Los Angeles

Listening to Elisabetta Ciardullo’s first experience in the US, I couldn’t help thinking about the fictional nanny Mary Poppins. Just as the British babysitter, to solve the situation, pulls magical gadgets from her purse, the Italian event planner and personal …

SYMPOSIUM, PERFORMANCE, FILM SCREENINGS, MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION                         January 9th and 10th, 2017 In 2016, concluding its most extensive retrospective ever dedicate to a single artist, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum emphatically reaffirmed the critical role of Alberto Burri (1915-1995) in the …

Alexia Melocchi, native of Milan, Italy, spent her teenage years in Los Angeles and, at a very young age, crossed the gateway to Hollywood.   Since around the year 2000, she has been holding the doors to the US market …

Are you familiar with those hardcore conservationists, paladins of our beautiful planet and its amazing variety of animals and plants, the likes of British primatologist Jane Goodall, late French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, Indian activist Vandana Shiva, or American former Vice …

Italian figurative artist, Alberto Burri (Città di Castello, province of Perugia, Umbria 1915 – Nice, France 1995), took a degree in Medicine and served as a military doctor for Italy’s Army during WWII. Painting started as a mere pastime, during …

On November 30th, it took place, at the Italian Cultural Institute in L.A., a round table discussion about food sustainability in the greater Los Angeles area. Alongside the IIC, the panel was made possible thanks to the following organizations, Italian …

Peppe Voltarelli, a Calabrian folk singer-songwriter, with a musical career spanning over twenty-five years and two prestigious “Tenco Awards” under his belt, has been touring campuses across the States to present his latest book + CD, Peppe Voltarelli sings Profazio.  …

“Io voglio imparare l’Italiano perché…” “I want to learn Italian because…” – Opening of a letter from a student at Burbank, 10 years old. Every student has their own reason for learning Italian in the vibrant west coast community of …

L’associazione D.I.V.E. di Los Angeles (Donne Italiane che Vivono all’Estero) ha tenuto l’annuale Festa di Natale domenica 11 dicembre presso la sede del Beverly Hills Women’s Club (BHWC). Ha inaugurato la serata la cantante jazz Paulette Dozier, accompagnata dal pianista …

During World War II roughly  8,000 Italian Jews  were deported from their families and from their country by the fascist regime which was acting in alliance with Nazi Germany. In the year 2000 the Italian government passed a law proclaiming …