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by Valerio Viale   Tiziana Rocca, general manager of the Taormina Film Fest since 2012, has been largely innovating the historic Sicilian festival, founded in 1955. Her main concerns are to celebrate and foster Italian young talents, as well as to assure female filmmakers of an equal visibility as their male counterparts.   The c...

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Dean Martin's life and works will be celebrated at the 12th annual L.A. Italia Film, Fashion and Art Festival to mark the centennial of the 'King of Cool's birth. Martin, who died in 1995, is considered one of the most popular Italian-American icons of all time. The festival will showcase a complete retrospective of Martin's films, as wel...

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The woman allegedly killed by a deranged driver who plowed into pedestrians on LA's Venice Beach boardwalk was on her honeymoon and had only been married for three days. Alice Gruppioni, a 32-year-old from Bologna, Italy, was walking along the boardwalk with her husband when she was struck and killed by the speeding car, which also injured at least...

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Special preview screening of the highly anticipated documentary "The Italian Americans" scheduled for nationwide PBS release in early 2015.   Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015 Hours: 6:30pm Venue: IIC Organized by: NIAF In collaboration with: IIC   Source: IIC Los Angeles  

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By Valerio Viale Listening to Elisabetta Ciardullo's first experience in the US, I couldn't help thinking about the fictional nanny Mary Poppins. Just as the British babysitter, to solve the situation, pulls magical gadgets from her purse, the Italian event planner and personal chef, armed with an endless optimism and with a past as "au pair,...

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The Order Sons of Italy in America and Federated Italo-Americans of Southern California present: COLUMBUS CIVIC CEREMONY & FAMILY FESTIVAL SUNDAY, October 12, 2014Civic Ceremony - 12:30 pmFamily Festival - 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm   Casa Italiana1051 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Columbus Day Program includes singers, a performa...

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by Valerio Viale   Peppe Voltarelli, a Calabrian folk singer-songwriter, with a musical career spanning over twenty-five years and two prestigious "Tenco Awards" under his belt, has been touring campuses across the States to present his latest book + CD, Peppe Voltarelli sings Profazio.   He has been sharing this multimedia journey wi...

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Presso la Casa Italiana si è svolto, il 4 dicembre scorso, l'evento annuale organizzato dall'Italian American Lawyers Association in onore della Corte Suprema della California con la presenza del Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.   Durante la serata sono state conferite due borse di studio ad altrettante studentesse di origine italiana....

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by Nancy Casas   Bringing the art of classic Italian cinema to Los Angeles, the Grazie Cinema Serieshosted a screening of a cinematic Italian film, prefaced by the premiere of an original short film directed by Tracy Antonopoulos. The series had a grand kick off by hosting the screening of Pietro Germi's comedy Divorce Italian Style (1961),...

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Date: Saturday, October 10, 2015 Hours: 9 AM - 5:30 PM Venue: A+D Museum Organized by: In collaboration with: A+D Museum, Project Food LA and IIC This multi-city symposium organized in both Milan and Los Angeles in conjunction with EXPO Milan 2015 Feeding the Planet - Energy for Life will explore the local interconnectedness between food and t...

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