i Palpiti Festival 2017
Among the programs of iPalpiti Artists International, its 20th annual Summer Festival of International Laureates in Los Angeles is emerging as one of the nation’s most significant music festivals and the subject of international accolades. The festival this season will include multiple performances by Italian musicans, Davide de Ascaniis (violin) and Jacopo Giacopuzzi (piano) as […]
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Vogliamo Tutto: Postwar Italian art
Italian art after World War II experienced a remarkable renaissance as artists began experimenting with traditional forms and styles in provocative ways—from the Arte Povera movement in which everyday materials replaced the stones and precious metals of traditional sculpture, to radical innovations in design. Curator Marianna Vecellio, New Museum artistic director Massimiliano Gioni, UCLA Professor […]
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Little Italy Summer Outdoor Film Festival
Little Italy Summer Outdoor Film Festival: The Summer Festival screens every Saturday night mid-June through mid-September. The films are shown outdoors in the Amici Park Amphitheater, in Little Italy, San Diego. Suggested $5/each contribution at the door. www.cinemalittleitaly.com Program Sat, July 1 Bread and Chocolate Sat, July 8 An Almost Perfect Town Sat, July […]
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Federico Fellini: Juliet of the Spirits
In Federico Fellini’s first color feature, the director goes “deliriously and brilliantly bananas with the color” (Stephen Holden, New York Times) to depict the hallucinatory journey of a betrayed housewife in 1960s Italy. Played by Italian screen diva Giulietta Masina, Juliet is one of the many strong female characters (le grandi donne) who graced Italian […]
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Make Music Day
Make Music Day is an international free celebration of music held on the same day in more than 750 cities in 120 countries around the world. To celebrate the event, and in conjunction with the 2017 Year of Mexico in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Mexico will present a […]
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Cooking class: Pasta sauces
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. Ale Gambini was nominated in […]
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Artists and Experimental Cinema in Italy 1960–1970 – Hammer Museum
On the occasion of the Hammer Museum exhibit Marisa Merz: The Sky is a Great Space this selection of extremely rare short films, including Il Mostro Verde, features Merz’s Living Sculpture, revealing the exciting, eclectic collaborations among painters, poets, directors, and theater actors in 1960s Italy. Films by Tonino De Bernardi and Paolo Menzio and […]
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Part 2: Italian Mediterranean Wines – East Coast of Italy
An interactive wine tasting party is the perfect way to discover a favorite new bottle, learn something new about Italian food and wine culture, and organize a fun night for friends. Space is limited, RSVP required* This time we will take you through some of the Mediterranean region’s indigenous grape varieties, such as primitivo, magliocco, famoso […]
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Emilio Cavallini: Harmony Runs on a Thread
The show highlights the artistic path of designer Emilio Cavallini, whose fine art comes out of his experience in the modern, technological even industrial field of fashion, elaborated through his deep passion for mathematics and physics. In Cavallini’s visual universe harmony runs on a thread — the same thread that comprises his legwear — and […]
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IIC Book Club – Special Strega Prize 2017
Started in 1947, the Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. A special book club at the IIC participates in the ballot that produces the finalists. The final round of voting, followed by the proclamation of the winner, takes place on the first Thursday in July in the nymphaeum of the Villa Giulia, […]
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