Dear Italian Language Educators, I am happy to inform you that the Italian Resource Center at UCLA has a new online catalog system. This new system represents a significant upgrade and it will allow you to navigate and browse the material more clearly and efficiently. The Resource Center provides a wide selection of textbooks, workbooks, reade...
READ MOREFondazione Italia, organizzazione non profit che dal 1998 ha lo scopo di diffondere la lingua e la cultura italiana nella California del Sud, cresce! Aumentano le scuole americane che ricevono grants per inserire l'italiano nelle ore scolastiche, come parte del curriculum, e cresce sempre più il numero di persone interessate ai Learning Centers del...
READ MOREdi Luca Dell'Aquila Amare o non amare i film di Dario Argento è un segno di riconoscimento di un certo cinefilo. Se sia genio o follia non è del tutto chiaro, ma sicuramente il suo cinema non ha lasciato indifferenti intere generazioni. Dal suo debutto il regista ha lavorato principalmente all'interno dello stesso genere, "il giallo", in...
READ MOREDirector David O. Russell is known for his up close and personal style of filmmaking, but it was one of his fans who got hands-on at a screening of American Hustle in Hollywood on Sunday. The mystery lady, wearing a chic red dress, lavished attention on the filmmaker, clasping his hand and whispering in his ear after he had accepted the Filmmaker...
READ MOREIn 2001, the creative artist and performer Darrell Fusaro had the opportunity to get closer to his Italian heritage for the first time in his life. His grandparents were part of the first generation of immigrants to the U.S. who needed to blend into the mainstream to survive, without exposing their native culture even at home with their own family....
READ MOREThe Italian American Museum of Los Angeles and Rao's cordially invite you to an Apertitivo Italiano: a preview of the seventh annual Taste of Italy. Wednesday, September 30, 2015. 7-9 pm. Rao's 1006 Seward St. • Los Angeles, 90038. RSVP: Media@italianhall.org Featuring highlights from Rao's Second Anniversary Menu, pair...
READ MOREDate: Friday, January 22, 2016 - Thursday, March 31, 2016 Hours: See IIC gallery hours Venue: IIC Organized by: IIC In collaboration with: Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania, Scuola di Fotografia and Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia, Le Nove Muse Editrice, Digital History Archives, Credito Siciliano, Sheraton Catania, Miartè Fine Art and F...
READ MOREWith its beautiful beaches and delicious restaurants, Encinitas is truly a feast for the senses. Not to be left out, the ears of local residents are in for a treat later this month when the annual iPalpiti Festival returns to the city for the fifth straight year. In its 19th year overall, the festival will kick off in Encinitas July 7-10 b...
READ MOREFrom January 31 "Color Fusion: The Art of Dick Marconi" will feature a selection of Marconi's works, an ongoing exploration of the emotive, transformative, and creative power of colors. Dick Marconi (b. 1934) is an American artist residing in California, whose fascination with colors began at the age of twelve when an accident left him bli...
READ MOREby David Ng Francesco Vezzoli, the uber-hip Italian artist whose conceptual creations tend to have a high celebrity quotient, will present a new exhibition that's set to stop at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles later this year. "Cinema Vezzoli" is scheduled to arrive at MOCA in late fall, according to the artist's representat...
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