Lingua Viva
c/o Italian Cultural Institute
1023 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: 310-443-3250 x.110
Fax: 310-443-3254
E-mail: classes.iicla@esteri.it
Web: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/IIC_Losangeles
Lingua Viva offers a variety of Italian courses beyond language and literature, such as cinema, regional cooking, Opera, Lectura Dantis, popular song, art history.
Business/Corporate Italian ñ Italian for Travelers
See: EDUCATION, Fondazione Italia
See: INSTITUTIONS, Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Cuisine
See: FOOD & RESTAURANT, Food Associations, Slowfood, AIWF
Culinary Schools
There are several culinary academies in the greater Los Angeles area, and colleges that offer such specialization as well, together with many less formal arrangements for learning to cook Italian food. Some restaurants for instance, offer cooking classes, as do cooking supply stores such as William Sonoma, Surfas, Sur La Table.
The International Culinary School
The Art Institute of California ñ Los Angeles
2900 31st Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405-3035
Web: http://ai.cookingschools.com/artinstitutes/loc_california_la.php
California School of Culinary Arts
521 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
Web: http://drf.cookingschools.com/California-School-Of-Culinary-Arts/
California School of Culinary Arts
6370 West Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Web: http://drf.cookingschools.com/California-School-Of-Culinary-Arts/
Cordon Bleu culinary arts.
Epicurean School of Culinary Arts
8500 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Tel:(310) 659-5990
Web: http://epicureanschool.com/
Italian Cooking Classes
Letís Get Cookiní
4643 Lakeview Canyon Rd.
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Tel: (818) 991-3940
E-mail: lgcookin@aol.com
Web: http://www.letsgetcookin.com/index.html
Chef Eric's Culinary Classroom
2366 Pelham AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90064
Tel: 310 470-2640
See: Children Classes, Piccolo Chef
Traditional music & dance
See: PERFORMING ARTS, Music, Traditional Music
Apulian frame drum, zampogna (bagpipes), Sardinian benas, and other Italian folk instruments, Enzo Fina & Robert Catalano, of Music‡ntica
Enzo Fina: oznemrac@aol.com
Roberto Catalano: favax@viafamily.com
http://www.musicantica.org/index.html
Occasional frame drum and dance workshops focusing on Southern Italian traditions, by New York-based Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari di Piazza:
http://www.alessandrabelloni.com/
Opera
Most university music departments offer courses in Opera and Music History. See also: Lingua Viva, above.