Southern Italian Tambourine at Watts Drum Festival (September 28, 2013)
Great interest for Alessandra Belloni at Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival, the annual music event that features world-class live music and drumming performances. A singer, percussionist and dancer, Alessandra is one of very few women worldwide specialized in Southern Italian tambourine singing and the dancing performance. At the Festival she presented a program […]
Read moreLA Chamber Orchestra’s “A la carte” series opened at CG’s Residence
The 2013 “A la carte” series introduced by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) opened on September 28 at Consul General Perrone’s residence with an evening dedicated to Italy, featuring violin duets performed by concertmaster Margaret Batjer and Julie Gigante. LACO’s wonderful violinists were joined by special guest Brenda Miralles to illuminate the instrument’s Italian […]
Read more“From Sanremo to San Gennaro” Italian Feast in Hollywood (September 27, 2013)
From Sanremo to San Gennaro: an itinerary to showcase the diversity of the Italian regional landscape. The 12th edition of the annual Feast of San Gennaro opened on September 27 with a charity event organized by the San Gennaro Foundation, an association dedicated to the promotion of Italian-American identity and culture. The evening was hosted […]
Read moreArizona celebrates Soleri’s genius (September 20, 2013)
In 2013 – the Year of Italian Culture in the US, with a three-day festivities, Arizona celebrated on September 20-22 the career and accomplishments of Paolo Soleri, the Italian architect internationally known for his revolutionary urban and architectural theories, who passed on April 9 at the age of 94.A key moment for the celebration was […]
Read moreThe iCub Project – The humanoid robot hits the stage of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (September 18, 2013)
The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles hosted a presentation of iCub, a humanoid robot created by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy, on September 18. Professor Giorgio Metta, who has been coordinating the project for years, came directly from IIT with a group of researchers for a unique demonstration of the robot’s […]
Read moreItalian Start-Up Companies Visiting Silicon Beach (September 9 – 13, 2013)
A delegation of Italian start-up companies (IsTech, Technology Systems Couture, iCampus, CTI Foodtech, MEI, Cambiomerci, CHT, Glocal Event Search, Impara, Netminds, Vigepa) visited Los Angeles from September 9 to September 13, in a trip organized by the association “Bridges to Italy”. The participating businesses were representing various fields, with a particular focus on renewable energy […]
Read moreAn Evening Under the Stars of Beverly Hills (September 7, 2013)
On September 7th the Beverly Canon Gardens in Beverly Hills hosted Sotto le Stelle (Under the Stars), an evening dedicated to Italy and organized in cooperation with the City of Beverly Hills and StudioMusica, as part of 2013, the Year of the Italian Culture in the United States.After the official program and the welcoming remarks […]
Read moreThe Italian Month of Science Takes Off (September 4, 2013)
The exhibition Italy of the Future kicked off the Second edition of the Italian Month of Science on September 4 at the Italian Cultural Institute. The initiative includes a series of events highlighting Italy’s contribution to the world’s scientific and technological reasearch with the participation of experts from the US and from Italy. Subdivided into […]
Read moreItalian Trade Commission Relocates to New Offices on Avenue of the Stars (September 5, 2013)
Effective from September 9, the offices of the Italian Trade Commission, Los Angeles (Trade Section of the Consulate General of Italy, Los Angeles) will be relocated in the same building of the Consulate General – 1900 Avenue of The Stars – at Apt 350. If you are an American company interested in business with or […]
Read morePasolini’s Middle East Revealed in L.A. (August 3, 2013)
The Italian Cultural Institute in L.A. hosted an exhibition of over 100 images by photographer Roberto Villa (who was in attendance at the opening held on August 2) on the set of Arabian Nights by Pier Paolo Pasolini, documenting the director’s work in the Middle East (Yemen and Iran) and also offering one of the […]
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