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Chapman University’s Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research is partnering with the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles to bring you Ferrucci Fellow Nick Gabriel’s new adaptation of SIX CHARACTER IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. Gabriel’s adaptation contemporizes the language and circumstances of the play while maintaining the essence o...

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October is Italian-American Heritage Month and what best way to celebrate than in Downtown San Pedro, home of the largest Italian-American community in Southern California? The Little Italy of Los Angeles Association will be hosting their annual Festa Italiana Street Festival in Downtown San Pedro (6th Street) on October 5th, 2024 from 11am to 10pm...

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Don't miss the 2024 Los Angeles Italian Festival, a must-attend event kicking off Italian-American Heritage Month in true Hollywood style. As LA's longest-running Italian festival, it offers an unforgettable experience for food lovers, music enthusiasts, and anyone craving a taste of Italian culture. Headlining the event is Sal "The Voice" Valentin...

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EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani took home the statuette at the Primetime Emmy Awards 2024 in the category “Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode”, thanks to a team of excellence, supervised by Gaia Bussolati, involved in the Netflix series Ripley, based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith and directed by Steven...

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The Italian Americans of Los Angeles: A History. This vibrant narrative chronicles the Italian Americans of Los Angeles, a group that, although integral to every facet of the Southern California megalopolis for two centuries, have largely been overlooked in both local and Italian American histories. Purchase here. Based on meticulous research, this...

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Thursday September 19 2024, 18:00 (Local time). Technogym Los Angeles - 131 N Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. By invitation. Feeling inspired by the Paris Olympics and excited for LA28? Celebrate Italy’s first Sports Day in the World with an evening of sport, wellness, and innovation at the Technogym Los Angeles showroom. Join us for a conversatio...

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The story of Giancarlo Parretti, the flamboyant Italian waiter-turned-financier who bought MGM in 1990 and was ousted and indicted when his takeover deal for the Hollywood studio collapsed, is in early stages of getting the big screen treatment. Independent Los-Angeles-based film producer Niels Juul (“Ferrari,” “Killers of the Flower Moon”) has tra...

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The Los Angeles Italian Festival is thrilled to announce the addition of Todd Angilly and Natalja Sticco to its star-studded lineup for the October 5, 2024 event. Angilly, a beloved figure in the Boston community and renowned for his powerful renditions of the National Anthem at the TD Garden, will join festival headliner and fellow Bostonian, Nata...

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Coming from anyone else the name-dropping could be seen as bragging, but Agazzi, who at 35 is the youngest Executive Chef of the four Gucci Osteria da Massimo Botturas around the world (Florence, Tokyo, Seoul, and Los Angeles), is a down to earth bubbly northern Italian who is as happy cooking for celebrities as rock climbing in Joshua Tree on his...

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You might know Louis Prima as the voice of King Louie in Disney’s The Jungle Book or maybe you’ve heard David Lee Roth’s 80s version of his hit song Just a Gigolo, but the Gramy-winning King of Swing was so much more. An exhibit on the exuberant singer, Louis Prima: Rediscovering a Musical Icon, lights up Downtown’s Italian American Museum until Oc...

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