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By Maria Bruno On September 13, 2013 a group of six talented youths from Italy will perform at Casa Italiana in a music concert under the artistic MED MUSIC TALENT STUDIO direction of renowned Vocal Coach maestro and soprano Ida Decenvirale of Bari, Italy.   The young singers, between the ages of 12 and 18, have already performed in some ma...

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Continuing their long standing collaboration with the Getty Villa, the Patrons held their annual Spring 'Members Only' visit on Sunday Feb. 2, to experience the magnificent "Tiberius" exhibition.   Prior to their exclusive tour a café luncheon was enjoyed by all members and the Patrons were honored with the presence of Dr. David Saunders, Ph...

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The future of Italian cuisine has arrived. And while it's nothing short of a revolution in Los Angeles, it's a movement that has mostly evaded Orange County.   It used to be that if you went out for Italian cuisine, you knew what to expect. You knew before you got there exactly what you would be eating: Caprese salad, fried calamari, brusche...

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By Dalna Gualtieri 20 years after his death, 40 after "Amarcord" was realized, 50 after "8 ½" and 60 after "I vitelloni". His bright life has continued to spread through the years, and the multimedia symphony concert held in his honour, is its proof. More than 50 italo-americans musicians at the Royce Hall in Los Angeles, directed by Daniele Bela...

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by Eric Convey   Steve DiFillippo is on the move again. The chef-owner who over 30 years has taken his Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse from its Boston roots to Manhattan, Philadelphia and Atlanta is preparing to open a location in California. The Los Angeles location may prove to be a logistical headache for a business owner so han...

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The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is pleased to announce a generous gift from the Carole and Sebastiano Sterpa Foundation. Carole and Sebastiano have joined the Museum's elite cadre of donors known as the Founding Families.   In preparation for the Museum's opening, the IAMLA's Founding Family designation was cre...

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Dear all, please see the following Call for Book Reviews by Carte Italiane, the journal of the Department of Italian at UCLA. In addition to our upcoming issue dedicated to how conflicts and wars have shaped Italian identities, Carte Italiane will also feature a section of Book Reviews. Not only do we believe in up-to-date and thorough scholar...

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By Richard Verrier   The gig: Mary Micucci, 63, is the owner of Along Came Mary Events, one of Hollywood's leading catering and special events businesses. Often called the "caterer to the stars," Micucci has handled more than 400 movie premieres, from "Titanic" in 1997 to "The Hangover Part III" earlier this month, as well as numerous Grammy...

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This workshop by composer, singer, musician and dancer Alessandra Belloni focuses on Southern Italian ritual dances used as therapy, together with the music of the tambourine. Special attention will be given to tarantella, a dance born to heal from the bite of the tarantula.   More information: l.peretti@divedilosangeles.org SOLD OUT! &nbs...

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by Chiara Beghelli "When we get to Rome, I'll buy you a jacket in a fantastic place, at Battistoni's," said Jude Law to Matt Damon in "The Talented Mr. Ripley," a film that revels in the dolce vita of Americans in Rome in the 1960s.   It's a dolce vita that unspooled not only at the cafè tables of Via Veneto but in the boutiques of Via Cond...

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