When: Friday, March 24 · 6 - 8:30pm PDT - Where: The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles 644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 United States Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? Can eating like your ancestors improve your overall health? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow...

When: Sat, March 4, 2023, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM - Where: The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles 644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 The IAMLA presents The Image of the Puppet in Italian Theater, Literature, and Film a lecture by Federico Pacchioni, Ph.D. examining the origins, legacy, and history of the puppet in culture. The event is part...

Some time ago, while counting the number of interviews published, I realized that I was approaching the three hundredth, and that keeping the current pace I would get there with the second to be published in February 2023. That's why I'm so glad that the 300th interview of We the Italians is this one. Because it is truly one of the most important a...

A Free Zine Making Workshop celebrating Pinocchio, led by artist and author Darrell Fusaro. Saturday, February 4, 2023, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST. The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles 644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012. As part of the exhibition "A Real Boy: The Many Lives of Pinocchio", the IAMLA presents a free and engaging workshop le...

EPISODE 250. The trio get together for a milestone of a podcast. They talk about the difference from Episode 1 until now, recap the weekend in Florida for the first ever Italian American Future Leaders Conference, and sit down with many special guests from the conference who helped achieve in what hopes to be a historic weekend in Italian-American...

The Italian American Museum of LA will host the Bob Baker Marionette Show Jan. 21st in downtown Los Angeles. The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, founded by Bob Baker and Alton Wood in 1963, is the oldest children’s theater company in Los Angeles.  Guests are invited to tour the museum and catch the Bob Baker Marionette Show Jan. 21 with performances...

In June 2021, mutual friends introduced Marianna Gatto — the executive director and cofounder of The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA) — to Harvard-educated lawyer, law professor, and Pueblo, CO native Fred Galves. A year prior, Galves had been hired by the city of Pueblo to serve as the mediator when tensions surrounding the city’s hi...

"Topics in Italian American Studies," a free two-night seminar series at Pueblo Union Depot, 132 W. B St., will explore the Italian-American experience from periods of mass emigration to the present. Marianna Gatto, executive director and cofounder of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, will lead the series in partnership with Colorado Stat...

This is no lie: Pinocchio is one of the most popular characters in children’s literature. It’s true, the little wooden puppet with a penchant for lying has become an Italian icon and now the subject of a local exhibition.  The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles recently opened “A Real Boy: The Many Lives of Pinocchio,” which uses hundreds of it...

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA) presents a new exhibition: A Real Boy: The Many Lives of Pinocchio, which explores the cultural origins, adaptations, and enduring appeal of one of the most popular characters in children’s literature. Written in 1883 by Italian author Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio has delighted genera...