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An exhibition of over 100 images that explores the experience of photographer Roberto Villa (in attendance at the opening) on the set of The Arabian Nights (1974) by Pier Paolo Pasolini, documenting the director's work in the Middle East (Yemen and Iran,) but also offering one of the last portraits of a land that was about to become a war zone. &n...

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By Lara Lago Questa è la storia di un regista a cui nessuno dava fiducia, di un film senza budget, girato in 11 giorni per 8 ore al giorno, di attori pagati dal regista senza fiducia del film senza budget, perché "nonostante tutto noi volevamo così".   Questa è una favola che parla di successo, ma posa le sue radici su quella frustrazione c...

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Joe Buscaino, L.A. City Council Member 15th District, is a first-generation Italian American whose parents immigrated from Sicily in the 1960s.   Joe was an LAPD officer for 15 years before running for L.A. City Council in 2012. He represents 250,000 residents from San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway and Watts.   R...

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The 2014 edition of Cinema Italian Style, the Los Angeles glamorous showcase for Italian contemporary cinema, will be dedicated to the producer Franco Cristaldi and his masterpiece Cinema Paradiso, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its theatrical release. CIS 2014 will present a film and a documentary selection of Italy's best and most recent prod...

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A round table discussion on eco-sustainability in the production, distribution and consumption of food.   Among the speakers are Megan Heritage, Locanda Del Lago; Orietta Gianjorio, olive oil expert; Laura Avery, Santa Monica Farmers Market Manager; Alex Weiser, owner of Weiser Family Farms, and others to be confirmed.   Read more &n...

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by Rowan Horncastle Say 'ciao' to the new Fiat 124 Spider, Italy's take on the Mazda MX-5's two-seat, rear-drive roadster formula. And a very faithful take it is too. Unveiled today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Fiat has revived the 124 nameplate for the first time in nearly fifty years.   But don't be fooled, because under those fun...

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by Alessandra Mastroianni   A conference on the Making of Southern California to homage Italy and its birthday anniversary. Yes, because in the process of becoming what California is today, a lot was done by Italians.   Immigrants who left their country for necessity or for desire to start a new life, finding themselves in a new and d...

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Date: Monday, May 11, 2015 Hours: 5 PM Venue: UCLA Organized by: UCLA Department of Italian In collaboration with: IIC The UCLA Department of Italian will host poet Mario Moroni for a poetry reading. Mario Moroni was born in Italy in 1955. He moved to the United States in 1989. He has taught at Yale University, the University of Memphis, and C...

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Now that downtown L.A. (not all of L.A., just downtown) has been dubbed "America's Next Great City," it deserves more great pizza. Enter Pellicola Pizzeria at 8th and Hill streets, serving crisp, thin-crusted pies marrying New York and Neapolitan styles.   The sleek, mezzanined glass box of a restaurant, where you can get pies whole or by th...

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E' morto Ken Venturi, celebre professionista di golf degli anni '50 e '60, ex campione italoamericano degli Us Open. Aveva 82 anni. Era stato ammesso nella All of Fame mondiale di golf. Da giocatore vinse 14 titoli del circuito Pga, ma divento' famoso per la vittoria agli Us Open del 1964, l'unico 'major' vinto in carriera: trionfo' dopo essere qua...

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