TWO for NEW in Concert: Saxophone and Piano
This special concert by the duo TWO For NEW featuring saxophonist Giovanni De Luca and pianist Francesco Silvestri, will take us on a musical journey through cinematic scores, folk, jazz, descriptive music, minimalism and neo-Romanticism. Started in 2011, the TWO for NEW project explores and develops a new relationship between the saxophone and the piano. […]
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Rossini Under the Stars | La Cambiale di Matrimonio
In conjunction with the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), a yearly international music festival held in August in Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), and on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the composer’s death, the IIC will host an outdoor screening of La Cambiale di Matrimonio (83 mins). This one-act operatic farsa comica, which Rossini composed […]
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Rossini Under the Stars | Il Signor Bruschino
In conjunction with the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), a yearly international music festival held in August in Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), and on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the composer’s death, the IIC will host an outdoor screening of Il Signor Bruschino (96 mins). From the 2012 ROF, the innovative theatre company […]
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Rossini Under the Star | La scala di seta
In conjunction with the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), a yearly international music festival held in August in Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), and on the occasion of 150th anniversary of the composer’s death, the IIC will host an outdoor screening of La scala di Seta (105 mins). This sparkling 1812 farsa comica in one […]
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My Italian Secret – The Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust (2014)
Screening in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of My Italian Secret – The Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust, a documentary film by Oren Jacoby narrated by Isabella Rossellini.The film tells how WWII bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying […]
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Laura Pausini @Greek Theatre
After 2016 sold-out world tour, Laura Pausini announces her return live starting from July 2018, with two concerts on July 21st and 22nd in her beloved country, Italy, in the so called “eternal city”, Rome, at Circo Massimo. After being the first woman to perform in San Siro Stadium in 2007, Laura will be the […]
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Bàcari e Cicchetti: Aperitivo Venetian Style
An evening of Venetian treats with amazing cocktails and Venetian plates. Bàcari (singular: bàcaro) are small establishments that serve up drinks and little nibbles called cicchetti, that are just little bite sized offerings of fresh, seasonal deliciousness that you snack. MENU:Gran fritto di verdurePolpette di carne alla venezianaPolpette di granchioCrostini di baccala mantecato To register please […]
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Cooking with Ale Gambini: Italian Bread Making
Alessandra “Ale” Gambini is a LA-based Italian food blogger, recipe developer, host home chef in web series and author of the cookbook “A Queen in the Kitchen”. Born and raised in Northern Italy, beautiful Milan, she learned how to cook and love good food from her beloved grandmother Nonna Fernanda. Italian bread making | Menu Onion […]
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San Diego Italian Film Festival | Summer Series Screenings
The San Diego Italian Film Festival is back this summer for another another series of screenings of italian movies.Starting Thursday, July 12, the screenings will take place in two differents locations: La Paloma Theatre and the Museum of Photographic Arts. My Country by Giancarlo Iannotta | Thursday, July 12 Una donna per amica (A woman as a Friend) by Giovanni Veronesi | […]
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Meet the Curator of LACMA’s Exhibit “To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500-1800”
A special lecture held by Leah Lehmbeck, the curator of the LACMA‘s exhibition To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800. Dr. Lehmbeck will address the narrative of the exhibition, as well as the nature of a show made almost entirely from the museum’s permanent collection. Leah Lehmbeck is the Acting Department Head […]
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