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If you haven’t met Italian actor and director Fernando J. Scarpa yet, don’t miss his performance as a Master of Ceremonies on the occasion of L’Italo-Americano 106th anniversary celebrations, to be held on March 1 at Casa Italiana.   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 …

A young Italian artist, Luca Nemolato, is taking over Hollywood sci-fi movies characters creations, after leaving his Italian hometown, Scampia, one of the most dangerous Naples’s neighborhood, where camorra—the Neapolitan’s mafia, has its headquarter.   Luca was raised by a simple …

The Italian city of Cremona, in Lombardy Region, is considered as the violin’s birthplace, where between the 17th and 18th century the Amati, Guerneri, and Stradivari families created some of the finest string instruments that the world has ever seen. …

Da qualche mese a questa parte, nonostante i problemi di varia natura che interessano il Paese in questo delicato momento storico, il tema della riforma elettorale sembra essere al centro dell’attenzione della politica italiana.   In occasione dell’incontro con una …

What started 56 years ago in picturesque San Juan Capistrano as a small carnival has now grown into the largest non-motorized parade in the country with more entries than the Rose Parade and over 30,000 parade watchers!   The parade …

The Hollywood Reporter described the 9th edition of the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival as ‘The last major film event before the Oscars,’ which wrapped up its last screening day on the evening of March 1st at the TLC Chinese …

Continuing their long standing collaboration with the Getty Villa, the Patrons held their annual Spring ‘Members Only’ visit on Sunday Feb. 2, to experience the magnificent “Tiberius” exhibition. Prior to their exclusive tour a café luncheon was enjoyed by all …

Looking at the pictures of Los Angeles and of the Italian American community in the early 20th century, one can only imagine how hard it must have been for a minority of immigrants to find its own voice in a …

Dopo Compulsion di Egidio Coccimiglio, presentato la scorsa settimana, una speciale proiezione del film Medeas del regista esordiente Andrea Pallaoro era in programma giovedì 20 febbraio, all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles, in collaborazione con l’Italian Film Commission.    …