Sunday, June 2 | 3:00 p.m. - Harold M. Williams Auditorium FREE, reservations recommended. Call (310) 440-7300 or visit getty.edu   On the eve of the Allied invasion of Italy in August 1943, Allied bombs threatened Michelangelo's David and nearly destroyed Leonardo's Last Supper. This is the true story of the race to save great masterp...

by Silvia Simonetti   In the months of May and June, the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles will dedicate a series of events, round tables, screenings, and other initiatives to Expo Milan 2015 and its main themes, nutrition and sustainability.   On the backdrop of the exhibition "Menu d'Autore" - open to the public from April 2...

by Luca Dell'Aquila   In occasione del mese italiano della Scienza, il Consolato Generale d'Italia in collaborazione con The Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation e l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles hanno organizzato negli spazi di quest'ultimo una serata dedicata all'esplorazione spaziale. In presenza del C...

The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles ApertaMente, Milano & i-ItalyTV, New York Under the Auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles present "MARINETTI A NEW YORK", A film by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory   When: TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015 @ 6:30 PMWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 1023 Hilga...

Julian Brooks, associate 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...

Annual conference of the California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies (CICIS) addressing the theme of the Sacred in Italy across time, place and discipline.   Key note speaker: Maurizio Viroli, University of Texas, Austin and University of Lugano.   Read more   Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/ &nb...

When: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 At 6:30 pm Organized by : IIC & Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz In collaboration with : Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra Entrance : Free - RSVP herePre-concert lecture illustrated by film excerpts and Maestro Carlo Ponti for the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra's (LAV) season finale performance that will be hel...

Dopo Compulsion di Egidio Coccimiglio, presentato la scorsa settimana, una speciale proiezione del film Medeas del regista esordiente Andrea Pallaoro era in programma giovedì 20 febbraio, all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles, in collaborazione con l'Italian Film Commission.   La pellicola si è recentemente aggiudicata il New Voice...

This transnational symposium will address, with a comparative approach, the relationship between women writers and the Mediterranean, considered as a diverse region of interconnected histories and identities.   A particular focus will be dedicated to the Italian novelist Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998).    Read more   Source...

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 3 times Os...