An international celebration of Elena Ferrante’s new novel, “The Lying Life of Adults.”
The Lying Life of AdultsA Global Event for ReadersConversation – Reading – Q&ACo-hosted by the Italian Cultural Institutes in New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, London, Sydney, Madrid, Barcelona, and by Europa Editions Tuesday, September 29th at 2PM (CT) Join Elena Ferrante’s “star translator” Ann Goldstein, authors Nicola Lagioia (Italy, Strega […]
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Virtual Screenings: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part Two
Virtual Screening: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part 2Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of ChicagoTuesday, September 29th, at 6pm (Central Time) through Sunday, October 4th at 6pm (Central Time) Click here to view the virtual screeningsPassword: nSzkPm A colloquio con Rossella (An Interview with Rossella), by Andrea Andolina, 2019, 11 minutesBased on a story […]
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Virtual Screenings: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part One
Virtual Screenings: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part OnePresented by the Italian Cultural Institute of ChicagoTuesday, September 15th, beginning at 6pm Central Time Go to this webpage: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7484713 Password: inkY4D For the fifth year in a row, the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (National Short Film Center), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign […]
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Raphael’s Music: From Urbino to Rome, a Webinar by Dr. Robert Kendrick
Raphael’s Music: From Urbino to Rome, a Webinar by Dr. Robert Kendrick, William Colvin Professor in Music, Romance Languages and Literatures, and the College at the University of Chicago Wednesday, July 29th at 6pm (CT) Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Montreal, Los Angeles, […]
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Beautiful Symmetries: the Platonic Solids, a Webinar by Dr. Daniele Rosso
Beautiful Symmetries: the Platonic Solids, a Webinar by Dr. Daniele Rosso Wednesday, July 15 at 6pm (CT) Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in collaboration with AIRIcerca What is symmetry? We all intuitively recognize it when we admire beautiful regular patterns in nature, but symmetry can actually be studied with mathematics! It turns out that, among […]
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Raphael: the Making of a Master, a Webinar by Davide Gasparotto
Raphael: the Making of a Master, a Webinar by Davide Gasparotto, Senior Curator of Paintings at The J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles Wednesday, July 8 at 8pm (CT) Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Toronto & Washington D.C. […]
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Arte Povera: Ecologies
Arte Povera: Ecologies Wednesday, July 1st at 6pm (CT) a webinar presented by Giovanni Aloi Over the past few years, artists have become increasingly concerned with environmentalism and climate change. But at the end of the 1960s, Arte Povera artists were already thinking about trees, water, and indiscriminate urbanization. They were deeply concerned […]
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Virtual Screening of the film Honey (Miele), directed by Valeria Golino (2013, 96 min)
Virtual Screening of the film Honey (Miele), directed by Valeria Golino (2013, 96 min)Accessible online for 24 hours, from June 20th 6pm until June 21st 6pm (Central Time) Actress Valeria Golino (Rain Man, Respiro) makes her début as a director in this powerful drama that screened to great acclaim at the Cannes and Venice Film […]
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Fare Cinema: The Italian Movie Industry | June 15 – 21, 2020
“Fare Cinema” is a series of special events dedicated to Italian film industry professionals, highlighting their talent around the world. The initiative, organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Anica and Luce Cinecittà is also promoted by the network of […]
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Virtual Screening of the film “Indivisible” (Indivisibili), by Edoardo De Angelis, 2016, 100 min.
Virtual Screening of “Indivisible” (Indivisibili), by Edoardo De Angelis, 2016, 100 min. Accessible online for 24 hours, from 6pm on June 6th until 6pm on June 7th Daisy and Violet are twin sisters on the verge of turning 18. They are blessed with beautiful voices and are sought after to sing at weddings, communions and baptisms. […]
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