Elena Vipera

Last Saturday, at the Broad Stage Theatre in Santa Monica, the ancient popular theatrical genre of Commedia dell’Arte was brought back to life. Not only that, it also got easier to understand and follow, it illustrated and walked through historical …

Rome’s Nativity. April 21st in the year 753 B.C. The legend tells of a founding at the hands of Romulus and Remus, sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars, belonging to the dynasty of Alba Longa, founded by Ascanio son of …

Bringing authentic Italian caffé in Southern California wasn’t a random nor easy task for Ambrogio Pasquini. He fought hard for it. And he finally made it to the States in 1946, after fighting in the Resistance against the Germans, after …

The attendance during the first night of the Los Angeles, Italia Film Festival 2014, taking place February 23 through March 1, confirms the awakening and the interest in the Italian film industry – a long-awaited sleeping (great) beauty. The Silver …

Lady Gaga, Eva Mendes, Milla Jovovich, Jessica Chastain and Courtney Love, are just a few of the many Hollywood celebrities the 43-years-old, Milan based, contemporary artist Francesco Vezzoli has worked with during his artistic career.   When Vezzoli, in the …

“I went to Africa by myself and I am not crazy” reveals Vanessa Crocini, a Tuscany native writer, director, editor and producer of Get Together Girls: a six awards winning documentary, including Best Documentary, Best Directing, Best Story, and Audience …

In a month, the European Parliament Elections will be held in all member states, including Italy. Europe is going to vote in a climate of economic crisis which has especially gripped the Mediterranean states, but that could involve the idea …

Regardless of where home is or where it could be, John Fante’s novel Ask the Dust still captures the state of mind, spirit (religious or not), and souls of many Angelenos, who arrive here with hopes and desires packed in …

“Eight hours of work, eight of leisure, eight of sleep” was the slogan coined in Australia in 1855 and proposed by the First International in Geneva in 1866. May 1st festivity comes from a moment of international intense fight of …

Last week roughly over two millions of Italians, or better, residents of Veneto — one of the north east wealthiest regions of Italy, participated to the first referendum of its kind: an online and telephone ‘yes or no’ vote to …