WTI Magazine #30    2014 May, 15Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   You think about it and think again, and in the end you realize that Italy's classic movies world has had so many big names, compared to the contemporary scene: talented actors recognized throughout the world, glorious icons that take us back in time and at the sa...

  WTI Magazine #45    2014 October, 15Author : Simone Callisto Manca      Translation by:   At We the Italians we tell not only stories about today's success and victories of Italian sport, but also of our historic triumphs. Today we will talk about one of the editions of the Olympics where the Italian team brought home more medals: Los Angeles...

464 S. Main Street, Downtown Los Angeles. Portofino Cucina Italiana is a small, intimate restaurant, yet elegant and easy going. Neapolitan Diego Ortoli chose a not-so-obvious location. Downtown L.A. is in fact the main business district of the area during the day and a populated nightlife spot in the evening. This means different crowds at differ...

When: Date: Saturday, March 05, 2016 at 3:00 PM Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Poetry reading by actor Joe Mantegna in front of The Hope Herakles (Hercules) a Roman, 2nd- or 3rd-century marble sculpture copy after a Greek original of circa 370–350 B.C. by Skopas that is part of the Willia...

The first appointment with Fazioli Piano Series was hosted by the IIC in Los Angeles last March 17. The initiative, launched by the Italian Cultural Institute, gets its name from the Italian company that produces grand and concert-grand pianos, worldly renown for the high quality materials and the finest technology of its products. The series is d...

By Camilla Baresani   Da Bagnoli Irpino a Los Angeles, per fare i formaggiai. Sembrerebbe il viaggio tipico degli emigranti di inizio Novecento, e invece nel caso di «angelo&franco — The Mozzarella Guys» (notare l'uso delle maiuscole, invertito rispetto al canone grammaticale), è una vicenda molto più contemporanea, connessa a studi econ...

Fondazione Azzurra hosted a dinner in celebration of the conference "From Earthly Pleasures to Princely Glories in the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds", which took place at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies to honor the quincentenary of Machiavelli's The Prince.   The Italian winery Le Corte dei Farfensi, owned by Antonell...

Piero Tosi, storico costumista di Luchino Visconti e dei principali registi del panorama italiano dagli anni '60 fino ai nostri giorni, riceverà a Los Angeles l'Oscar alla carriera.Nato a Sesto Fiorentino 86 anni fa, ha lavorato a tanti capolavori tra cui il "Gattopardo", "Rocco e i suoi fratelli" e "Morte a Venezia". Tra il 1964 e il 1983 ha ricev...

Locanda Veneta, a fabulous Italian Restaurant, located in the 3rd Street, Los Angeles has a romantic setting with amazing food and services with a 'celebrity setting' or two, is one of the city's little gems. The restaurant aims at transforming the diners to Venice, Italy; the chefs here deceptively combine basic recipe and simplest ingredients to...

Los Angeles avrà finalmente il suo museo del cinema grazie a Renzo Piano: l'architetto italiano ha firmato infatti il progetto approvato per creare nella città della hollywoodiana un "tempio" dedicato che finora mancava. L'Academy Museum of Motion Pictures si svilupperà su quasi 90mila metri quadri e ingloberà anche lo storico edificio della M...