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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 www.italoamericano.com L'Italo-Americano 15 Mar. 8 & 9, Sat. & Sun.-27th Annual St. Joseph's Table at Holy Family Church (1501 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena). Saturday: Feast of St. Joseph Mass at 5pm followed by Procession of the "Saints", Blessing and Viewing of the Table in the parish hall. Sausage sandwiches, desserts and refreshments will be served. Sunday: contintinental breakfast and traditional Italian delicacies, pastries and flowers from the St. Joseph's Table will be sold after all the Sunday masses. A complimentary Italian dinner will be ser- ved to all from noon to 7:30pm. For information call Theresa Sabatella Shaw (626) 403-6102 Mar. 9, Sun.- Maria S.S. di Costantinopoli Society Big Feast at St. Peter's Italian Catholic Church (1039 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, 90012). To members and friends: our big Feast of the year is fast approaching and we are preparing for the event to keep our Italian traditions going. We need your support and participa- tion. Mass starting at 11 am and procession of the Saint soon after the mass. Dancing to the music of Duo Domino. Come and have fun with us. For reservation call at: Dino Deligio 818-843-1477. Donation $50.00 p.p. Mar. 10, Mon.- Associazione Pugliese Del Sud California General Meeting. 6:30pm at Casa Italiana (1051 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012). For information call Maria Bruno (818) 241- 4672 or Mike Foschetti (323) 257-0302. Mar. 12, Wed.-Italian American Lawyers Association (IALA) Meeting. An evening with corporate in-house counsel from lea- ding local companies (1051 No. Broadway, Los Angeles). For event information email iala07@yahoo.com or visit www.iala.info. Mar. 12, Wed.- St. Anthony Dinner Meeting 6:30 pm at Casa Italiana. Reservations: Johnny: 213-250-2464 Mar. 15, Sat.- OCAIW Fashion Show, 11 AM at Oak Creek Country Club,1, Golf Dr, Irvine 949-653-5300. $35 includes buffet. Call for reservations: Lucy Gallo 949-472-8218 Mar. 15 & 16, Sat. & Sun.-ICF Br. 111 17th Annual Feast of St. Joseph Table at St. Benedict Church (1022 W. Cleveland Avenue, Montebello) Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m and Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Italian Catholic Federation, St. Benedict, Branch 111, will be commemorating their 17th annual Feast of St. Joseph Table. Blessing of the Table will be held on Saturday, March 15th at noon. Free pasta meal to everyone on both days. Everyone welcome. For information call Franco Salomone at (323) 888-2074. Mar. 16, Sun.-St. Joseph's Table at Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church (870 W. 8th St., San Pedro, CA) begins at noon in the Parish church followed by a celebration in the Parish Auditorium. For information contact (310) 833-3541. Mar. 18 & 19, Tues. & Wed.- Feast of St. Joseph at St. Peter's Italian Church. Mass 11:00 am each day; Blessing of the St. Joseph Table at noon at Casa Italiana. Complimentary spaghetti served each day noon to 8:00 pm. For information call 323-225- 8119. Mar. 16, Sun.-Cinema Italiano offered by Italian Cultural Arts Council, Film: Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti) (2010). Where: Bowers Museum 2002 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706. In the state-of-the art, ultra deluxe Norma Kershaw Auditorium. COST: Adults $10, Students: $5 (no need to RSVP). SCHEDULE: Arrival: 1:30- 2:00 pm, Reception/Refreshments; Seating in Auditorium: 1:45 pm, Program Begins: 2:00 pm. For information call (714) 567-3600. Mar. 20, Thurs. - Ennio Morricone in Concert for the first time in Los Angeles. The famed composer and conductor will conduct a 200 piece ensemble orchestra at the beautiful Nokia Theater 8:00pm. For tickets visit: http://www.axs.com/events/ 245467/ennio-morricone-tickets or call 888-929-7849. Attention Clubs and Organizations! Your Calendar item submissions are welcome. Items are due no later than three weeks prior to the date of the event. They may be emailed to linda@italoamericano . All submissions must include: Event, date, time and address of the event, brief description, as well as a phone number or website for additional information. Subject to editor's review and space availability. Not all items submitted will be published. The winner is 'The Great Beauty': Italy won the 11th Oscar with Sorrentino prize puts Italy two statuettes ahead of France's nine foreign- Oscar wins, 15 years after Italy's last Academy Award for Roberto Benigni's Holocaust tragicomedy "Life Is Beautiful" in 1998. At the 86th Academy Awards, the film beat Belgium's melo- drama "The Broken Circle Break-down", Denmark's "The Hunt", premiered nearly two years ago at the 2012 Cannes Film festival, Cambodia's first- person documentary "The Missing Picture", and "Omar", a procedural thriller from Palestine. This was a year where a record 76 films were entered for Foreign Language considera- tion. "The Great Beauty", a tribute to the great Italian master Federico Fellini and his muse Rome, the Eternal City, enchant- ed the jury with its magical and at times cynical romp through a Roman dreamscape. The film has been hailed for bringing out the city's sumptuous beauty. The film is about an aging writer's reflections on life, provincial youth, unrequited love and a soulless Catholic Church unable to satisfy his search for a meaning in life among Rome's idle rich. Opening on package-tour views of classical Italian architecture, the movie cuts abruptly to a screaming Roman disco party swarming with distorted glam- our. The disorienting bacchanal is the 65th birthday party for the protagonist, a man named Jep Gambardella. The camera lands on the louche, implacable land- scape of his face. The movie's Continued from page 1 continuation through all-night parties and high-class affairs has reminded critics of Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" in its portrayal of the Italian capital's hedonistic haut monde. Sorrentino said, ahead of the Oscars, that in the film he want- ed to contrast the visual beauty of Rome with the "people who don't realize that this beauty is all around them". The 65-year-old protagonist is played by Toni Servillo, a veter- an of five Sorrentino movies. He appeared beside his fellow Naples native at the podium in Hollywood. In his acceptance speech at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles, Sorrentino said: "Thank you to my inspiration, Federico Fellini, to Martin Scorsese, Diego Armando Maradona, and thank you to Roma, Napoli... and this is for my parents". Afterwards he explained: "I felt a sense of responsibility in the last days from my country because too many people were talking about this award. It was a little bit hard to handle. But now - he said - I am happy. I am very happy." The first Oscar for Sorrentino and the 11th win for an Italian film Martin Scorsese with Paolo Sorrentino at the brand's Beverly Hills boutique

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