Istituto Di Cultura - Chicago

Neapolitan Crèche on display once again at the Art Institute of Chicago November 17 - January 6, 2019 The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave Gallery 203   After its widely popular debut in 2013, our spectacular 18th-century Neapolitan crèche returns once again this holiday season. One...

Spectacles of Death: Gladiatorial Combats and Naval Battles in the Roman Arena Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Tuesday, January 8, 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 ...

Screening of the film "The Past is a Foreign Land" (Il passato e' una terra straniera, 2008, 120 min.), directed by Daniele Vicari. Thursday, January 10, 20196:00 PM – 8:00 PM From Page to Screen: Cineclub at the Italian Cultural Institute of ChicagoIntroduced by Professors of Italian from Universities throug...

Art and Science from Classical Greece to the Middle Ages Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Tuesday, January 15, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM     Leonardo da Vinci’s ability to see beneath the surface of appearances laid the foundations of the modern world. From architecture and technology to art ...

The Agony of Invention: The Arduous Creation and Final Triumph of La bohème, a lecture by Professor Gabriele DottoItalian Cultural Institute of ChicagoThursday, January 17, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM To hear La bohème for the first or for the hundredth time, one is struck by its dramatic cohesion and t...

Vittore Bocchetta in his 101st Year: A Brave Life of Continuous Resistance, a lecture by Professor Giuliana Adamo Tue, 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 Mon, 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...