Screening of the short film “The Flying Gardeners”, by the Blink Fish
An idea of Stefano Boeri Every four months they fly around the Vertical Forest.They hang by rope from the edge of the roof and descend by jumping between balconies.Botanists and climbers, only they have the consciousness of the richness of the lives that the Forest hosts in the sky of Milan.The screening will be followed […]
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Event Cancelled: Screening of the film “Palio”, directed by Cosima Spender (2015, 91 min)
The Palio is the oldest horse race in the world, and turns the Italian city of Siena into a high-stakes battleground of strategy, intrigue, and simmering machismo. In the eye of the storm stand the jockeys – adored if they succeed, despised if they fail. PALIO follows the legendary maestro Gigi Bruschelli, winner of 13 […]
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Supporting an Ally: American Forces in Italy, 1918
“Supporting an Ally: American Forces in Italy, 1918” a lecture by Jonathan R. Casey,Archivist and Edward Jones Research Center Manager at the WWI Museum in Kansas City Jonathan Casey, Archivist and Edward Jones Research Center Manager at the WWI Museum in Kansas City, will speak about the role of the American Army in Italy at the time. […]
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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Loyola’s Symphony Orchestra performs Symphony 41 “Jupiter” (Mozart), Sun Music IV (Peter Sculthorpe, U.S. premiere performance), selected movements from The Planets Suite (Holst) and selections from Star Wars (John Williams).Buy tickets.
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PASOLINI ACROSS THE MEDIA: A symposium honoring the multifarious Poet 40 years after his assasinatio
PASOLINI ACROSS THE MEDIA: A symposium to honor the multifarious Italian Poet 40 years after his assassinationOctober 29 3-6pm Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB Sponsored by the Departments of French and Italian, Comparative and World Literature, English, the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, the Center for Advanced Study
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Roundtable Discussion: Creative Empathy in Contemporary Design
Creative Empathy in Contemporary Design with Massimo Iosa Ghini, Mario Cuccinella and Aldo Cibic A conversation with Massimo Iosa Ghini, Mario Cuccinella and Aldo Cibic about their experiences and challenges in the application of sustainability of today. This event is presented in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency, Confindustria Ceramica and Confindustria Marmomacchine on the […]
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“Dante and the Limits of the Law” a book presentation by Justin Steinberg, University of Chicago
with the participation of Emanuele Coccia, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris “Dante and the Limits of the Law” (University of Chicago Press, 2013) is the first comprehensive study of the legal structure crucial to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Steinberg reveals how Dante imagines an afterlife dominated by elaborate laws, hierarchical jurisdictions, and […]
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Ethnic Italian Records: Analysis, Conservation and Restoration of the Repertoire of Italian-American
Presentation of “Ethnic Italian Records: Analysis, conservation and restoration of the repertoire of Italian-American emigration on 78 vinyl LPs” by researcher and author Giuliana Fugazzotto. Presented on the occasion of the 15th annual Italian Language Week in the World, in collaboration with ItalCultura and Biblioteca Nazionale di Sardegna.RSVP at https://ethnicitalianrecords.eventbrite.com
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Chicago International Film Festival
Purchase Tickets online at:chicagofilmfestival.com or ticketmaster.com/chicagofilmfestivalBy phone312.332.FILM (3456)Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM-6:00 PM; Saturday-Sunday, closed Festival Box OfficesAMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St.)September 23-October 15 open 7 days a week, 12:00 PM-8:00 PMOctober 16-29 open one hour before start of first show until start of last show
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Screening of the film “Mia Madre”, directed by Nanni Moretti
English, Italian with subtitles. 106 min. John Turturro provides madcap comic relief as a self-important American actor in master filmmaker Nanni Moretti’s latest personal tour de force. An overworked director tries to complete her new movie—a political statement about factory workers—while caring for her much-beloved mother, who lies dying in the hospital. Real life and […]
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