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When: Saturday, May 20 · 3:30 - 4:30pm PDT - Where: The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles 644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 As part of the exhibition A Real Boy: The Many Lives of Pinocchio the IAMLA presents a free and engaging workshop led by artist Ylenia Milo. Partecipants will make their very own marionette using colors, paper a...

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Mr. Razzano is a third-generation Italian American with ancestral roots in Campania, Italy. In 2018, he met Dr. Federico Pacchioni, the founding director of the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research, while attending the Italian Perspectives series. Impressed by the Italian Studies Program at Chapman, the two men struck up a friends...

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Every day, nearly half of Americans eat a sandwich for lunch. And it makes sense—slap some ingredients between two slices of bread and you’ve got a meal without too much thought. And, granted, the results are typically acceptable. But a good sandwich? Hoo-boy, that’s a whole different story. TikTok creator Jack’s Dining Room might have found one of...

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From the Buona Forchetta Family comes the Gelati & Peccati Diner, a new restaurant serving up Roman-style pizza (pizza al taglio), authentic Italian gelato and diner classics with an Italian flair. It’s located in the heart of downtown Encinitas in the former Angelo’s Burgers space. I’ll have to be honest: I never really developed an affinity for A...

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The Little Italy of Los Angeles Association (LILAA) is immensely proud to announce that, thanks to the support of Councilmember Tim McOsker and Council District # 15, and under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy,  the Los Angeles City Hall Building will be lit up in blue on May 14th, 2023 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the passi...

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Orlando “Ori” Spado, 78, would say he’s led an interesting life — most people would say that’s an understatement. Spado’s life as an insurance agent and Hollywood fixer took a turn that left him rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in organized crime.  Author of “The Accidental Gangster: From Insurance Salesman to Hollywood Fixer,” Spado’s...

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An Italian teacher is marking 50 years of teaching at Lynbrook High School. Lenny Bruno started his career in September 1973. "Teaching is one, if not, the most noble profession because you are affecting the lives of many kids, getting them to grow in your discipline, make them more excited about learning," Bruno says. Bruno says foreign language i...

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Thursday, May 25, 2023 from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM PDT (doors open at 6 PM). Register here. Italian Cultural Institute / INNOVIT - 710 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA. Architect Gabriella Musto, Director of the Pantheon - Basilica of Santa Maria and Martyres - Ministry of Culture, will present a lesson on ArtCentrica's innovative methodologies applied to...

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Italian film Director and screenwriter Andrea Pallaoro premiered at Venice Film Festival on September 2022 ARCA – cinema giovani award for the movie ‘MONICA’ on May,2nd. Pallaoro presented his premiere at CAA (Creative Artists Agency) in Los Angeles with Q&A and reception to follow. The whole cast (Tracey Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning,...

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When: Tuesday, May 23 · 1 - 2:30pm PDT - Where: The CIA at Copia (The Culinary Institute of America) 500 1st Street Napa, CA 94559 United States Italy’s artisanal ingredients are born out of centuries of tradition and the wisdom of tight-knit communities who learned how to the harness the local environment into a sustainable production of long-last...

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