Italian actress Silvia Bottini is bringing her show, Pinocchio the Wooden Boy around the LA area, with the next date in Sylmar, on Saturday 24. The play has been produced by the Italian Consulate in LA and IAMLA (the Italian American Museum in Los Angeles), where it has also debuted. Bottini received the support of the IIC for the staging of her wo...

Maestro Carlo Ponti received the “Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy” honor, presented to him by Consul General Raffaella Valentini. At the end of the last concert of the season for the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra last May 12 at the Raymond Kabbaz Theater, conductor Ponti was awarded the honor by President of the Republic Sergio Mattarell...

Italy's new Consul General in Los Angeles, California, Raffaella Valentini was welcomed by Robert Allegrini, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) President in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at Il Fornaio Restaurant."The arrival of Raffaella provides the perfect impetus for NIAF's post covid return to Los Angeles," said NIAF Preside...

Starts on Thursday, April 13 · 6pm PDT. Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles 1023 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA. In this talk celebrating Italian Research Day, Italian scientists and scholars from the local research community - Pietro Perona, Martin Monti, Matteo Pellegrini, and Massimo Ciavolella - will discuss their work and how it enables a s...

The Academy of Italian Cuisine in Los Angeles  gave its warm welcome to the new Consul General Raffaella Valentini with a dinner at Via Alloro restaurant, owned by the Drago Brothers. Besides the Academicians, were also present to this event some Italian entrepreneurs who, during the appetizer time, were introduced, one by one, to the above mention...

The Italian Milling Industry Association (ITALMOPA) hosted nearly 50 Italian dignitaries and U.S. food industry leaders at a March 7, 2023, dinner to celebrate its Pure Flour from Europe program. Co-funded by the European Union, ITALMOPA's program promotes the superior quality, safety and versatility of Italian and European organic flour and semoli...

Sassan Masserat remembers fleeing Iran at the age of six, with his family. “I remember my mom dragging me out of the class,” Masserat told the Journal. We walked by flames and I saw tanks, agitation and heard screams of ‘Death To America.’ At that age, I don’t think I understood the gravity of the situation.” He said he would learn that several wee...

As of last March 1, Raffaella Valentini is the new Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles. Roman, born in 1975, Valentini graduated in political science from the University of Rome and entered the diplomatic career in 2003. Her first assignment at the Farnesina is at the Directorate General for Development Cooperation. In 2008, the first mandate ab...

Giancarlo Giannini on Hollywood's famous "Walk of fame." Initially scheduled for 2020 and then postponed due to the pandemic, the footprint ceremony will be held on March 6 in Los Angeles. This is the sixteenth Italian star: an important recognition for one of the greatest protagonists of Italian cinema.The occasion will be the eighth edition of Fi...

Tiziana Rocca, CEO of Filming Italy, announces the 8th edition of Filming Italy Los Angeles Festival will be held on March 1, 2023 at 6pm with a red carpet evening gala at the Harmony Gold Theater, 7655 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046 which has set Oscar nominated Giancarlo Giannini – also slated to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Ma...