Ryu Part of City Delegation Visiting Italy
by Allison B. Cohen Councilmember David Ryu (Council District 4) is currently on a weeklong trip to Italy, part of what's being referred to as a "City of Los Angeles Business Exchange Delegation." Along with Ryu are councilmembers Joe Buscaino (15th Council District), Gil Cedillo (1st Council District), Mitchell Englander (12th Council Distri...
All Day Seminar: Celebrating Italian Culture & Its Impact Throughout Time
Saturday, April 13, 2013 In celebration of the Year of Italian Culture in the US, the Museo will have an All Day Seminar on the impact of Italian culture. The topics are Modernity, Machines and Motor Oil: Italian Futurist Art and Ideals, by Christopher Atwood, PhD candidate in Italian Studies at UC Berkeley, The Innovations of Italia...
Viva L’Italia! Gala at the Fairmont Hotel
by Nickolas Marinelli The word "gala" is often employed to describe anything from costume parties to affairs where most of the men wear a tie and the napkins are made of cloth. In our fast-paced and informal society, it is seldom that any function achieves the level of sophistication and glamour that truly rises to the level of "gala." &n...
Italian American Lawyers Associaton Annual Scholarship
It has been the proud tradition of the Italian American Lawyers Association (IALA) to award an annual scholarship to an exceptional law student. On average, approximately 15 to 20 applications are received each year. All applicants receive a one year membership in our organization at no charge. This year, IALA will be offering a scholarship in the...
The IAMLA Announces Major Gift From The Flamminio Family
The Board of Directors of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is pleased to announce its newest Founding Family, the Flamminio family of Malibu, California. The Flamminio family joined the Museum's elite cadre of donors last month. In preparation for the Museum's opening, the IAMLA's Founding Family designation was created in 2013 a...
Italian Hero Is Not Forgotten
In the middle of Little Italy, in downtown San Diego, stands a sunny piazza with a constantly running, beautiful water fountain. In the front of the piazza a severe, bronze casting of an unforgettable hero overlooks the piazza. The hero is John Basilone, a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant who received the nation's highest military awa...
Jimmy Kimmel To Be Feted By Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival
Jimmy Kimmel will be feted by the 10th Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival with its "Award of Excellence" presented to Italian-Americans who have made an outstanding contribution to the world of entertainment. Kimmel, host and executive producer of the Emmy-winning "Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC's longest-running late-night talk sho...
1975-2015: Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini
Date: Monday, November 02, 2015 Hours: 6:30 PM Venue: IIC Organized by: IIC In collaboration with: Department of Italian and French, The USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences On the 40th anniversary of his untimely death in Ostia, near Rome, this visionary thinker and major figure in Italian literature and art is re...
Nomina di Lorenzo Ortona a console generale a San Francisco (Usa)
Lorenzo Ortona è stato nominato console generale d'Italia a San Francisco, una delle città più importanti degli Stati Uniti. E Lorenzo sabato era a Casale, accompagnato dal padre Ludovico "per andare al cimitero a dire al nonno dell'incarico...", ci dice. E il nonno era Egidio, ambasciatore "storico" negli Stati Uniti in tempi non facili. Egi...
The Shimmer of Gold: Giovanni di Paolo in Renaissance Siena
Upcoming, October 11, 2016 - January 8, 2017. The Getty Center - 1200 Getty Center Drive - Los Angeles, CA 90049-1679. Free | No ticket required Giovanni di Paolo (about 1399–1482), manuscript illuminator and panel painter, was one of the most distinctive and imaginative artists in Renaissance Siena. He received prestigious...
Eating Your Way Through the 5th Annual Taste of Italy on October 12, 2013
The food events haven't stopped, but The Taste of Italy looks to not only present a stellar line-up of food but an authentically Italian atmosphere. Just as a fundraiser for the Italian American Museum, slated to open in early 2014, should be. Luckily, I also have a special discount code for my readers to share that will score you $5 off, so stay t...
Joseph Gatto: a monumental life "reporting for service"
by Ed Fuentes A list isn't enough this year. Any such year-end post could have led with stories about the mural ordinance being passed, lifting a decade long ban on the city's cultural calling card. It could detail the murals by rebellious artists who simply painted on despite the ban, or even chat up Banksy's stencil on a gas station...