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On May 12th, a grand celebration of the best wine varietals from across the Italian peninsula took place at Valentino restaurant in Santa Monica. The fifth annual edition of Vino California, the leading showcase of its kind on the West …

The J. Paul Getty Museum, in association with Tate Britain and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, have put together the first West Coast international loan exhibition J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free, on view at the Getty Center until …

The 10th edition of the Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion, and Art Festival, housed in the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, took place during the week before the Academy Awards, from February 15th to 21st. The festival presented 51 Italian …

The 2015 Special Olympics World Games, hosted in Los Angeles from July 25 to August 2, is the largest sports and humanitarian event worldwide this year and the single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games, with …

In every family there is always someone, who patiently tries to sketch out the family tree. Marge Bitetti, author of the book Italians in Los Angeles, has done more than that. She has traced the origin of a whole population …

The Italian young operatic pop trio Il Volo, made of two tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto, and the baritone Gianluca Ginoble, won the first prize at the 65th Sanremo Music Festival finale, on Saturday, February 14th, with the song …

On Tuesday, February 10th, the Italian Cultural Institute in L.A. commemorated the 750th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s birth. However, this is just the first “course” of a varied and rich menu, offered by the IIC, celebrating the Italian language from …

Roberto Salvatore Cani was born to Sicilian parents on October 17, 1967 in Milan. His masterly technique as a violinist is corroborated by numerous awards won in prestigious international competitions: from the Paganini Competition (Genoa, 1990) to the Jeunesses Musicales …

On February 13th at The Broad Stage Performing Arts Theater in Santa Monica, Maestro Andrea Morricone gave his special Valentine Day’s gift to all lovers in the greater Los Angeles area: his concert, Cinematic Visions – New Arrangements of Timeless …

The Italian Spotlight section of the 16th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival (April 23–30) focused on Rolando Ravello’s second movie as a director: Do You Remember Me? (Ti Ricordi di Me? 2014). The Italian Spotlight was part of a larger …