Maestro Carlo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra: Marvelous Mozart
Maestro Carlo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra return to the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz with an emotional opening performance featuring masterpieces by Mozart. Purchase tickets HERE. Theatre Raymond Kabbaz10361 W. Pico Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90064(310) 286-0553
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Andrea Ferraris: Churubusco
On the occasion of 2017 Year of Mexico in Los Angeles and in anticipation of the 17th Week of the Italian Language in the World, a selection of drawings by world renowned author and illustrator Andrea Ferraris, from his most recent graphic novel, Churubusco. The book tells the story of Rizzo, an Italian immigrant who ends […]
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Henry IV by Marco Bellocchio (1984, 95 min.) celebrating Luigi Pirandello
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Luigi Pirandello’s birth, screening of Bellocchio’s film based on Pirandello’s play of the same name. A man falls from his horse and hits his head, and wakes up believing he is King Henry IV. In Italian with English subtitles. Professor Thomas Harrison, University of California, Los Angeles […]
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New Media Film Festival
Exemplary stories utilizing the latest in digital technology. The festival is dedicated to new technologies and formats in Media and Cinema, offering distribution to non-traditional and web-based filmmakers of the digital era from around the world. Info and tickets at www.newmediafilmfestival.com
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Lancaster Museum of Art & History: Estate Italiana
The exhibit is curated by Cynthia Penna of the Naples-based cultural institution ART 1307 and features the Italian artists Max Coppeta, Marco Casentini, Nicola Evangelisti, Carlo Marcucci, Antonella Masetti, Alex Pinna & Carla Viparelli. Opening reception – Saturday, August 26 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Lancaster Museum of Art & History 44933 Fern Avenue Lancaster, CA 93534
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PrimaVera Opera: The Fallen One
True love is tragic, but forever! Opera legend Boris Martinovich, Italian opera star Alessandro Luciano, Grammy nominated Massimo Simeoli, Soprano Ransu & Maestro Im Sang Yoon star in The Fallen One, an original adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece, La Traviata. More information HERE. Tickets available HERE.
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HollyShorts Film Festival, 13th Edition
A showcase of the best and brightest short films from around the globe, including Italy! Mostri (Italy) by Adam Selo – Short Live Action Stella1 (16m, Italy) by Roberto D’Ippolito & Gaia Bonsignore – Short Live Action Tickets available HERE. www.hollyshorts.com
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Viaggi in Italia: The Trip to Italy
Join us for a special presentation celebrating travel in Italy, Viaggi in Italia, a series of events co-presented by the IIC and ENIT. The evening includes the screening of the delightful comedy The Trip to Italy (UK, 2014, 108 min) directed by Michael Winterbottom! An IFC Feature Film starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as they embark […]
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Design, Environment, Counter-Environment
Professors Felicity Scott, author of Architecture or Techno-Utopia: Politics after Modernism, and Mark Wasiuta, curator of Environments and Counter-Environments: Experimental Media in Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, MoMA, 1972, discuss the intersection of countercultural radicalism and Italian New Wave design in the 1960s. Together they explore how cutting-edge Italian design encompassed fashion, furniture, and architecture […]
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Aldo Iuliano: Penalty
Aldo Iuliano’s award winning drama Penalty has been making waves in the film world, as this wonderful film has received nearly thirty awards and has been selected for five Academy qualifying Film Festivals. Now this exciting film will open in theatres in Los Angeles. Penalty shares the story of a group of guys playing football […]
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