A look at Festival Verdi 2016
featuring Anna Maria Meo, General Director of the Teatro Regio di Parma The Italian Cultural Institute and Festival Verdi in collaboration with the Cultural Department of Emilia-Romagna Region and Emilia-Romagna Region Tourist Board invite you to the program launch of Festival Verdi 2016Thursday, April 147:00-9:00 pmItalian Cultural Institute Alberta Lai, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, […]
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An Evening of Italian Literature: Selected Readings of Italian Short Stories in English Translation
performed and translated by Lawrence Garner An Evening of Italian Literature Selected Readings of Italian Short Stories in English Translationperformed and translated by Lawrence Garner Tuesday, April 12th6-8pm Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago – 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 Lawrence Garner has been performing on the stages of Chicago theatres for more than 20 years, a “second […]
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UMBERTO BOCCIONI: A Protagonist of Futurism and His Influence on Italian Postwar Art
a lecture by Francesca Pola UMBERTO BOCCIONI – A Protagonist of Futurism and His Influence on Italian Postwar Art, a lecture by Francesca PolaThursday, April 7th6-8pmItalian Cultural Institute The talk is devoted to the Italian painter and sculptor Umberto Boccioni (Reggio Calabria 1882 – Chievo 1916), one of the pivotal avant-garde artists of early 20th […]
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Giving Shape to Falstaff
a lecture by Gabriele Dotto Giving Shape to FalstaffGiuseppe Verdi’s final operatic masterpiece, Falstaff, is a brilliant comedy that astonished the musical world, coming as it did from the imagination of an author whose previous operas were the very embodiment of Romantic drama and tragic action. Yet here was fast-paced, sophisticated and witty score (Toscanini […]
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European Book Club, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and EUNIC Chicago
moderated by Dr. Cristina Lombardi Diop (Loyola University) European Book Club, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and EUNIC Chicago, moderated by Dr. Cristina Lombardi Diop (Loyola University). The following best-selling Italian novel will be discussed: “My Brilliant Friend” (Europa Editions, 2012) by Elena Ferrante. Guests that wish to participate, should read the […]
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Screening of “Signorina Effe” by Wilma Labate (2007, 95 min.)
in Italian with English subtitles The film tells the story of Emma, a young girl from the South of Italy transplanted to Torino, who realizes her dream of working for Fiat, finds herself involved in the very difficult controversy of 1980 that resulted in a strike that lasted 35 days and which highlighted the history […]
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“The Power of Freedom over Confinement.”
A Presentation on the Italian Poet Alda Merini (1931-2009) by Luca Badetti, PhD Alda Merini (1931-2009) was a a poet from Milan, Italy. Her poetic style intensely explores themes of love, loss, faith and desire. Part of her poetry speaks about her experience living in mental institutions. Free and open to the public. https://aldamerini.eventbrite.com
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“Luigi, Faber & Genova. Tenco, De André and a great Mediterranean city.
An evening of Italian songs with pianist Elena Buttiero and singer/author Ferdinando Molteni “Luigi, Faber & Genova. Tenco, De André and a great Mediterranean city. An evening of Italian songs with pianist Elena Buttiero and singer/author Ferdinando MolteniA recital dedicated to the songs of the great Genovese singer/songwriters and to the history and tradition of […]
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Concert by Andrea Centazzo and Friends
Andrea Centazzo is an Italian American composer, percussionist and multimedia artist. Andrea Centazzo, percussion; Ed Herrmann, Greg O’Drobinak, Eric Leonardson, Hal Rammel, invented and adapted instruments; Elbio Barilari and Julia Miller on synthesizers For tickets or more information: http://www.constellation-chicago.com/event/1061177-andrea-centazzo-friends-chicago/
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Neighborhoods of the World Festival
Sunday, March 6th at from 12-4pmNavy PierNeighborhoods of the World FestivalThe “Celebrate Italy’ entertainment program, presented by the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Navy Pier and the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans will be the following: 12:00 – 12:30 and 3:30 – 4:00pm: The Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee/Tradizione Vivente di MilwaukeeWatch the […]
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