Eating Ideas, Educating the Senses through Images. The Magazine "La Gola" in 1980s Italy A Lecture by Professor Margherita D'Ayala Valvais, Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa Presented on the occasion of the 2018 Year of Italian Food, as declared by The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism and the...

The Fathers' America: Poetry Reading & Musical Performance A reading of poems from "The Fathers' America" (Bordighera Press, 2016) L'America dei Padri," Ernesto Livorni’s third collection with English translation. The author will read his poems with Laura Biagi, who will also provide the musical arrangements. ...

CAPITALISN'T: ECONOMIST LUIGI ZINGALES IN CONVERSATION WITH NICOLA PERSICO Italian Cultural Institute | 500 N Michigan Avenue | Suite 1450 | Chicago, IL 60611 Wednesday, May 2, 2018 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM  Economist Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago), interviewed by Nicola Persico (Northwestern University), ...

Tour at the Art Institute of Chicago of Italian paintings from the Middle Ages to Surrealism by Professor Giovanni Aloi Summarizing and expanding the themes explored in the series of his three lectures presented at the Italian Cultural Institute this year, Professor Giovanni Aloi, School of the Art Institute, will lead...

EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB: Paolo Cognetti "The Eight Mountains" (2018, Simon & Schuster), Winner of the Strega Prize   The discussion in English will be moderated by Prof. Thomas Haskell Simpson, Northwestern University "The Eight Mountains" is a novel about the friendship between two young Italian boys from different bac...

Cineclub at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago: New Comedy Italian-Style Screening of "Ignorance is Bliss" (Beata ignoranza), directed by Massimiliano Bruno (2017), 102 minutes with Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassman in Italian with English subtitles Introduced by: Professor Chiara Fabbian, University of Chicago Ernesto...

Exhibition Opening, presentation and reception:  "The Most Beautiful Villages of Italy" ("I borghi piu' belli d'Italia) Free and open to the public.RSVP at https://beautifulvillages.eventbrite.com