Professor Franco Marrocco presents The Red Studio and Other Works at the Bridge Art Exchange of L.A.
by Benedetta Cicconi The Bridge Art Exchange Building in Santa Monica opened a little over a month ago on December 12th in collaboration with the Bice Bugatti Club Italy, the solo exhibit of Franco Marrocco, professor and director of the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan. The earliest paintings by Marrocco actually belong...
"Artemusica" incanta Santa Monica e Pasadena con il requiem di Mozart
Il coro "Artemusica", diretto dal Maestro Ermanno Zotti, è stato protagonista di due esibizioni molto apprezzate dal folto pubblico accorso alla Saint Monica Church di Santa Monica e alla St. Peter the Apostle Church di Pasadena. Fondato nel 2011, il coro è composto esclusivamente da cantanti non-professionisti ed ha una struttura classica a quatt...
The Verdi Chorus presents 'AMORE ITALIANO" - This weekend in Santa Monica
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce THE VERDI CHORUS Amore Italiano Anne Marie KETCHUM, Artistic Director; Laraine Ann MADDEN, Accompanist Solists: Amanda SQUITIERI, Soprano; Daniel MONTENEGRO, Tenor; Malcolm MACKENZIE, Baritone This weekend the Verdi Chorus will bring you some of...
Historical Tour of Little Italy Origins
Tourists and locals alike often think of SeaWorld, the San Diego Zoo, and Mission Bay, when they think of San Diego, but Anthony Davi and his aide, Italian-born Marianna, add a whole new dimension to this southern California town with their Little Italy Authentic Food and History Tour. Both the food and early history of San Diego's harbor,...
Il City Council di Los Angeles dà il benvenuto al console Antonino Verde
Il Console generale d'Italia a Los Angeles, Antonino Verde, è stato formalmente presentato al City Council della città venerdì scorso, 23 gennaio, da Joe Buscaino. Al benvenuto ufficiale, Buscaino ha aggiunto una nota sul sito del 15° distretto della città degli Angeli in cui accenna al curriculum di verde, citadno in particolare gli incarichi a S...
Italian comics: history, authors and characters
Italian comics have long been a part of Italian society and culture. Antonio Iannotta, Ph.D., who led communications for an international comics festival in Naples, Italy, for six years, will trace how comics underline Italian history, examine prominent authors and discuss popular characters. More at http://www.chapman.edu/ Date: Thursday, Ma...
St. Joseph’s Day - La Festa di San Giuseppe
St. Joseph's Day - La Festa di San Giuseppe, the Feast of Saint Joseph, is celebrated by Catholics worldwide, but it is especially important in Italy; it serves as Italian Father's Day, Giuseppe, of course, being the man who stepped in to be the earthly father of Jesus. The holiday is particularly special in Sicily, where St. Joseph is hon...
Slow Food on Film: Rupi del vino by Ermanno Olmi – 30 June, 6.30 pm
A poetic journey through the wine's stones and the valleys of Valtellina, in Northern Italy. It's a lush and penetrating look at this unique community and place, noted for grape and wine production. Introduced by Ernest Miller, Co-Chair Slow Food LA. Read more Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/
It’s Super Fun: it’s “Cabaret Comico”
If you're looking for quality original comic song and Broadway musical comedy numbers, you don't need to a book a ticket to New York. Instead, stick around San Francisco and check out Cabaret Comico: A Salute to the Comic Singer & Songwriter mid-November in San Francisco. The event is presented by the Italian Cultural Institute a...
Smartsville family sets Grape Stomp record at this past Italian Festa
A Smartsville 6-year-old and his dad set a grape-squishing record recently when they squeezed 5.1 pounds of juice out of 20 pounds of fruit. The pair had attended the first day of the recent Italian Festa, in Penn Valley, and saw the first heats of the Grape Stomp. They turned the day of family fun into a stomp recon mission. "We had...
The visual master, Mauro Borrelli, from Veneto through Napa Valley to Burbank
by Valerio Viale Mauro Borrelli, in more than two decades of activity, has been perfecting his visual craft, alongside undisputed cinematic masters, the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and Tim Burton. In 2013, Borrelli realized the short film, White Shoe, a whimsical story inspired to the - internationally renowned - Italian shoemaker,...
Redondo Beach's Max Galassi gets inspiration from Sandy Hook
by Michael Hixon Max Galassi got his first taste of filmmaking during a middle school art competition in Connecticut when he created a short film about bullying. "I had experience with bullying in middle school and it was something I was passionate about at the time," recalled Galassi. "I was successful with it and I ended up...