Art & Science: Bringing the Magic to the Museum with Museo Egizio Director Christian Greco
Dr. Christian Greco, director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, examines the discovery of Egyptian artifacts and the reunification of burial assemblages. He also discusses how Egyptologists and scientists collaborate to re-create archaeological and historical contexts. Reception to follow. More details can be found HERE. Fowler Museum, UCLA 308 Charles E Young Dr N […]
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Grand Tour in Contemporary Italy
A rich selection of photographs capturing regional Italian film sets from the 1940s until today, curated by Antonio Maraldi – Centro Cinema Citta’ di Cesena. Before the Second World War it was rare, if not unusual, that Italian cinema was shot outside of the studios, immediately following the war, inspired by Neorealism, Italian cinema went […]
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Bruskers Guitar Duo USA Tour 2017
Eugenio Polacchini and Matteo Minozzi, the Bruskers Guitar Duo, have been defined “two leading figures in the motley world of guitar” and “a source of inspiration for guitarists”. Molded by the classical (Eugenio) and modern (Matteo) music worlds, they use jazz as a common ground and their repertoire covers traditional jazz standards and soundtracks in […]
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Los Angeles Virtuosi presents: Mostly Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, his last symphonic work, rounds off an evening of musical favorites by Giacomo Puccini and Benjamin Britten, in the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s debut performance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Bing Auditorium, courtesy of its Sundays Live concert series. Concert free and open to the public. Los […]
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Filming on Italy – First edition February 3 & 7
A new event promoting Italy as a cinematic set, thanks to the collaboration between Angus Dei Production by Tiziana Rocca, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles and its Director Valeria Rumori and the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles. During the first edition of the project the new Italian Cinema Law for foreign […]
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Luca Vullo: Influx (2016, 82′)
London has never attracted so many Italians as in the last few years. In a period when European immigration is continuously debated in politics, “Influx (2016, 82′) offers an emotional self-analysis that reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Italians, showing the uniqueness of their mentality as well as their contradictions. A captivating documentary that reveals ‘the […]
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival , one of the leading film festivals in the US, attracting 90,000 attendees and offering 11days of films, tributes and symposiums, will host a selection of Italian films. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE VIEW SCHEDULE HERE THE NEST (Il nido) directed by Klaudia Reynicke, 2016, 80’ Cora has returned to Bucco to help […]
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Waiting for… Mostly Mozart
Pre-concert lecture illustrated by Maestro Carlo Ponti for the Los Angeles Virtuosi’s (LAV) performance at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) featuring compositions by Giacomo Puccini, Benjamin Britten and W. A. Mozart. RSVP mandatory. RSVP HERE. Los Angeles Viruosi Orchestra Waiting for… Mozart
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017
In memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, annual public reading of the names of the Italian victims adn commemoration ceremony honoring Al Finci, Holocaust survivor, followed by a screening of Perlasca. The Courage of a Just Man (2002, 124’). On the 25th anniversary of the death of Giorgio Perlasca (1910 – 1992), the […]
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Umberto Eco, the Middle Ages, and The Name of the Rose
A symposium dedicated to the Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, and semiotician, also featuring a screening of J. Jacques Annaud’s The Name of the Rose (1986, 130’). Semiologist Paolo Fabbri will be guest speaker. Organized by University of California Los Angeles Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (UCLA CMRS) in collaboration with the IIC, with the support […]
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