Cancer as a Global Health Crisis
Cancer as a Global Health Crisis Italian Cultural Institute | 500 N Michigan Ave | Suite 1450 | Chicago ILFriday, March 22, 2019 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT) Damiano Rondelli completed his medical training in Hematology at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he also started his academic career. In 2002 he joined […]
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Italian Design: Designing Invisible Cities
Celebration of Italian Design Day 2019“Italian Design: Designing Invisible Cities” Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 6pm Kaplan Institute for Innovation and Tech EntrepreneurshipIllinois Institute of Technology3137 S Federal Street The Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago, and Illinois Institute of Technology are pleased to present: “Designing Invisible Cities”, […]
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Leonardo’s Legacy: Painting — Layers of Intensity
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 lectures at the Italian Cultural Institute by Professor Giovanni […]
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ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM CONSULAR SERIES – MY ITALIAN SECRET: THE FORGOTTEN HEROES
ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM CONSULAR SERIES – MY ITALIAN SECRET: THE FORGOTTEN HEROES SUNDAY MARCH 172:00 PM – 4:00 PMIllinois Holocaust Museum Consular Series Nearly 700 Italians have been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, but few of their courageous acts are known. Join us to hear some of these stories by viewing […]
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ITALY & THE ORIENT A tangled history of traders, travelers, colonists, couturiers, aristocrats & refugees
ITALY & THE ORIENT A tangled history of traders, travelers, colonists, couturiers, aristocrats & refugees Italian Cultural Institute | 500 N Michigan Ave | Suite 1450 | Chicago ILThursday, March 14, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT) From the time of the ancient Romans, to the Renaissance Medicis and thecouturier Elsa […]
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Venice Celebrates Jacopo Tintoretto at 500
Venice Celebrates Jacopo Tintoretto at 500 Italian Cultural Institute | 500 N Michigan Ave | Suite 1450 | Chicago ILMonday, March 11, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Venice Celebrates Jacopo Tintoretto at 500: A Lecture by Melissa Conn, Director of the Venice Office of Save Venice In honor of Jacopo Tintoretto’s 500th birthday, […]
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Screening of the film “Don’t Tell”, directed by Cristina Comencini
From Page to Screen: Cineclub at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago The films included in this series are based on Italian novels. A discussion in English will follow each screening. Screening of the film “Don’t Tell”, directed by Cristina Comencini Italian Cultural Institute 500 N Michigan Ave Suite 1450 Chicago, IL […]
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The Greatest Race: Chariot-Racing in the Roman Circus
The Greatest Race: Chariot-Racing in the Roman Circus Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Tuesday, March 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 permeated the society and […]
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John Vinci: Life and Landmarks
John Vinci: Life and Landmarks Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 6pmItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 Please join us as we celebrate the publication of John Vinci: Life and Landmarks, a new illustrated biography from Northwestern University Press by architectural writer Robert Sharoff and architectural photographer William Zbaren. Acclaimed for his pioneering activism […]
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Understanding Handel, Understanding Ariosto
Understanding Handel, Understanding Ariosto Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 6pmItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 On the occasion of the Lyric Opera’s March performances of Handel’s *Ariodante* (1735), profs. Caterina Mongiat (DePaul University) and Robert Kendrick (University of Chicago) will discuss the literary background of the opera in Ludovico Ariosto’s Renaissance epic “Orlando […]
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