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...
The Great GRAVY/SAUCE Cooking Competition
September 26/27 - 3 PM - 1651 N. Highland Ave, 90028The Great Gravy/Sauce Cooking Competition is taking place again at The Galbani Cheese Feast of San Gennaro Los Angeles hosted by The Meatballs Of Comedy! Preliminary taste tests will be held on Saturday 9/26/15 and final judging will take place on Sunday 9/27/15! Great Prizes! Celebrity Judge...
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...
Italian Trade Commission si trasferisce nell’edificio del Consolato Generale
A partire da lunedi' 9 settembre, gli uffici della Italian Trade Commission - Los Angeles (sezione commerciale del Consolato Generale) si trasferiranno nel palazzo che ospita la sede consolare - 1900 Avenue of the Stars - alla suite 350. Se siete una societa' americana interessata ad attivita' commerciali ed investimenti con/ in Italia o s...
Davoli’s Star Shines at Pasolini Film Series
by Nickolas Marinelli Ask any average American who Ninetto Davoli is, and you'll likely get a blank stare. Even fans of vintage foreign films may have a hard time remembering where they've heard that name before. But ask an Italian or Italian film fan, and you'll get the kind of reaction usually reserved for superstars who began their care...
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...
Pino Forastiere to perform at International Guitar Night 2014
Credited as "one of the most important showcases for the contemporary guitar" by The San Francisco Chronicle, International Guitar Night (IGN) is a long-standing Bay Area tradition known for its friendly and informal ambiance, as well as its exceptional guitar performances. The Italian guitarist Pino Forastiere will be one of the special g...