opening > What about the 8%? Site-specific art by Maria Cristina Finucci
Every day millions of liters of detergent spill into the ocean. Ideally, they are considered 92% bio-degradable…but the remaining 8%? The fluorescent installation What about the 8%?, created by the artist Maria Cristina Finucci for the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, raises the question of detergent pollution in the oceans. The site-specific work simulates […]
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festival > San Diego Italian Film Festival – Festivale 2022
The 16th annual feStivale, presented by the San Diego Italian Film Festival, showcases the best of Italian contemporary cinema and this year is dedicated to CHOICE. This year brings the 4th edition of the SDIFF Ristretto Awards, with 15 short films as finalists of the competition, which also follows the theme of CHOICE in all […]
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concert > Eugenio Bennato: Taranta Power
Nothing short of extraordinary, Eugenio Bennato’s Taranta Power group finds its roots in the Tarantella, an ancient music and ritual dance of Southern Italy, revisited with a contemporary and international outlook, which carries the audience away in an explosively powerful cocktail. A popular tale that eventually breaks into contemporary times and fascinates new generations, this concert […]
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CILS B1 Preparation Class – Online
An online preparation course for intermediate students who have to take the Italian citizenship exam. Please note that previous knowledge of Italian at intermediate level is recommended to attend this course. Candidates at a lower level may contact us for other options. Sundays 11AM – 1PM For more info and to register call or text […]
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concert > Zucchero: World Wild Tour 2022
Adelmo Fornaciari, better known to the world as Zucchero, a nickname given to him by one of his school teachers, is back on a worldwide tour that will take him to three cities in the US South West: Los Angeles (September 30 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills) and San Diego (October 1 at Balboa Theatre) […]
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language > K-12 Italian Language Video Contest 2022
In honor of the 22nd annual Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (Week of the Italian Language in the World), Fondazione Italia, in collaboration with the Consulates General of Italy in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the Italian Cultural Institutes of Los Angeles and San Francisco, invites K-12 students to participate in a video […]
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panel > Artificial Intelligence for Increased Equitability and Accessibility
First event of “Building a sustainable future,” a series of three outreach talks featuring prominent Italians from LA area universities and the tech industry. Dr. Marzia Polito (Google) and Prof. Giovanni Cacciamani (Keck School of Medicine of USC) will illustrate applications in the evolving fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning, ranging from enhancing surgery […]
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proiezione > TRAUM (2019) by Silvia Giambrone at Lady Filmmaker Film Festival 2022
The word Traum means dream in German, but in Italian and English it sounds like the word trauma. TRAUM reminds us of the dream-like reality that trauma can instigate.In the artist’s own words, “TRAUM addresses domestic violence from the perspective of a survivor who goes in and out of the trauma when telling their condition. Sometimes survivors (both children […]
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concerts > Luca Ciarla: solOrkestra
Violinist Luca Ciarla draws a new musical route in the Mediterranean with a loop pedal, his voice and a few toy instruments. He performs solo and strictly live the entire score, playing the violin also like a guitar, a cello or a percussion. In this imaginative musical landscape Luca sings, whistles, plays other instruments or adds new […]
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screening and conversation > Cy Dear
On the occasion of the exhibition Cy Twombly: Making Past Present presented by the J. Paul Getty Museum with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the Getty Center (August 2 – October 30), we are hosting a screening of the documentary “Cy Dear. A Journey through the life and works of Cy Twombly” (Italy 2019, […]
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