Istituto Di Cultura - Chicago

Vittore Bocchetta in his 101st Year: A Brave Life of Continuous Resistance, a lecture by Professor Giuliana Adamo Tuesday, January 22, 20196:00 PM – 8:00 PM Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450   Vittore Bocchetta, born in Sardinia in 1918, is an Italian sculptor, painter, and a...

IL DISPATRIO, LE DOPPIE CULTURE / EXILE AND DOUBLE-CULTURES: A RECITAL BY PIANIST COSIMO COLAZZO Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with PianoForte Foundation Thursday, January 24, 20196:00 PM – 8:00 PM PianoForte Studios1335 S Michigan AveChicago, IL Dispatrio refers to an impose...

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019 Monday, January 28, 20196:00 PM – 8:00 Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 On the Occasion of the 2019 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, the Illi...

ITALIAN GUITARIST AND VOCALIST BEPPE GAMBETTA PERFORMS AT OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC January 308:30pmOld Town School of Music4545 N Lincoln Ave Beppe Gambetta is a guitarist, vocalist, researcher and composer born in Genova, Italy who developed a style that brings American and European Roots to speak together with one...

Athletics and Leisure: Greek Games and Roman Baths Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM   This series of lectures, "Sport, Spectacle, and Games under the Roman Empire", by Professor Sinclair Bell will look at the different ways in which sport and spectacle perme...

Leonardo’s Legacy: Nature, Realism, and PhilosophyTuesday, February 12th 6:00pmItalian Cultural Institute of Chicago500 N Michigan Ave Suite 1450   Leonardo’s Legacy: Nature, Realism, and PhilosophyPresented on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Leonardo da Vinci The second of a series...

Leonardo’s Legacy: Painting -- Layers of IntensityTuesday, March 19th 6:00pmItalian Cultural Institute of Chicago500 N Michigan Ave Suite 1450 Leonardo’s Legacy: Painting -- Layers of Intensity Presented on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Leonardo da VinciThe third of a series of lec...

Leonardo’s Legacy: Technology -- Envisioning the FutureTuesday, April 16th 6:00pmItalian Cultural Institute of Chicago500 N Michigan Ave Suite 1450 Leonardo’s Legacy: Technology -- Envisioning the FuturePresented on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Leonardo da VinciThe fourth and final...