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Fifty years ago, Los Angeles-based Italian American artist Leo Politiquestioned the the notion of "progress" "achieved" at the expense of the destruction of communities and history. Although primarily recognized as an award-winning children's book author and illustrator, Politi spent decades chronicling the city's diverse enclaves and captured its...

When: Thursday, March 07, 2019 From 6:00 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles and Meet Italy In collaboration with : Silicon Valley Italian Executive Council (SVIEC) - Entrance : Free MEET Italy is a network for Italian-American and Italian executives engaged in the...

È morto a Los Angeles, dove viveva da quarant’anni, il grande informatico italiano Mario Gerla: aveva 76 anni ed è stato stroncato da un tumore contro il quale aveva combattuto a lungo. Dopo la laurea al Politecnico di Milano, Gerla si era trasferito al dipartimento di Computer Science della University of California Los Angeles, Ucla, dove aveva pr...

"Genealogia italiana: come fare ricerca genealogica in Italia e negli Stati Uniti" è titolo del seminario organizzato dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles e da Lingua Viva, che si terrà il 21 febbraio, dalle ore 18.00 alle 21.00, nella sede dell’Istituto. L’iniziativa intende offrire un approccio pratico per la ricerca e l’utilizzo di d...

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, most commonly referred to as Leonardo da Vinci, embodied a true Italian Renaissance Man with interests in the arts, architecture, literature & writing, astronomy & anatomy, mathematics, engineering/invention, and many more. Widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time, da Vinci also made substantial dis...

The L.A. Italia Film, Fashion and Music Festival, which celebrates all things Italian and Italian-American, is set to honor actors Andy Garcia and Franco Nero with lifetime achievement awards. The two men will be given the fest’s Legend Awards, to acknowledge significant contributions made in global cinema. The event will pay tribute to the careers...

Roman director Matteo Rovere will receive the Filmmaker of the Year award on February 21 at the awards ceremony of the Los Angeles, Italia film festival at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, for his ancient Rome epic "The First King". American director Adam McKay will also receive the award, for his film "Vice", about former US Vice President Dick C...

L.A. Italia Fest is set to open with the world premiere of Amazing Leonardo, a new biopic about Leonardo Da Vinci, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death (May 2, 1519). Luca Argentero (Eat Pray Love) stars as Da Vinci in the film, a Sky original production with Progetto Immagine.  Director Jesus Garces Lambert will introduc...

Today we’d like to introduce you to Tom Cesarini. Tom, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? I decided to establish Convivio in 2003 after having spent a number of years volunteering for other local cultural groups–and having noted a lack of unity and leadership in our community organizations. The very word, Convi...

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA) is pleased to present Leo Politi’s Los Angeles: Works of Love and Protest. Best known for his soothing watercolors of children and families, Leo Politi (1908-1996) was a beloved Italian American artist and Caldecott Award-winning author. For most of his artistic career, Politi used Los Angeles as i...

Il presidente della Regione Toscana Enrico Rossi, su invito dell'Università di Berkeley, sarà in California da oggi al prossimo 1° febbraio. La visita, organizzata in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale d'Italia a San Francisco, prevede una fitta agenda d'impegni, a cominciare dall'incontro "L'Italia e l'Europa di fronte alle sfide della globa...

Salerno fa parlare di sè nel mondo. Allori, infatti, per Filmesque, il corto che vince come “Best International Production” al Los Angeles Cine Fest 2019. Prodotto e co diretto dal salernitano Vincenzo De Sio insieme a Walton Zed conquista Hollywood, il lavoro è frutto dell'impegno dei due artisti campani nel mese che precede la cerimonia degli Osc...