Italian American Museum of Los Angeles To Open August 14
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is scheduled to open this Sunday, August 14. The only institution of its kind in the region, the IAMLA will showcase the little-known history and important contributions of Italian Americans in Southern California. "The IAMLA is not simply a museum for or about Italians," says executive director a...
Art and Migration
ICC is proud to present a special evening with Dr. Luisa Del Giudice presenting on"The Extraordinary Watts Towers". The extraordinary Watts Towers were created over the course of 3 decades by a single-minded artist-artisan, Sabato (Simon, Sam) Rodia, an Italian immigrant who wanted to do "something big."The Watts Towers, listed on the Nati...
A ray of sunshine from Italy to Los Angeles
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...
Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts Art, Migrations, Development
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...
La stella femminile del jazz italiano: Roberta Gambarini
La cantante italiana Roberta Gambarini, fra le voci più note nel panorama musicale internazionale, è tornata ad esibirsi a San Francisco, città da sempre all'avanguardia del genere jazz negli Stati Uniti. Celebrata in tutto il mondo da appassionati, critici e molti dei più grandi musicisti, la vocalist originaria di Torino è divenuta una s...
An Evening of Italian Futurism on Stage at the Legion of Honor
by Mauro Battocchi If you're looking for a novel evening activity on May 27th, make your way to the Florence Gould Theatre at the Palace of the Legion of Honour, (100 34th Avenue, SF) for the 7:00PM showing of Gran Serata Futuristica. The evening is an homage to Italian Futurism an avant-garde movement that originated in Milan in...
Special Premio Strega – IIC Book Club (8 June, 6:30 PM)
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...
Little Studio Films exports the talent of Italian directing team for Hollywood ventures
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...
Convivio della Delegazione di Los Angeles gennaio 2016
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...
CBS News welcomes Artists’ Tribute to Italian Americans in Baseball to San Diego’s Little Italy
There was no better way to celebrate Phil Rizzuto's birthday than in the company of San Diego's finest news crew at CBS Channel 8 and renowned sports artist Christopher Paluso. On September 25th, CBS News Anchor Carlo Cecchetto hosted the grand opening evening celebration of the new exhibition Artists' Tribute to Italian Americans in Baseball after...
The Old Country and New Western – A Singing Cowboy’s Tale
When you think of Italians and music, you might just think of the great opera composers, Verdi, Pucchini, Rossini, or the powerful voices of Caruso, Pavarotti or Bartoli. Perhaps your mind fills with the smooth sound of Sinatra and Martin but that is only part of our history. What if I told you Italians also made the best toe tapping, boot scooting...
Sabato Rodia’s Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development - Edited by Luisa Del Giudice - Wednesday, October 15 | 7 PM
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,...