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Cari Amici, it's time to show your Italian pride by being a part of our Italian entry ! Saturday, March 25th is the 63rd Annual Swallow's Day Parade. We have represented bella Italia since 2007 in this parade and will once again walk proudly carrying the 20 regional flags of Italy, singing Italian songs and waving to the 30,000 people along the par...

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Sassan Masserat remembers fleeing Iran at the age of six, with his family. “I remember my mom dragging me out of the class,” Masserat told the Journal. We walked by flames and I saw tanks, agitation and heard screams of ‘Death To America.’ At that age, I don’t think I understood the gravity of the situation.” He said he would learn that several wee...

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Måneskin have added 2023 tour dates in conjunction with their new album, RUSH! The newly planned concerts are set at large-scale venues in Europe and North America from September into December. Måneskin is currently on tour in Europe and will tour their home country of Italy in July. The band will be performing across seven countries in the America...

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When: March 28, 2023 | 6:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 1023 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles What would films be without music? Music conveys what imagery cannot. A soundtrack's importance can transcend visual storytelling. Great film directors often build the entire structure of their masterpieces around a score.

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Doesn’t everyone love a neighborhood restaurant, even if it’s not exactly in your hood? La Vecchia Cucina on Main Street in Santa Monica sits among the newly opened restaurants getting plenty of attention. Good for those new kids on the block, but give me this neighborhood Italian any day. Opened by brothers Mark and Anthony Mollica 15 years ago, L...

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When: Friday, March 24 · 6 - 8:30pm PDT - Where: The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles 644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 United States Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? Can eating like your ancestors improve your overall health? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow...

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Friday, March 24th at 2:30 - 5:30 pm. Learning Commons 107 - University of San Diego Campus (5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA). Beatrice Basso is going to USD to speak about the Italian language and cultural work she did for Pixar’s film LUCA which takes place in a fictional Italian town inspired by the coastal town of Cinque Terre. She will discuss...

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Nickel City Opera West brings a 14 year history of staging opera productions to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley with the Inaugural Gala Opera Dinner Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 6pm at The Palm Springs Woman's Club, 314 S. Cahuilla, Palm Springs and will bring opera classics to the Richards Center for the Arts, 2248 Ramon Road, Palm Springs on...

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San Francisco Opera celebrates its first century after its foundation in 1923 and welcomes everyone to join its staff and creative artists for many events already underway. San Francisco Opera’s centennial commemorates the glorious past as well as its Italian origins and welcomes the community into an exciting new era.  It was 1922 when Gaetano Mer...

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He just turned 30. He bats left-handed. He boasts a career 124 OPS+ — the same as Nolan Arenado and Rafael Devers — and he was a free agent this winter. By those measures, you’d expect a bidding war for a long-term centerpiece. But Michael Conforto was a special case. The former New York Mets outfielder slumped in 2021, his original contract year,...

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