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In una delle scene più celebri di “Miseria e Nobiltà” (film di Mario Mattioli del 1954 interpretato da Totò), a un gruppo di popolani napoletani squattrinati viene servita un’intera pentola di pasta al pomodoro. Non solo: due camerieri ben vestiti …

Valeria Rumori took office as new director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles a few months ago.   With a strong determination to build upon the legacy of her predecessor Alberto Di Mauro and his deputies Massimo Sarti …

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 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 …

Since 1905, the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) founded in New York City by Dr. Vincenzo Sellaro has played a key role in preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of American of Italian descent. Among the 55 lodges …

From theatre and cinema to figurative arts: at this point of his career, Max Papeschi, the Italian artist with the first institutional solo exhibition in the United States, achieved an immediate success among both the critics and the public thanks …

2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). The PPIE opened on February 20, 1915 and continued to amaze visitors for over nine remarkable months until it closed on December 4, 1915.  This spectacular exhibition was …

Quando si dice Hollywood e cinema, solitamente si pensa a glamour, moda, stelle e successo. Il più delle volte, però, si dimentica quello che sta dietro alla macchina da presa: ore di lavoro estenuanti, prove, errori, scene buone, momenti ironici. …

“L’unione fa la forza”, is an Italian saying for “Strength in unity”, and it was the motto that Magda Codognotto, the director of “Nuovo Centro Italiano”, had in mind in 2013 when she was planning the development of an Italian …

Although the House of Italy is awaiting word as to when they can resume business at their original cottage in Balboa Park, it was business as usual in their temporary location in Our Lady of the Rosary where they held …