Have you savored your first taste of sweet spring peas? Maybe the tangy first bite of the season's first batch of goat cheese. Celebrate a fresh start to the season with our selection of peak seasonal produce in LA, from asparagus and artichokes to fresh goat cheeses, fish, and more. We know – the amount of fresh produce, seasonal fish, and first p...
READ MORE“Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out.” – Martin Scorsese The greatest boxing film to have ever been made is, actually, not even about boxing at all. Raging Bull is often cited as Martin Scorsese’s comeback film, the manifestation of his artistic genius after the poor reception of New York, New York in 1977 and nearly dying of a...
READ MOREAlessandro Marianantoni, Director of Mediars and M Accelerator, will illustrate Dante's influence in cinema and television through some intriguing collages of images, videos and music, in conversation with Massimo Ciavolella, Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies, UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and former direc...
READ MORE“Strumenti Digitali per l’Internazionalizzazione: l’esperienza italiana a Los Angeles” è il webinar organizzato dal Consolato Generale e dalle Istituzioni del Sistema Italia a Los Angeles in linea con l’approccio innovativo promosso dal Patto per l’Export. Obiettivo dell’iniziativa è quello di illustrare l’importanza degli strumenti digitali per l’...
READ MOREItalian Americans don’t even number 100,000 in Los Angeles, accounting for just about 0.25% of the city’s population, but Italian food has made an outsized impact on the culinary landscape. Pizzerias, trattorias, and osterias generally get the most buzz, but L.A. also has several Italian delis that feed thousands of people per week. Angelenos shoul...
READ MOREThe global pandemic hasn’t stunted the creativity and output of indie musicians. In fact, when it comes to DIY-leaning artists who create and record their original music at home instead of in recording studios, this period of confinement has yielded a bumper crop of new material. One such locus of local musical activity is WWNBB (We Were Never Bein...
READ MOREFrom Thursday, March 25, 2021 to Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Organized by Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles with Bonobolabo/Marco Miccoli, under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Houston and in collaboration with City of Ravenna. Entrance: Free Virtual tour of a collective exhibit organized in Ravenna, where the tomb of Dante...
READ MOREThe Italian American Museum of Los Angeles and Italian Sons and Daughters of America present "Joe LoPiccolo Performs the ItaLiAn Project." Join us on Thursday March 25, 2021 at 4pm PST for a live performance and discussion with musician Joe LoPiccolo where he’ll take us on a musical journey through LA's historic Italian enclaves and Southern Califo...
READ MOREAs Italy’s film and TV industry forges ahead after bearing the brunt of the pandemic in 2020, the Filming Italy — Los Angeles fest, which is a bridgehead between Italy and Hollywood, is pulling out all the stops to drive and promote the country’s restart effort. After Filming Italy miraculously managed to hold its sister shindig as a physical editi...
READ MORELos Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino is entering the 2022 mayor’s race, saying he will use his background as a police officer to tackle the city’s urgent issues of homelessness and rising crime. Buscaino, a Democrat who represents a district stretching from Watts to San Pedro, plans to launch his campaign Monday. He told The Times in an intervi...
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