Italian Program at MiraCosta College

01/04/2022

Did you know?📖
After years of restorations, the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence has finally unveiled Michelangelo’s "Deposition or the Bandini Pietà", the unfinished second of three Pietà from the great Italian painter and sculptor.👨‍🎨

Intended for his tomb, Michelangelo worked on the sculpture from 1547 to 1555, 50 years after his first Pietà, currently housed in St. Peter’s, and 14 years before the third and last Pietà, right before his death, now in the Sforza Castle in Milan.

It was believed that Michelangelo hit the second Pietà with his hammer out of anger due to its imperfection. However, experts debunked the myth, discovering flaws in the marble that led the artist to abandon his second masterpiece.

📸 Francesco Lastrucci

11/12/2021

"Artemisia Gentileschi: New Perspectives" - recently acquired Lucretia, a newly discovered painting by Artemisia Gentileschi—arguably the most famous Italian woman painter of the 17th century. Join FREE lecture featuring four leading experts on the work of Artemisia Gentileschi. Discussion will focus on the discovery of new documents and the emergence of unknown paintings over the last 20 years, which have deepened our understanding of her artistic trajectory. FREE attendance in person at the Getty or virtually via zoom. This program is co-presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles.

Saturday, November 13 at 11:00 am PST
The Getty Center and Online
Free but advance ticket required
Visit https://bit.ly/3n1eJML to reserve your ticket

11/10/2021

11/09/2021

Want to hear our specials for World Week of Italian Cuisine? How does a documentary on Italian food in sound?
We are thrilled to present
“LA CUCINA ITALIANA
in Los Angeles
an Italian and American Story”
Premiering on the Nov. 16 and released on our YouTube channel on the 17th. Don’t miss it! This will satisfy all your cravings! 🇮🇹 🍽 😋



Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, Los Angeles
Italy in US
Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
Istituto Italiano Di Cultura Los Angeles
Italian National Tourist Board - USA and Mexico
Silvia Chiave
L'Italo-Americano Newspaper
Italian Trade Agency Los Angeles Office

11/03/2021

MiraCosta College will reopen study abroad in summer 2022 with a program in Florence!

10/22/2021

Dante is perhaps the best known poet in the world, and the Divine Comedy has certainly influenced the imagination of every generation that has come after it....

10/22/2021

📖 Don't miss our online meeting with author Giulia Caminito, winner of the 2021 Premio Campiello with ‘L'acqua del lago non e' mai dolce' (Bompiani) - The Water of the Lake is Never Sweet - on 🗓 October 27 at 1pm PT.
In conversation with prof. Clorinda Donato, Director of the Clorinda Donato Center at California State University, Long Beach

➡️ Register here: https://bit.ly/3aEHYy6


Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
Italy in US
Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles
Libreria Pino

10/06/2021

Il Premio Nobel 2021 per la Fisica è stato assegnato a Giorgio Parisi. Il fisico italiano, 73 anni, ha ricevuto il prestigioso riconoscimento per "la scoperta dell'interazione tra il disordine e le fluttuazioni nei sistemi fisici dal livello atomico alla scala planetaria". Con lui sono stati premiati Syukuro Manabe, 90 anni, e Klaus Hasselmann, 89 anni. I due climatologi hanno vinto per "la modellazione fisica del clima della Terra, che ne quantifica la variabilità e prevede in modo affidabile il riscaldamento globale". L'anno scorso il premio era stato assegnato alle scoperte sui buchi neri dell’americana Andrea Ghez, del britannico Roger Penrose e del tedesco Reinhard Genzel.

Su Repubblica l'articolo completo di Elena Dusi

10/03/2021

“Pursuing a Career In Translation” with professional translator Antony Shugaar, is the next “ITAL Career Talk” part of a series of conversations between professionals in various fields and university students of Italian.

The webinar will explore job opportunities in Italian translation.🇮🇹

Oct 7, 2021 at 12:15 pm PST
Meeting ID: 995 5522 4771
Passcode: Italian

Organized by the Italian Programs at Chapman University, University of San Diego, USC, CSULB and UCLA.