RICCARDO MANNELLI: NOTES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BEAUTY
One of the most incisive and sharp pencils of Italy, Riccardo Mannelli has been working since 1975 with the leading Italian satirical and comic magazines as well as many newspapers and periodicals both in Italy and abroad. He also continues his personal painting research which has been presented over the years in numerous exhibitions and festivals. Curated by […]
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Elena Manferdini: Building Portraits
Building Portraits is a suite of elevation studies developed by Atelier Manferdini during the past 2 years for the Art Institute of Chicago and Industry Gallery in Los Angeles. These drawings explore the potential of intricate scripted line work at the scale of building facades. The collection exist simultaneously as architectural research and […]
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MICHELE SERRA PRESENTS “EVERYONE COULD”
LIVE WEB STREAMING The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is giving the opportunity to watch the live stream presentation of “Everyone could”, the new novel by Michele Serra, from the Turin International Book Fair. The presentation can be streamed through the site of the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles. The writer will be speaking from the Feltrinelli […]
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PRAYERS, GREETINGS, BLESSINGS, SIGNALS, AND SONGS OF SICILIAN TUNA FISHERMEN”
Lecture by Giuseppina Colicci This presentation discusses prayers, greetings, blessings, signals, and songs performed by Sicilian tuna fishermen during the fishing season. It is based on my fieldwork in Bonagia, a small town in the province of Trapani in western Sicily. In collecting this material I kept two questions in mind. Giuseppina Colicci received her […]
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INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 2016
An annual public name reading of the Jewish Italian victims of the Holocaust and a commemoration for the Jewish composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Dr. James Westby, who received his Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from UCLA with a dissertation on “Castelnuovo-Tedesco in America: The Film Music” will introduce the musical tribute which features Elisabetta Russo (voice) accompanied […]
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PHIL STERN, WELCOME BACK TO SICILY
Photos by Carmelo Nicosia. On the occasion of the ToarminaFilmFest Los Angeles, a collection of photographs by Carmelo Nicosia portraying the emotional return to Sicily of celebrated photographer Phil Stern for a solo exhibit featuring his work as a WWII combat photographer, when he followed the US troops to document the liberation of the Italian […]
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CASANOVA: LIBERTINE LEGEND
An international conference on Giacomo Casanova, the fascinating eighteenth-century adventurer, libertine, traveler, and writer of many texts in Italian and French, with Italian Professors including Bruno Capaci, Università di Bologna and Clorinda Donato, California State University, Long Beach.
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Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane
Masterpiece drawings from the Casa Buonarroti. Twenty-six rare memorable figurative studies and architectural drawings from the renowned collection of the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, comprise one of the most important Michelangelo exhibitions in America in nearly three decades. The Casa Buonarroti, once owned by the artist, is the world’s largest repository for Michelangelo’s drawings, architectural […]
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WORLD PREMIERE OF CRISTIAN CARRARA’S MACPELAH
Experience the rich virtuosity of the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra with the exciting world premiere of Cristian Carrara’s Macpelah: Dialog for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, a joint presentation with Toscanini Philharmonic. Nir Kabaretti, Conductor; Francesca Dego, Violin; Robert deMaine, Cello.
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