Marco Cappelli's Italian Surf Academy featuring Marco Cappelli (guitar), Luca Lo Bianco (bass) and Francesco Cusa (drums) will perform at the 38th Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival. Followed by book discussion and signing: Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development By Luisa Del Giudice at 12:30pm Noah Purifoy Gallery...

Extraordinary vocalist, hand-percussionist and dancer Alessandra Belloni creates a voluptuous exploration of Tarantella—
the frenzied ritual dances that enact the release of built-up erotic desire— in a contemporary incarnation of the southern Italian folk form.   In the traditional "Pizzica Tarantata" healing rite, performers suffering the...

Buongiorno Los Angeles - The Italians are coming! Lavazza, Italy's favorite coffee, will be perking up LA by touring the streets with the Lavazza mobile café, the company's first and brand new state-of-the-art sampling truck.   From March 13 to 15, the Lavazza mobile café will be surprising locals and visitors of LA with complimentary cups o...

La scorsa settimana, il Console Generale d'Italia a Los Angeles, Giuseppe Perrone, è stato l'ospite d'onore delle "Dive" di Los Angeles presso la residenza di Los Feliz di Marisa Antonini. Le "Dive" è è un'associazione di Donne Italiane residenti nella California meridionale fondata nel 2009 con l'obiettivo di costituire un luogo d'incontro e scam...

Oftentimes cinema portrays legal subjects, producing authentic masterpieces. This one-day event explores the relationship between Italian cinema and law by way of a CONFERENCE with the participation of Italian and American scholars in the fields of cinema, law, and political science as well as filmmakers and actors, including Enzo Decaro and...

The Acadiana Symphony Orchestra continues its "Symphony of Elements" series, exploring themes of the water, fire, and now Earth.   The production, called GAIA: A Musical Voyage, will be held on March 6 at 3 p.m. in the Angelle Hall Auditorium. Listeners will experience a bucolic scene and folk dance from Hungary, the charm and exuberance of...

Hear the words "Little Italy" and you might think of New York, Boston or San Francisco's North Beach. But a Little Italy once thrived in Los Angeles and a group of local Italian Americans hope to soon put it back on the map.   The city's Little Italy developed in the 19th century when Italians began migrating to California in significant num...

by Kley Tarcitano   We are looking for a Pretty, friendly and dynamic girl between the ages of 8 and 12 to help our host Steve Harvey to do an interview with a talent who doesn't speak English... only Italian. Must be fluently in both languages and be LA local. We need by the end of this week 07/09. Please send headshots to my email. Dates...

Los Angeles isn't just the world capital of entertainment anymore. An entire ecosystem has developed around the entertainment industry, creating new opportunities for international cooperation in the digital and technological fields.   So L.A. is now following in the footsteps of the cousin in the North, San Francisco, and establishing its o...

by Barbara Minafra   In Italia non lo ha preso in considerazione nessuno. A Los Angeles hanno deciso che il piccolo Tommaso concorrerà per gli Oscar e i Bafta and Canadian Screen Award. "La ballata dei senzatetto" è lo struggente cortometraggio d'animazione della 38enne Monica Manganelli, scenografa e visual artist di Parma, da tempo al...