Istituto Di Cultura - Chicago

Mart and Museion: Modern and Contemporary Art in the Italian Dolomites September 25 at 6pmItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 Presented on the occasion of EXPO CHICAGO and of Giornata del Contemporaneo - Italian Contemporary Art.Daniela Ferrari, Curator at MART Museum of Trento/Rovereto and F...

EXPO CHICAGO 2018September 27-30Navy Pier - 600 E Grand Ave We are pleased to announce that the Italian Cultural Institute will once again be collaborating with EXPO CHICAGO, an international contemporary and modern art exhibition held each year in Chicago. Opening the fall art season every September, EXPO CHICAGO takes...

Screening of "The Sense Of Beauty" (2017, 75 min) by Valerio Jalongo at Gene Siskel September 28 at 6pmGene Siskel Film Center164 N State St Chicago Premiere! Director Valerio Jalongo will be in attendance! Presented on the occasion of EXPO Chicago, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago.A...

Italian Art at EXPO CHICAGO 2018 September 30 at 3pmNavy Pier - 600 E Grand Ave Follow Giovanni Aloi, Art Historian at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, on a tour of the most exciting modern and contemporary artists whose legacy and originality represent Italian art on the contemporary international scene....

Presentation of "The Fascinating Life of Berta" by Federica Bernardini Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Tuesday, October 2, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT) Chicago, IL Presentation and book signing by Author Federica Bernardini of her book: The Fascinating Life of Berta (originally published in Italian as...

Screening of "Borsalino City" by Enrica Viola (2016, 78 Min) Thursday, October 4, 6:00 PM Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago     The history of the birth of an icon, the Borsalino hat. From the factory where it was conceived in a small Italian town, to the glamorous world of Hollywood. Starring Robert ...

The Myth of the "Violin Fairy" Teresina Tua in the American Press Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Tuesday, October 9, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT) Chicago, IL     Paolo Tarallo,from the National Conservatory of Music Giuseppe Verdi in Turin, will give a lecture on Teresina Tua, an Italian v...

54th Chicago International Film Festival October 10-21 AMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St.)     The Chicago International Film Festival was started in 1964 by filmmaker and graphic artist Michael Kutza to provide an alternative to the commercial Hollywood movies that dominated the city’s theaters. The ...

Anna Piaggi: Creativity & Passion in Fashion and Beyond Fashion October 11th at 6pmItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan AveSuite 1450   A lecture by Stefano Piaggi, President of Associazione Culturale Anna Piaggi on the extraordinary career of journalist and Fashion writer Anna Piaggi and how her brilliant cr...

Fiumi di parole: The Flow of Informal Italian and Social Media October 17th at 6pmItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan AveSuite 1450     Presented on the occasion of the XVIII Annual Italian Language Week in the World, an initiative to promote Italian as a great language of classical and contemporary ...

Was Jesus Married, Really? The Latest on Mary Magdalene and Other Women Around Him Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Monday, October 22, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Chicago, IL     Films and novels, works of art and scholarly books had already prepared us. So, when six years ago an ancient papyrus ...

Opening of Dedalo and Minosse International Prize Exhibition Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Wednesday, October 24, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Chicago, IL     An exhibition of the winning projects of the 2016-2017 Dedalo Minosse Prize, an international biennial prize organized by ALA-Assoarchit...

Book Presentation by author Anthony L Cardoza: "A History of Modern Italy Transformation and Continuity, 1796 to the Present" Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Monday, October 29, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Chicago, IL     Author Anthony Cardoza will be interviewed by Professor Franco Andreucci...