Gabi Scardi in conversation with Prof. Giovanni Aloi
Gabi Scardi in conversation with Prof. Giovanni Aloi Monday, September 19 at 4:00pm CT Online Webinar Prof. Giovanni Aloi will lead a conversation on nature and ecology in Italian arts, with guest speaker Gabi Scardi, art historian, curator, professor and writer. Scardi’s main field of research covers the practices at the intersection […]
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Teatro Verde
Teatro Verde September 17 through 24, 2022 With over forty years of history, experience and tradition, Teatro Verde is an irreplaceable reference for children, schools and families in Rome. The Company’s engaging and colorful performances feature actors, puppets, juggling, and music. Teatro Verde’s puppet making workshops, readings and outdoor performances turn the […]
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Guzzi World Days / I Fidanzati della Morte
Guzzi World Days / Engaged to Death September 8-11, 2022 Online streaming On September 8 through 11, 2022 motorcyclists from all around the world will be gathering at the historic Moto Guzzi factory in Mondello del Lario (Italy) to celebrate 100 years of history, technological achievements, style and of course, that innate Guzzi spirit […]
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Pasolini 22 / Film Series
Pasolini 22 / Film Series Pier Paolo Pasolini: Poetry, Passion and Provocation September 7 through October 12, 2022 Screenings every Wednesday at 7:30pm CT Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N. State Street, Chicago IL One hundred years after his birth and nearly fifty years after his death, the films of […]
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Luca Ciarla solOrkestra
Luca Ciarla solOrkestra September 3-28, 2022 Live Concerts Italian violin alchemist Luca Ciarla creates his music with a loop pedal, his voice and several toy instruments. He performs in solo and strictly live all his orchestra score, playing the violin also like a guitar, a cello or a percussion instrument. In this imaginative […]
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Chicago Opera Festival 2022
Chicago Opera Festival 2022July 8 through July 24, 2022 This year the three-week festival will stage Gioachino Rossini’s “L’Inganno Felice” and Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Corsaro”. The Chicago Opera Festival will also pay tribute to one of the greatest Italian opera singers, Renata Tebaldi, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth. […]
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Fare Cinema 2022
Fare Cinema 2022June 13 through June 19, 2022Online Screenings The fifth edition of Fare Cinema will start Monday, June 13, 2022. The event launched in 2018 and involves the organization of a series of initiatives to promote cinema and the Italian film industry around the world, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
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Censorship and Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera
Censorship and Opera: Un Ballo in MascheraPresented by Prof. Jesse RosenbergFriday, June 3 at 6pm CTItalian Cultural Institute of Chicago Prof. Jesse Rosenberg presents Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera” ahead of the upcoming performances of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra directed by Riccardo Muti. Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” has long been a mainstay […]
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Carlo Aonzo & Don Stiernberg Trio: An Italian History
Carlo Aonzo & Don Stiernberg Trio: An Italian HistoryWednesday, June 1 at 8:30pm CTLive ConcertConstellation Chicago3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL Italian mandolin player and composer Carlo Aonzo meets the American sounds of Don Stiernberg Trio, in a live concert at Constellation Chicago. The Italian Mandolin rediscovers its overseas descendent. The American Mandolin […]
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G.E. Kidder Smith Photographer: Discovering Italy
G.E. Kidder Smith Photographer: Discovering ItalyMay 23 – July 8, 2022Visit by appointment only, Wednesday through Friday, 11:00am – 4:00pm CTItalian Cultural Institute of Chicago G.E. Kidder Smith Photographer is a multi-site exhibition curated by Angelo Maggi and Michelangelo Sabatino. In conjunction with the publication of G.E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of […]
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