ALESSANDRA BELLONI

 

Under the auspices of the Consul General of Italy Nicola Faganello

 

THE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA

and Director Francesca Valente

 

cordially invite you

 

Friday, October 26, 2007

at 7:00 pm

 

 

to Tribute to the Sea

 

a “special performance” by

 

ALESSANDRA BELLONI

 

“Singer, actor, dancer, tambourine virtuoso, the only woman in the US specializing in southern Italian percussion, and her dancing cohorts will wind their way from the W Hotel to the Italian Cultural Institute, combining ritualistic dancing, traditional healing chants and ancient rhythms”

Los Angeles Times, 10.25.07

 

 

Reception to follow

 

 

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

at 7:00 pm

 

 

ANNIVERSARY OF FERRARI – CASA MARANELLO

 

 

One-night installation featuring vintage photographs from Sergio Pininfarina Archives and a Ferrari 575 Maranello exhibited in front of the Istituto, courtesy of Ferrari Beverly Hills

 

 

RECEPTION OFFERED BY ENOTECA DRAGO

from 7:30 pm

 

 

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Reminder: a movie-marathon from 2:00 pm to midnight

on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28, featuring

 

 

 

Cantando dietro i paraventi by Ermanno Olmi, Lamerica by

Gianni Amelio, Respiro and Nuovomondo by Emauele Crialese

and L’Isola by Costanza Quatriglio (Sat. 27)

 

 

Stromboli by Roberto Rossellini, La terra trema by Luchino Visconti,

Ferie d’agosto by Paolo Virzì, Iris by Aurelio Grimaldi and

Salvatore: questa è la vita by Gian Paolo Cugno (Sun. 28)

 

 

RSVP (310) 443 3250

 

 

Istituto Italiano di Cultura

1023 Hilgard Avenue

90024, Los Angeles