Migrant Stories: The Jungle
Migrant Stories in Italian Cinema Screening series October 5-8, 2023 FACETS Chicago 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago in collaboration with FACETS, presents a selection of Italian movies that explore issues of migration and identity through the cinematic medium. The selected movies provide an overview of film production […]
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Poetry is a Place
Poetry is a Place Workshop by Alessandro Ferraro October 3-10, 2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Italian artist and illustrator Alessandro Ferraro will lead an intensive workshop for students of two comic book classes taught by chicago-based artist Cecilia Beaven at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Working with illustration for […]
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Naked to the Water(s): Early Christians Between Baths and Baptisms
Naked to the Water(s): Early Christians Between Baths and Baptisms Presented by prof. Stefania Santelia Monday, October 2 at 4:00pm CT Loyola University, McCormick Lounge 1000 W Sheridan Ave, Chicago IL The ancient Romans particularly loved the thermal baths: for centuries, they were a place of physical well-being, socialization, and relaxation for everyone, men […]
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Climate Emergency: Photographing the Aftermath to Change the Future
Climate Emergency: Photographing the Aftermath to Change the Future Silvia Camporesi and Giovanni Aloi in conversation Saturday, September 30 at 2:00pm CT Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Silvia Camporesi, Senza Titolo, May 17, 2023 © Silvia Camporesi In May 2023, heavy rainfall caused devastating flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. Over 50,000 […]
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Celluloid and Paper: The Leopard
Celluloid and Paper Screening series The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents a series of screenings dedicated to the theme of film adaptations, inspired by Italian books, between classics and new publications, available at our library. The initiative takes place in conjunction with the reopening of the Institute’s library, recently renewed with the introduction of […]
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Young Shouts: Silvia Bolognesi Italian Trio with Nick Mazzarella
Young Shouts Silvia Bolognesi Italian Trio with Nick Mazzarella Live concerts September 21-24, 2023 The compositions, as well as frequent moments of collective improvisation, exhibit the defining characteristics of a classic modern jazz quartet. The quartet’s first recording, “aLive Shouts” (Fonterossa, 2019), contains the “Suite for Bessie Jones”, inspired by the lyrics […]
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Young Shouts: Silvia Bolognesi Italian Trio with Irene Monteverde
Young Shouts Silvia Bolognesi Italian Trio with Irene Monteverde Live concert Sunday, September 17 at 8:00pm ET Waterloo Arts 15605 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland OH Info&Tickets The compositions, as well as frequent moments of collective improvisation, exhibit the defining characteristics of a classic modern jazz quartet. The quartet’s first recording, “aLive Shouts” (Fonterossa, […]
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Through Our Eyes
Through Our Eyes Exhibition September 16 – October 8, 2023 Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago “Through Our Eyes” is a long-term photography project which launched in 2019. So far, it has involved 156 children aged 9 to 17 in Samos, home to one of the Greek islands’ hotspots for migrants, in North-West Syria, in the […]
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ItalCultura Open House
ItalCultura Open House Friday, September 15 at 6:00pm CT Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago – ItalCultura Join us for the Open House of ItalCultura, the Italian language school of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Meet our teachers, discover all our class offerings and enjoy a day of celebrations with our community! We […]
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The Hurricane Trio with Chris Collins
The Hurricane Trio with Chris Collins Wednesday, September 6 at 8:00pm CT Old Town School of Folk Music 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL Old Town School of Folk music presents an exclusive concert featuring the lauded Milan, Italy based Hurricane Trio: Roberto Mattei-Bass, Lorenzo Blardone- Piano and Massimiliano Salina-Drums – […]
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