Feel the Tuscan Breeze
An introduction to Tuscany’s “Silver Coast” with a taste of Tuscan specialties and their award winning wines. For IIC members and invitation only. www.enit.it
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Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Puccini’s cherished music expresses the heartbreak of a naive young woman who commits herself to a man unworthy of her loyalty. Soprano Ana María Martínez returns as the beloved geisha, one of her signature roles. A love that knows no boundaries goes horribly wrong in a fateful meeting of East and West. What begins as […]
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JOE MANTEGNA READS HERCULES BY GABRIELE TINTI
Poetry reading by actor Joe Mantegna in front of The Hope Herakles (Hercules) a Roman, 2nd- or 3rd-century marble sculpture copy after a Greek original of circa 370–350 B.C. by Skopas that is part of the William Randolph Hearst Collection at LACMA. Hercules, hero and demigod of Greek mythology, the strongest of men, is sung by […]
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BUSINESS & CULTURE: AN ITALIAN PROSPECTIVE
This free symposium open to students and the general public brings together innovative business leaders who are working at the crossroads of Italy and the US to share stories and engage with new challenges and ideas. This series of presentations with distinguished speakers representing film, architecture, design, agriculture and other industries from California and Italy. The […]
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REMEMBERING GIORGIO BASSANI
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, the IIC pays tribute to the great novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and intellectual, Giorgio Bassani and his book The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini). The novel chronicles the relationships between the narrator and the children of the Finzi-Continis, a Jewish family in Ferrara, […]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIOACHINO ROSSINI!
A special birthday celebration for one of the greatest Italian opera composers with the presentation of the Rossini Opera Festival which is held every summer in Rossini’s hometown, Pesaro, located in the central region of Marche region. LA based soprano Elisabetta Russo who studied with ROF Artistic Director, Maestro Alberto Zedda at the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro, […]
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CICIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies was established in 2002 to bring together faculty, students, and independent scholars to foster interdisciplinary and transnational research related to Italian studies in California. Its 15th annual conference explores the many ways in which Italy has been made or imagined to be borderless, challenging what was or might […]
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LOS ANGELES, ITALIA: FILM, FASHION AND ART FEST
The 11th edition of the annual Festival will feature many world and US premieres of recent Italian movies as well as retrospectives, tributes and musical performances. Presented by Capri in the World Institute under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation together with the Consulate General of Italy in Los […]
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NEW MEXICO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL & CULTURE FESTIVAL
Now in its 9th year, the NM Italian Film and Culture Festival is an annual week-long celebration showcasing the best of Italian cinema and the richness of Italian culture and tradition. While the centerpiece of the festival is film, surrounding events feature Italian art, food, wine, music and more. Proceeds from the event go to […]
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CARLO PONTI AND THE LOS ANGELES VISTUOSI ORCHESTRA: ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS
The concert includes the West Coast premieres of dramatic orchestral arrangements of Giuseppe Verdi’s and Claude Debussy’s String Quartets and W.A Mozart’s Piano Concert No. 9. www.theatreraymondkabbaz.com
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