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by Nick Vivarelli   Ennio Morricone will be feted by the 11th Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival, the annual pre-Oscars event comprising movies and music and celebrating showbiz ties between Italy and Hollywood, which will run Feb. 21-27 at the Hollywood and Highland Center.   The venerable Italian composer, whose long l...

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Luigi Congedo is a young Neapolitan Venture Capitalist based in Silicon Valley. He is part of an Italian exodus being one of the hundreds of thousands of Italians who moved abroad in the last 10 years: 90% of them have a college degree and they go abroad in search of economic stability and meritocracy. Our interview starts with the account of how...

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Duecentocinquanta artisti da venticinque differenti paesi stanno lavorando da circa sei anni come volontari per realizzare Mila, un cortometraggio animato in 3D, scritto e diretto da Cinzia Angelini, artista nata e cresciuta a Milano.   La Angelini dal '97 vive e lavora a Los Angeles dove la sua carriera si è affermata nel mondo dell'animazi...

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By Valerio Viale Once you exit the freeway – whether the "605" or "5," depending on your route – an Emerald City appears on the horizon. No, you're not re-experiencing The Wizard of Oz in a dream. What you're seeing before your eyes it's the shining glass complex that hosts the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA).   On Septe...

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Andrea Marcelli e il suo trio hanno debuttato al Watts Tower Arts Center il 30 Settembre scorso. La cornice, quella del Drum and Jazz Festival, che si tiene ogni anno durante l'ultimo fine settimana di settembre. In una caldissima due giorni, sotto un grande tendone bianco, pubblico e musicisti si riuniscono al suono di musica jazz, blues e gospel,...

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L'italia che guarda al futuro è di scena dal 12 marzo nel cuore della Silicon Valley con la kermesse settimanale "Italy Tech Week". Un evento che fa parte del più ampio "Anno della Cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti: ricerca, scoperta e innovazione", che attraverso un viaggio lungo dodici mesi toccherà 40 città americane con oltre 200 eventi, mette...

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Tournament of Roses President Rich Chinen announced Friday morning at Tournament House that Olympian and World War II hero and POW Louis Zamperini will be the Grand Marshal of the 126th Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2015. At age 97, Zamperini is still hale and hardy, and ready to toss the coin at the Rose Bowl Game. The announcement of the Grand Marshal...

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"This excellent film fills a real gap in our understanding of the complexity of the Italian immigration experience," says Carol McKibben, a historian at Stanford University, of our film, "Finding the Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California".   In it, we explore how Italian immigrants to California found economic success and social acce...

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by Robert Gallo   Convivio, San Diego's Little Italy non-profit organization, was founded in 2003 to promote all things Italian. It was formed to encourage and promote closer ties to the study of Italian language, arts, and culture.   Sponsored by businesses and restaurants in San Diego the organization has hosted a myriad of literary...

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"Welcome to feStival 2014," reads Victor Laruccia's website announcement; "It's an Italian Party in the Piazza." So begins the 8th Annual San Diego Italian Film Festival beginning October 16 and running through the 25th.   The first offering is Anni Felici, Daniele Luchetti's discerning look at his childhood through the antics and acting of...

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Location: Sutter Room, The Regency Center, 1270 Sutter Street, San Francisco Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015 Time: 6pm - midnight Welcome to another year of La Dolce Vita! La Dolce Vita is La Scuola's annual spring fundraising gala. It's more than a fundraiser, it's the not-to-be-missed Italian party of the year with drinks, dinner, dancing, as w...

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by Robert Gallo   Approximately 20 years ago, Paola Bonacina Benzoni, and her husband left Italy when he came to work at the University of California at San Diego on a special project; lucky for her clients, she brought her flair and expertise for Italianate style and design with her.   "My husband and I miss Italy very much, but we'v...

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