exhibition > A Real Boy: The Many Lives of Pinocchio
This original exhibition produced by the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles explores the cultural origins, interpretations, and enduring appeal of one of the most popular characters in children’s literature. Written in 1883 by Italian author Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio has delighted generations. The book has been translated into over 260 languages—a number […]
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screening> Le Pupille at AFI Fest 2022
Inspired by a letter Italian novelist Elsa Morante sent to a friend, this film inspired and co-produced by Alfonso Cuarón, is a magical fable about a group of mischievous young Catholic schoolgirls during an imaginary wartime. Unfolding over the Christmas holiday, the orphaned girls find themselves blessed with a scrumptious red cake from a generous […]
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festival > Italian Screens – New Italian Cinema in Los Angeles
Italian cinema lands in Los Angeles thanks to Italian Screens with four screenings of three movies that were nominated for the David di Donatello 2022 and won major awards: Ariaferma by Leonardo di Costanzo, Freaks Out by Gabriele Mainetti, Qui rido io by Mario Martone. Italian Screens is an initiative promoted by the […]
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concerts > Eros Ramazzotti: Battito Infinito World Tour
Record-breaking singer-songwriter Eros Ramazzotti, who in over 35 years of his career has sold 70 million records, kicks off his new Battito Infinito World Tour in Los Angeles, at the Microsoft Theater on October 30. The second tour date is Houston, at the Smart Financial Centre on November 2. The tour is supporting his latest release […]
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concert > Il Dolce Suono – Ki Kolech Arev
A special concert of Jewish secular music from late Medieval Italy with Doron Schleifer, Counter tenor, and Corina Marti, flutes and clavisimbalum. Date and time: October 30 2022 | 4:00 pm Venue: UCLA Spiegel Auditorium RSVP
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screening and concert > The Godfather Live | 50 years
FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA This year the ten-time Academy Award-winning masterpiece, The Godfather, celebrates its 50th anniversary. Relive the chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan’s rise to power as a live symphony orchestra performs Nino Rota’s unforgettable score live to picture: The Godfather Live.Considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all […]
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slam poetry > Giuliano Logos Slam Poetry Would Tour
A special evening of slam poetry, or performative poetry, with Giuliano Logos, 2021 Word Poetry Slam Champion, together with Olympia (poetess and intersectional feminist, activist). Part of a world tour of Slam Poetry and Spoken Word, which will bring Giuliano Logos’ poetry to four continents (America-Africa-China-Europe) on the occasion of the Week of the Italian […]
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theater performance > FLY TO ME … L.A.
A concert-show with Giuseppe L. Bonifati, Linda Sugataghy and Maestro Claudio Passilongo that includes a repertoire of international classics. They will ‘fly’ the audience from Italy to USA, Denmark, Hungary, Spain, France, and then to Latin America. Part of the Santa Monica Playhouse’s Seventh Annual Binge Free Festival, a full month of free performances, workshops, […]
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concert and exhibit > HIT WEEK LA at the Italian Cultural Institute
Singer Roberto Angelini & violinist virtuoso Rodrigo D’Erasmo will perform songs from their record Songs in a Conversation, a tribute to the timeless British songwriter Nick Drake, known for his acoustic guitar-based folk songs. Following the concert, there will be an opening reception for Enjoy the Silence an exhibition of music photography by Henry Ruggeri. The […]
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mostra > Enjoy the Silence di Henry Ruggeri
Exhibit organized on the occasion of Hit Week LA 2022 and of the 22nd Annual Week of Italian Language in the World. Enjoy the Silence Henry Ruggeri is the shadow beyond the light, a small miracle. There are those who celebrate the collective ritual of the live show or the absolute intimacy of portraiture, but no […]
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