Opera in the Park
21st edition of the annual concert that celebrates opera and classical music in an informal, non-traditional setting with a 25-piece professional orchestra, a professional opera conductor, and 5(+) young opera singers. Reserved seating under the main event tent and in the beer garden tent are available. Info and tickets at https://bit.ly/2Hy8A7c Organized by The Palm […]
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The Wines of the Mediterranean Jewels: Sicily & Sardinia
Wine tasting from the vineyards of the two biggest Italian islands. Giammario Villa, Master Taster and Wine Educator, founder and CEO of Vinomatica.com, will lead the event and will sample wines from family owned wineries, focused on local grapes and sustainable farming. Food courtesy of Osteria Mamma. Organized by Lingua Viva and Istituto Italiano di […]
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Chef Luigi Fineo
A native of Puglia, a southern region of Italy, Luigi Fineo worked in Michelin starred restaurants alongside acclaimed chefs such as Francesco Berardinelli and Karl Baumgartner. In 2008 Luigi was bestowed with a prestigious Michelin Star award while operating as Executive Chef at La Botte Ristorante in Santa Monica, CA. Luigi earned the restaurant’s first-ever […]
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SCIENCE AND CULTURE: An Italian perspective
Don’t miss the fourth edition of the Italian Perspective series. This year, Science and Culture: An Italian Perspective will include four plenary lectures focusing on different intersections between Italian art and culture and scientific thought and discoveries, including anatomy, mathematics, geometry, and more. Among the participants a leading Leonardo Da Vinci expert: professor Carlo Vecce […]
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LEONARDO500: Leonardo’s Books. New Light on Leonardo’s Intellectual World
In our age, Leonardo da Vinci is regarded as an outstanding genius, the lonely forerunner of modern science and technology, able to read directly in the great Book of Nature without the mediation of culture or literacy. His manuscripts tell another reality: that of a man deeply rooted in his times, in dialogue with contemporary […]
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“I LOVE WASTE, WORKING WITH WASTE – Luisa Cevese e il progetto Riedizioni”
On the occasion of the third annual Italian Design Day, the special initiative launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote contemporary Italian Design in the world, Luisa Cevese, who was selected as 2019 Ambassador of Italian Design for Los Angeles, will present her exhibit “I LOVE WASTE, WORKING WITH […]
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Poetry Reading: Gabriele Tinti’s “Mercury”
Award-winning Italian poet Gabriele Tinti presents his new poems, inspired by the museum’s ancient Roman sculpture, The Bateman Mercury. Currently on view in the galleries of To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800, the sculpture harkens back to a time when the ancient Roman world’s pantheon of deities represented important human qualities […]
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Chef Fabio Ugoletti: Pranzo Emiliano-Romagnolo
Second meeting with Fabio Ugoletti, this time with a new menu from Emilia Romagna. Space is limited, RSVP required calling (310) 824-7408 Info at https://bit.ly/2OV9CKH Aperitivo – Chizze reggiane (fried bread stuffed with Parmigiano-Reggiano)– Cipolline borettane al Balsamico (Balsamic vinegar glazed onion, baby spinach, crunchy guanciale, pear, red beets, walnut) Tortelli di ZuccaButternut squash and amaretti […]
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BETWEEN TWO SEAS #3: Southern Italy meets Southern California
Nine contemporary Italian artists from the South of Italy (Apulia) are coming to California for the last part of “Between two Seas”. This contemporary art project, curated by Carmelo Cipriani (Italy) and Luigia Martelloni (U.S.A.), is focused on the mutual valorization of the local creativity and the creation of a dialogue between different cultures and […]
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Chiara Guidi’s “The Land of Earthworms”
Part of the 2019 Revolutions International Theatre Festival of Albuquerque, Chiara Guidi‘s The Land of Earthworms is a deeply touching children’s play examining death, freely inspired by Euripides’ Alcestis. This AMERICAN PREMIERE is organized by Societas Raffaello Sanzio with the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico and Tricklock Company’s Global […]
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