor booths and watch the annual stickball tournament. Additionally, attendees can observe first hand as artists create works of art on concrete at “Gesso Italiano,” an Italian street painting festival that celebrates artists and is held in conjunction with Little Italy Precious Festa. www.littleitalySD.com October 2011 - San Francisco, CA San Francisco’s 143th Italian Heritage Parade This event is the city’s oldest civic event and the nation’s oldest Italian-American parade and community celebration. The parade takes place Sunday of Columbus Day Weekend. www.sfcolumbusday.org

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