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How hard it must be to leave the homeland as a child and be left all alone to settle in a new country, learning a foreign language and starting a completely different life with no family connections or support? Many people would probably feel overwhelmed, and give up because of the fear of failure.   On the contrary, young Margherita Palumbo...

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by Carol Cormaci   The local branch of the Italian Catholic Federation recently helped celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the parent organization by attending an affair at Casa Italiana that drew 185 members of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.   Representing Branch 374 from St. Bede the Venerable Catholic Church in La Cañad...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 At 6:30 pm Organized by : IIC In collaboration with : LHUCA, Texas Tech University, e l'Archivio Ezio Gribaudo Entrance : Free Surliuga currently serves as an Associate Professor of Italian at Texas Tech University. She is a scholar of contemporary Italian poetry, modern and contemporary Italian art, Italian cinema as w...

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Il 2013 è l'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti. In un momento di così grande difficoltà, il nostro Paese dimostra vitalità e capacità di promuoversi e di raccontare le tantissime nostre cose eccellenti, ad un popolo come quello americano, che ci apprezza da sempre. Nel nostro viaggio attraverso l'Atlantico non potevamo non affrontare que...

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By Jonathan Gold   On a warm January night in Los Angeles, one of those evenings when we have trouble visualizing what the phrase "wind-chill factor" might even mean, the patio outside Maccheroni Republic is one of the most pleasant places downtown, a long, alley-narrow space, all greenery and soft air. The financial district's glass towers...

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Ha fatto tappa anche a Los Angeles il tour gastronomico che ha portato Massimo Bottura negli Stati Uniti. Domenica scorsa, a Bel Air, ha avuto luogo "A Taste of Italy" una serata all'insegna del cibo e del vino italiano organizzato nell'ambito del "2013 – Anno della Cultura Italiana in USA". Ospite d'onore, appunto, lo chef "stellato" Bottura. Al...

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by Benedetta Cicconi Eleonora Granata è il neopresidente del Comitato degli italiani all'estero di Los Angeles recentemente rinnovato alle elezioni dello scorso aprile 2015 e che vede Claudio Fogu come Vicepresidente e Segretario, Cynthia Catalino alla tesoreria e come consiglieri Silvia Bizio, Francesco Brescia, Valerio Chiarotti, Gabriella Cri...

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This weekend don't missCINEMA ITALIAN STYLE 2012through November 18, 2012 at the Aero Theatre Cinema Italian Style, the annual celebration of Italian cinema, continues this weekend with Daniele Vicari's hard-hitting procedural expose DIAZ: DON'T CLEAN UP THIS BLOOD,the true story of the police assault at the Genoa G8 summit; Carlo Verdone's sharp...

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A terracotta head depicting the Greek god Hades that the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired in 1985 is being voluntarily sent back to Sicily, the museum has announced. Getty officials said that the museum has worked with officials from Sicily during the last two years to determine whether it would be appropriate to return the artifact. The museum said...

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Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015Hours: TBAVenue: IIC Los AngelesOrganized by: Consolate and Jewish Community of Los AngelesIn collaboration with: IIC Los Angeles   On Monday January 27, Italians around the world are commemorating the Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust. In Los Angeles, the Italian Consulate General, the Italian Cultural...

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