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What better way to celebrate Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial than with a production of Falstaff? This opera, which adapts William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and II, and the Bard's The Merry Wives of Windsor, is nothing short of a sheer delight.   The title character Falstaff (baritone Roberto Frontali in makeup and a fat...

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American Hustle director David O. Russell will headline the lineup at the upcoming Los Angeles-Italia Film Festival, organizers said Monday. Also on tap for the event that highlights the work of Italian and Italian-American filmmakers and entertainers will be film director Roberto Faenza, actress and director Valeria Golino, and famed Italian sing...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016. 6 to 8 PM. Italian Cultural Institute - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - LA 90024. Fees: $45 ($40 for IIC & NASA members). To register please call 310-824-7408. or email to [email protected] Led by Diego Meraviglia, Gold-Pin Pro Sommelier, Master Taster, North American S...

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A taste of the Mediterranean has come to Hollywood. The Pellegrino family has opened the 13-room Casa Pellegrino Boutique Hotel at 2007 N. Ocean Drive after nearly two years of renovations.   The work built in architecture and decor inspired by the owners' Italian ancestry and European roots. Each room displays its own style influenced...

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A so-called destination restaurant is an unfamiliar concept to those of us living in the culinary districts of Los Angeles. The thought of vehicular travel to some distant locale for dinner is a foreign notion, something reserved for chain restaurant-dining suburbanites. But the fact of the matter is that we all journey to other parts of town to v...

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Singers Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble were discovered when the three singers appeared individually on Italy's televised singing competition – "Ti lascio una canzone." The show's creator/producer Roberto Cenci had the lads perform as a trio during the program's fourth episode, thus launching the group's career. Now Il Vol...

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California's Mediterranean climate is similar to Italy's, so the Italian immigrants felt at home and were able to bring their food and culture to this new land.   The California soil was ideal for planting crops Italians were used to growing, such as eggplant, artichokes, broccoli and Sicilian lemons. Italians also brought with them a love o...

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Anche quest'anno, come già in passato, martedì 27 gennaio, gli italiani a Los Angeles celebreranno la Giornata della Memoria della Shoah.   Il Consolato Generale d'Italia, l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura e AJC Los Angeles organizzano infatti ogni anno una lettura pubblica degli 8.000 nomi delle vittime ebree italiane dell'Olocausto.  ...

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How would you explain Italy to a child? This docu-film describes the hopes for the country that will be, while touching on some of the key themes of today's Italy. Director Nicola Campiotti will be in conversation with Alex Ago, Director of Programming and Special Projects at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.   The film will be screened at S...

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by Lesley Balla   Short-lived but not necessarily unliked, chef Jason Neroni and the Sprout restaurant group have closed Catch & Release, his West Coast take on an East Coast seafood "shack" in Marina del Rey. But they're not done with that space yet.   Doing what he does best—pizzas, handmade pastas and other rustic Italian-Ameri...

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