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Piero Selvaggio is a local legend in the industry, a life long restaurateur who first started working in restaurants at the age of 17. Since then, he's opened multiple concepts, many of which were the first of their kind, but he'll always be known for Valentino, the revolutionary trattoria that has since become a fine dining establishment known thr...

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The first concept store conceived by creative director Jeremy Scott, the 3,500-square-foot space, formerly Hadid Gallery, presents Scott's colorful, pop vision in a clean, white space with large plate-glass windows facing the manicured street, all the better to show off the large-form installations, oversize cola cans, atop which mannequins in grap...

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Che il primo impatto con una megalopoli come Los Angeles possa rivelarsi indigesto è un fatto pacifico. Capita. Il tempo aiuta a digerire i bocconi troppo amari. Pochissime "prime volte" con la città californiana, però, possono dirsi altrettanto dure come quelle di Alessandra Pasquino, 54 anni, regista.   Era la metà degli anni '80 e Pasquin...

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On the occasion of Earth Day, a documentary of the 2008 Terra Madre conference, an international gathering hosted every two years in Turin by Slow Food to bring together a network of food communities committed to preserve taste and biodiversity by producing quality food in a responsible, sustainable way.   The film carries this message with...

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Last night, the historic town of Amatrice, 65 miles from Rome, was hit by a devastating earthquake. The neighboring towns of Accumoli, Arquata, and Pescara del Tronto, among others, were also struck. As of now, 247 people appear to have died, while 368 were injured.   Here at Foodiamo, on the other side of the ocean, we felt like we had to c...

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Hit Week, the only international music festival to bring Italy's most contemporary talent to a global stage, returns to the US from November 5th through 9th with tour stops in Los Angeles and Miami.   Headlining the latest edition of the annual event is songwriter / rapper Caparezza, literally Curly Head in the artist's local Puglian dialect...

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Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 - Saturday, January 16, 2016 Hours: www.italian.ucla.edu  Venue: UCLA Organized by: UCLA Department of Italian and Italian Graduate Student Association In collaboration with: IIC; www.italian.ucla.edu This conference investigates how documentaries have represented and constructed or reconstructed Italy, Ital...

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Cibo, auto di lusso e moda? Il made in Italy in California non è soltanto questo, ma viene "percepito in tutte le sue articolazioni". Lo assicura il Console Generale d'Italia a Los Angeles Giuseppe Perrone, in un'intervista alla rubrica del Tg3 "Persone". Tra le due sponde, spiega il diplomatico italiano, c'è una "rete continua di rapporti ad esemp...

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Omaggio a Nino Manfredi a dieci anni dalla scomparsa. Prenderà il via, a maggio, "Nino!" , serie di iniziative culturali in Italia e all'estero che permetteranno di ripercorrere i momenti più significativi della vita privata ed artistica del grande attore italiano.   Il progetto è patrocinato da Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Ministero per i...

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The correlation between Food & Health was addressed on the occasion of an interesting round table discussion, hosted on May 28th by the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, with the participation of experts in different fields of nutrition and food-related diseases, as well as of representatives of the food and wine industry.   Amo...

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