music festival> HIT WEEK 2026
The 2026 edition of Hit Week celebrates the festival’s 20th anniversary by expanding global opportunities for Italian music. This year’s highlight is the debut of the Sync Mission, an initiative dedicated entirely to music licensing for audiovisual media, including film, TV series, advertising, and video games. From October 5–7 in Los Angeles, Sync Managers from […]
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film festival > SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
This fall, the San Diego Italian Film Festival celebrates its 20th feStivale, themed Legacy, honoring two decades of Italian cinema and community in San Diego. Featuring films, shorts, guest discussions, Ristretto Awards, and the closing feSta, this milestone edition celebrates SDIFF’s past while looking ahead to its future stories. A special launch event on September […]
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Italian classes SUMMER 2026 – in person & online
Summer 2026 dates: July 6 – August 8 Calendar and schedule For further information and to register please call Ina Cohen at (310) 824 -7408 or write to classes.iicla@esteri.it
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concert > Make Music Day 2026: Carolina Bubbico
One of the most versatile artists of Italy’s contemporary music scene, Carolina Bubbico is celebrated for her genre-fluid style, blending jazz, pop, Mediterranean influences, and world music. Alongside her solo career, she has gained national recognition as an orchestral conductor at the Sanremo Music Festival, collaborating with artists including Elodie, Il Volo, and Ditonellapiaga. For […]
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screenings >EUROPEAN SHORT FILM NIGHT
An evening of contemporary European cinema, celebrating Europe Day and the launch of the EUNIC Cluster Los Angeles. This special program brings together a curated selection of short films from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain, offering a snapshot of today’s European storytelling. Each film engages with the theme of truth, moving across […]
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opera > The Barber of Seville in Houston
Outrageous disguises, intercepted love letters, and comic misunderstandings—Rossini’s uproarious masterpiece, The Barber of Seville, has them all. This fan favorite receives a delightful staging from director Joan Font, returning to Houston following the triumph of his acclaimed Cinderella. The opera follows the dashing Count Almaviva, who’s in love with the mysterious beauty Rosina—but her pompous old guardian, […]
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design > Italian Design Day in the World
This year’s Italian Design Day theme, Re-Design. Regenerating spaces, objects, ideas, relations, focuses on how design and architecture can help renew living environments to address global challenges. The program will feature a presentation by Damiano Gullì, Curator of Contemporary Art and Public Programs at Triennale Milano, in conversation with journalist and author Frances Anderton. The 2026 […]
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special event > Italian Research Day in the World
On 15 April – Leonardo da Vinci’s birth date – Italy celebrates the Day of Italian Research in the world, to give visibility to all Italian researchers abroad, to make their work known, a reason for profound pride for the whole country. This year’s program at Chapman University explores how Italy remembers and re-imagines its […]
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Italian classes SPRING 2026 – in person & online
Spring 2026 dates: April 20 – June 27 Calendar and schedule For further information and to register please call Ina Cohen at (310) 824 -7408 or write to classes.iicla@esteri.it.
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exhibition > Depero: Graphic Art between Italy and United States
This exhibition follows the creative journey of Futurist artist Fortunato Depero, from his native Rovereto to the vibrant modernity of New York. Advertising works—often bold collages—are presented alongside sketches, preparatory drawings, and paintings. Seen together, they reveal how Depero developed ideas across different media. Rather than abandoning concepts, he returned to them, transforming and adapting […]
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