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Santa Monica FIAT is proud to announce it was the number one FIAT store in the country in 2013. The dealership just had its grand opening in May 2012, making 2013 the first full calendar year for the store. In spite of that, the dealer sold a record-breaking 813 new cars since January 1st. That's the highest number posted by a FIAT studio sinc...

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If you had a normal first conversation with Michael Benzaia, he would tell you that he is just a regular Italian-American guy from New York. However, as someone who is both an actor/television personality and a CT/XR Technologist at Resolution Imaging in Santa Monica, he is living the LA life in a most unique way.   "I might be the only CT/X...

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This October, Santa Monica celebrates Italian culture with Ciao Italia Santa Monica, the first-ever, citywide festival in honor of Italian Heritage Month. Exciting cultural events filled with food, fashion, film, music, and wine will take place across the city throughout October, and also raise funds for a variety of important nonprofit organi...

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Main Street in Santa Monica, California welcomes its first hand crafted, authentic gelato shop. Dolcenero offers Southern Californians not only an incredible assortment of gelato and sorbets, but also a cultural experience in high quality Italian gastronomy.   It is the only place in Santa Monica, where gelato lovers can watch as it is made....

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ARENA 1 GALLERY, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles, presents OVERPAINTING, a selection of works by SONIA COSTANTINI, PAOLA FONTICOLI, PAOLO IACCHETTI, ELENA MODORATI and ALBANO MORANDI.   The show is part of a project that include two exhibitions, one in the United States and one Italy, and creates an oppo...

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by Enrica Corselli   Se diciamo "Giuseppe Verdi", qual è la prima cosa che vi viene in mente? Se ci state ancora pensando, possiamo darvi un aiutino..."La donna è mobile, qual piuma al vento"... Ecco, ora canterete l'aria più famosa del Rigoletto per il resto della vostra giornata.   E per chi invece non ha familiarità con questi vers...

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Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes cookbook author Chloe Coscarelli to the store to discuss and sign her new cookbook, Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen: 150 Pizzas, Pastas, Pestos, Risottos, & Lots of Creamy Italian Classics, on Tuesday, September 30th at 7pm.   If you think a healthy vegan diet means saying goodbye to sumptuous Ital...

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by Valerio Viale   For the last fifteen years, the U.S. president has been making an annual, official proclamation, nominating the month of October, as "National Italian American Heritage Month". In coincidence with the festivities surrounding Columbus Day (October 12), the designation acknowledges the numerous achievements, contributions, a...

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by Flora Tsapovsky   The trend of lucrative collaborations has reached an unexpected frontier – charcuterie! The superstar of everything Italian Mario Batali and Belcampo Meat Co, the prime Northern Californian destination for prime cuts, announced a gourmet 'collection' of collaborative salumi called "Belcampo by Mario Batali".   The...

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Santa Monica Art Studios and Arena 1 Gallery host a special two-night opening this weekend for a mini Italian festival featuring art, music, and fashion titled "All Roads Lead to LA."   This cultural endeavor is presented in conjunction with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles. Yossi Govrin, co-founder and director of the Santa...

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