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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FOOD AND HEALTH
A round table discussion on health issues related to food production, distribution and consumption in a global economy. Among the speakers are Diana Domenica Bruno, Una Vita Olive Oil; Piero Selvaggio, Valentino Santa Monica; Claudio Scafoglio, Assistant Researcher, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Joseph Pisegna, Professor of Medicine at […]
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THE WATERFALL
A presentation of an interactive lighting permanent installation created by Alessandro Marianantoni (MEDIARS) for the City of Pasadena, associated with the main theme of water as one of the four natural elements and a vital resource to preserve.Marianatoni will be in conversation with Cathie Chavez-Morris, Environmental Specialist with the Los Angeles Department of Water and […]
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