ITALIAN COMICS: HISTORY, AUTHORS AND CHARACTERS
Italian comics have long been a part of Italian society and culture. Antonio Iannotta, Ph.D., who led communications for an international comics festival in Naples, Italy, for six years, will trace how comics underline Italian history, examine prominent authors and discuss popular characters. Argyros Forum, Room 209C. More at http://www.chapman.edu/
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI’S “BARBER OF SEVILLE”
Rossini’s razor-sharp musical wit glints through every scene of this delicious comedy, one of the most playful and popular in the entire operatic repertoire. Part of LA Opera’s programming of the Figaro Trilogy – The Ghosts of Versailles, The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro – within one season and revival of a […]
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THE ILLUSTRATED BODY: PRINTING, ANATOMY, AND ART IN THE RENAISSANCE
This international conference commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius (1514 -1564), the Flemish founder of modern anatomy and the author of De humani corporis fabrica, and the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius, the founder of the Aldine Press in Venice. UCLA Library Special Collections houses one of the […]
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FRAGMENTS OF ESTINCTION
An Environmental Sound-Art Project on the Acoustic Biodiversity of RainforestsMore at Fragments of Extinction
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MEET THE AUTHOR: DACIA MARAINI
Award winning writer and playwright Dacia Maraini will talk about and read from her most recent novel, Chiara di Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza (Rizzoli, 2013), a vivid portrait of Saint Clare, one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi and the author of the Rule of Life—the first monastic rule known to have […]
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WOMEN ON SET
ITALIAN ACTRESSES FROM THE LATEST GENERATION On the occasion of the Los Angeles, Italia Film Fashion and Art Fest, the IIC presents an exhibition of about 40 black and white and color portraits of Italian actresses on set during the last ten years. This stunning visual documentation by some of the best set photographers of […]
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ROMA OPEN CITY – Restored version!
Described by Martin Scorsese as “the most precious moment of film history,” Rome Open City (Roma città aperta) is filmmaker Roberto Rossellini’s revelation—a harrowing drama about the Nazi occupation of Rome and the brave few who struggled against it. New 4K digital restoration! (Italy, 1945)www.janusfilms.com/romeopencity
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LOS ANGELES, ITALIA Film, Fashion and Art Fest
The 10th edition of the annual festival will feature many world and US premieres of recent Italian movies e a film retrospective and musical performances designed to pay tribute to Frank Sinatra, on the centennial of his birth. The Festival will also remember director Francesco Rosi and singer-songwriter Pino Daniele and pay a tribute to […]
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ANDREA MORRICONE: CINEMATIC VISIONS
Maestro Andrea Morricone will conduct the Amor Symphonic Orchestra and Choir. This evening concert will feature the Maestro’s newest arrangements of some of the greatest films scores of all time, including The Godfather and a suite of themes from Cinema Paradiso. More at www.thebroadstage.com/andrea_morricone/
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VITTORIO GRIGOLO
Direct from a critically-acclaimed run at The Metropolitan Opera, opera superstar Vittorio Grigolo brings his charisma and arias to the Westside for an intimate concert at The Broad Stage. Described as “handsome, energetic and blessed with a vibrant voice” by The New York Times, the Italian tenor will sing the most celebrated arias of all […]
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