Fashion and Traditions of the Central Italy
In anticipation of the 16th annual Italian Language Week in the World with the theme of Italian and Creativity: Brands and Traditions, Fashion and Design, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles presents an evening dedicated to the fashion and traditions of the Ciociaria, an area in the southern region of Lazio, whose local name […]
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Yuri Ancarani: Four Films
Yuri Ancarani‘s films transform mundane habits and rituals into spectacular narratives. In his hands, a dig for marble becomes a symphony conducted by a maestro, undersea gas line repair and tumor removal play out as science-fiction odysseys, and preparations for a soccer match in Milan are conducted with expert precision and almost religious devotion. The […]
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Hell 23 + Abyss. Dance and fashion performance
In anticipation of the 16th annual Italian Language Week in the World with the theme of Italian and Creativity: Brands and Traditions, Fashion and Design, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles presents the US Premiere of Hell23 and Abyss. The two complementary performances are respectively composed of installation art, music and dance by the […]
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International Institute for Conservation Congress
The International Institute for Conservation Congress serves as a forum for communication among professionals responsible for the preservation of cultural heritage. The 26th biennial Congress will discuss the diverse conservation issues. Organized by the International Institute for Conservation, the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art and the Getty Research Institute in collaboration with […]
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Luigia Martelloni: Breathing
Breathing by Luigia Martelloni presents a diaphanous wall is layered with transparent sheets on which calligrams are inscribed, an intensely personal reflection of the artist, but one that everyone can feel. Breathing by Luigia Martelloni is made up of multiple images of a wide variety of tree species, run across over thirty years of roaming […]
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LA Opera: 2016/17 New Season Kickoff, special event and screening
The LA Opera will launch its new spectacular 2016/17 season, which will include Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, and Gioachino Rossini’s Tosca with a special presentation Fran Rizzi, LA Opera Director of Public Relations, and Eric Borneman, LA Opera Director of Marketing. Roberto Tagliavini (bass), who will interpret Lord Banquo from Macbeth in the LA Opera Darko Tresnjak […]
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Gaetano Pesce: Molds (Gelati Misti)
The works of the renowned Italian designer Gaetano Pesce, an accomplished architect and a leading figure in contemporary industrial design, will be on view at this premier design space in the exhibition Molds (Gelati Misti). In all his work, Pesce expresses his guiding principle that modernism is less a style than a method for interpreting […]
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Nanni Moretti: Mia Madre in Irvine
The acclaimed film Mia Madre (My Mother, 2015, 107 min) will open in Irvine on September 2 at the Regal Edwards Westpark 8 Theater in Irvine . Moretti finds comedy and pathos in the story of Margherita, a harried film director (Margherita Buy, A Five Star Life) trying to juggle the demands of her latest movie and a personal […]
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Rossini Summer Opera Series: The Turk in Italy
Il Turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy, 2007, 165 min) is the last opera of this special screening series dedicated to Gioachino Rossini thanks to a new collaboration between the IIC and the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro, Italy. The Turk in Italy is a madcap ensemble opera with an inspired score that boasts music of […]
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Cinema Little Italy: Malavoglia by Pasquale Scimeca
Every Saturday night, all summer, Italian Films with English subtitles will be screened outdoors in San Diego Little Italy’s Amici Park amphitheater (Date and State streets) through August 27th. The Malavoglia family is living through a period of political change following the country’s annexation to Italy. The family’s inexorable slide is triggered by the decision […]
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