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By Roger M. Grace   I suppose it was inevitable in these super-commercialized times—when the city's leading newspaper now has ads on its front page and PBS stations air paid spiels—that a bar association would sell time on its program for a vendor to make a sales pitch. That's just what the Italian American Lawyers Association is doing this...

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The Department of French and Italian announces the Italian Language Teachers' Workshop at the University of Southern California: "Culture in a Communicative Classroom" in Los Angeles, CA. Saturday, October 15, 2016   This one-day workshop at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles is an occasion for Italian l...

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Lapo Elkann is spending the summer in California exploring what he loves most: cars and customization, plus technology and entertainment. On Saturday night, he showed off his latest project: two custom cars he brought for Adam Lindemann's art exhibit, "Piston Head II: Artists Engage the Automobile." The show, which opened at Lindemann's Venus gall...

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Alcantara, the Italian-made luxury material used to outfit the interiors of the world's most prestigious cars, was featured on a wide variety of new vehicles at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show.   Lamborghini, Porsche and Audi were among the many import car makers who dressed their new-car interiors with Alcantara, while Dodge and Lincoln w...

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INSIDE THE MIND OF LEONARDO is a new feature film based on the private journals of Leonardo da Vinci, the renowned inventor, philosopher, artist and genius.   In a powerful and haunting performance, Peter Capaldi (best known for BBC's Doctor Who) portrays Leonardo, dramatically narrating passages and monologues extracted from over 6000 pages...

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by Nick Vivarelli   The Taormina Film Festival will fete Italian actress and director Valeria Golino and Variety as the expanding Sicilian event, which is one of Italy's oldest fests, launches a Los Angeles outpost in tandem with the Italian Cultural Institute.   Golino kickstarted her acting career in Hollywood, co-starring with Tom...

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It was announced today by Bull by the Horns Productions, that Actress, Writer, and Storyteller Candice Guardino has been invited back to the Hudson Theatre to perform her smash hit show Italian Bred.   Italian Bred premiered Off-Broadway, NYC in 2013 to outstanding reviews, followed by a successful run in LA this last summer. Now back by pop...

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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of ItalianL'ITALIA E I DOCUMENTARI/ ITALY AND DOCUMENTARIESGraduate Student Conference - January 15-16, 2016Keynote Speakers: Alina Marazzi (Film Director), Paola Bonifazio (University of Texas, Austin) Since the early 20th century, documentary films, ranging from Arturo Ambros...

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by Valerio Viale   Elena Manferdini, acclaimed architect and designer, grew up in Bologna, capital of the Emilia-Romagna Region in Italy. Somehow the urbanistic eclecticism and theatrical quality of the landscape, made of medieval towers as well as a vast web of porticoes, must have tickled Elena's imagination.   However, her upb...

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When: June 22, 2016 Wednesday 10:00 AM (daily until 30 Jun 2016)Where: The Grove, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, California 90036 M.Gemi, the direct-to-consumer luxury footwear brand that unveils new, handcrafted Italian shoes every single Monday, is kicking off the summer season with its first ever pop-up shop at The Grove. The pop-u...

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