BALLETNOW™ FEATURING ROBERTO BOLLE
Guest Artistic Directors and American Ballet Theatre principals Roberto Bolle and Herman Cornejo lead an international ensemble of 19 major dancers from 12 countries performing in three distinctive programs, with many of the dancers performing in Southern California and together for the first time. Don’t miss this next chapter in ballet as each program will […]
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SLOW FOOD ON FILM: RUPI DEL VINO BY ERMANNO OLMI
A poetic journey through the wine’s stones and the valleys of Valtellina, in Northern Italy. It’s a lush and penetrating look at this unique community and place, noted for grape and wine production. Introduced by Ernest Miller, Co-Chair Slow Food LA Part of the IIC special program dedicated to EXPO Milan 2015
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ANDREA DEL SARTO: THE RENAISSANCE WORKSHOP IN ACTION
A major loan exhibition celebrates the transformation of the art of drawing by Andrea Del Sarto (1486-1530), one of the greatest Florentine Renaissance artists who brought unprecedent realism and immediacy to his art through the rough and rustic use of red chalk and the creation of powerful life and compositional studies.More at www.getty.edu
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YOUNG TALENT PIANO SERIES: ALESSANDRO VENA
Piano recital on the occasion of the solstice of summer and the annual European Music Festival. The program will include music by Debussy, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky.RSVP
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SLOW FOOD ON FILM: STORIE DI TERRA E DI REDZORE
Presented at Salone Internazionale del Gusto – Terra Madre, this documentary tells the stories of men and women that keep alive the rich food traditions and legacy of the Modena region. Introduced by Ernest Miller, Co-Chair Slow Food LA
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The Sex Girl by Alice Carbone Tench
La scrittrice e podcaster Alice Carbone Tench presenta il suo romanzo d’esordio The Sex Girl (Rare Bird Books). www.alicecarbone.com
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YOUNG TALENT PIANO SERIES: JACOPO GIACOPUZZI
Piano recital by Jacopo giacopuzzi, a USC master’s student from Verona with a passion for both classical music and film.
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ANDREA DEL SARTO AND THE RENAISSANCE WORSHOP
Julian Brooks, curator of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will talk about the Florentine Renaissance master Andrea Del Sarto (1486-1530), the subject of an upcoming exhibition at the Getty and at the Frick Collection, New York, that brings into focus the artist’s inventiveness, creative process, and workshop practice.More at www.getty.edu
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SPECIAL PREMIO STREGA – IIC BOOK CLUB
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 at Villa Giulia, Rome.Event is for Strega […]
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MASSIMILIANO GATTI. Passages: Five Projects from Lampedusa, Syria, and Iraq
Ongoing at UCRiverside ARTSblock Massimiliano Gatti’s first American exhibition. Gatti’s photographs explore the history of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the immigration from North Africa coasts to Europe, not by reportage, but by a careful, poetic, archeological description that transforms artifacts into metaphor. http://www.artsblock.ucr.edu/Exhibition/Gatti
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