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By Silvia Simonetti   On the occasion of the celebration honoring the Italian Saint Padre Pio, the President of the San Padre Pio Society Maria Bruno invited to Los Angeles some students from the Med Music Talent Academy of Bari, Italy, to perform in a three-hour concert organized in collaboration with Casa Italiana.   Maria Bruno, na...

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By Luisa del Giudice   "Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development is one of the most exciting collections of essays I have read in a long time. It does so much more than explore the fascinating history of Rodia's unique creation; this volume truly captures the rich, variegated, diverse, and transcontinental human drama sur...

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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 Voting Memb...

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Little Studio Films, a Los Angeles based production, distribution and representation company owned by Alexandra Yacovlef and Alexia Melocchi, have signed the accomplished Italian directing and producing team of Luca Boni and Marco Ristori for representation and a series of Hollywood projects. Little Studio Films will introduce Boni and Ristori and...

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di Mariella Salvatori   La Befana vien di notte... la Delegazione di Los Angeles, a conclusione delle celebrazioni natalizie, ha voluto iniziare il 2016 con una cena dedicata alla Befana, cioe' ad una festa tipicamente italiana e praticamente sconosciuta negli USA. Proprio per colmare questo gap da parte americana, la simposiarca nonche...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles cordially invite you to the presentation of the book "Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development". Edited by Luisa Del Giudice (NY: Fordham University Press, 2014) it represents a tour de force culmination of the last five years of activity around the extraordinary Watts Towers,...

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Il Console Generale di Los Angeles, il 3 maggio scorso presso l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura, ha conferito all'attore Joe Mantegna il Premio dell'"Eccellenza Italiana in America della Puglia".   L'evento è stato organizzato in collaborazione tra l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura e il Center of America, la cui missione consiste nella promozione...

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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...

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Operativo il riconoscimento Erga Omnes: si parte con una nuova comunicazione, un tour promozionale negli USA e una serie di degustazioni nelle enoteche. Valorizzare e internazionalizzare. Sono queste le parole chiave che contraddistingueranno l'attività del Consorzio Vini di Romagna per il prossimo triennio. Parole che si stanno riempiendo di signi...

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By Lesley Balla   In an effort to curb merging lines and crowded aisles, the Grand Central Market has finally put up signs designating where customers should wait in line for food at any of the stalls.   That's because the almost 100-year-old market is busier than ever, with hungry hounds descend on the place for cheap carnitas tacos,...

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