IAMLA presents Italianità: Italian Diaspora Artists Examine Identity
The Italianità: Italian Diaspora Artists Examine Identity exhibition will be opening Sunday May 5th at the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA). The exhibit will focus on the Italian diaspora, which is the dispersion of people to a new country. In the arts, the term gains a deeper meaning as it refers to artists who have migrated from one...
Film: Barolo Boys - The Story of a Revolution
When: Thursday, May 17, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura In collaboration with : Museo Italo Americano - Free Admission | RSVP Required Filmed in the marvelous landscape of the Langhe hills, Barolo Boys - The Story of a Revolution traces the short but int...
Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood
When: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 At 6:30 pm - Where: IIC Los Angeles - Organized by : IIC, Sky TV - Entrance : Free West Coast Premiere of the documentary about the life, works and struggles of Michelangelo Merisi from Caravaggio, whose existence, no less than his art, was characterized by lights and shadows, genius and intemperance. Introduction by...
Italy festival canceled: With no big lot, little hope for Carnevale Fantastico
The third annual Carnevale Fantastico at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo was supposed to be this weekend. But it’s not. Presumably because of a problem not presented to Italians in the fine renaissance period circa 1500 — parking — the show won’t go on. At least this year, according to co-promoter Dalia Vidor. Vidor and Molly Drew decided to canc...
Little Italy San Jose Celebrity Bartender
Thu, May 17, 2018. 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT. Enoteca La Storia Downtown - 320 West Saint John Street - San Jose, CA 95110. Come and mingle with our celebrity bartenders and the rest of the community and you can help to raise the funds needed to build the Little Italy San Jose Museum and Cultural Center. Your ticket includes remarkable wines provided b...
Scandals & Scoundrels: The Hidden Story of Casanova, Da Ponte, and Don Giovanni
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | 6:30pm. Italian Cultural Institute, 601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F (Opera Plaza). Organized by : Leonardo da Vinci Society. Admission: $15 for Leonardo Da Vinci members | $25 general. Buy Tickets Now or bring a check at the event. Join us for an enchanting evening with Kayleen Asbo and Theresa Nelson, and be immersed in the luxury...
Mostra al Museo Getty di Los Angeles - L'Italia custode di tesori antichi
Il celebre Museo Getty di Los Angeles ospita, dal 27 marzo al 9 settembre, un’ importante mostra dedicata all’ Antico Egitto ed alle reciproche influenze che, per vari secoli, si verificarono fra Egitto, Grecia e Roma. La mostra, il cui titolo e’ “ Beyond the Nile Egypt and the Classical World ", presenta importanti reperti provenienti in gran part...
Gemellaggio Copertino – Cupertino, visita della delegazione americana nel Salento
Dal 26 al 29 aprile sarà presente nella Città di Copertino una delegazione della città gemella americana ovvero Cupertino (California). Saranno presenti: Mr. Darcy Paul, Sindaco di Cupertino; Mr. Gilbert Wong, Membro del Cda del De Anza College di Cupertino e già sindaco della citta; Mr. Fabrizio Vitagliano, Mr. Fabrizio Vitagliano Imprenditore e m...
Cinema Italia honours Michelangelo Antonioni’s genius and modernism at the Castro Theatre
Cinema Italia keeps its Spring tradition alive with a five-film retrospective on Michelangelo Antonioni. The one-day program, co-curated by Luce Cinecittà and The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, is meant to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of one of the most known Italian directors. The Castro Theatre will be, once again, the...
Casanova: The Seduction of Europe at the Legion of Honor Museum
Most of us have heard of Casanova. The name is often used to describe a man who has many lovers or a man who is a promiscuous and unscrupulous lover. But who was he really? Where did he come from and what was this famously notorious person all about? The answer can be found at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum in their ongoing exhibit, Casano...
Italia: dove il cibo è un'arte
Museo Italo Americano - 2 Marina Blvd, Building C - San Francisco, CA - Sunday 04/22/2018, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm. Stefania Belli of La Lingua La Vita, Italian Language and Cultural School in Todi (Umbria), which has been running since 1988, will present a lecture on “ITALIA: dove il cibo è un’arte! Throughout the history of Italy, from ancient Rome to...
Remembering JoAnne Ruvoli
JoAnne Ruvoli, former fellow of the “Cultures in Transnational Perspectives” Mellon Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities at UCLA, passed away unexpectedly on March 15, 2018. Diagnosed in December with a severe strain of leukemia, JoAnne was completing a second round of chemo, reportedly feeling tired but hopeful about full recovery. JoAnne Ruvol...