EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB: DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE AFRAID (“NON DIRMI CHE HAI PAURA”) By GIUSEPPE CATOZZELLA
EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB: DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE AFRAID (“NON DIRMI CHE HAI PAURA”) BY GIUSEPPE CATOZZELLA Italian Cultural Institute | 500 N Michigan Avenue | Suite 1450 | Chicago, IL 60611Monday, April 8, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM The discussion in English will be moderated by Professor Cristina Lombardi Diop (Loyola University) The European […]
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Discovering Italy off the Beaten Track
Discovering Italy off the Beaten Track Italian Cultural Institute | 500 N Michigan Ave | Suite 1450 | Chicago ILThursday, March 28, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT) Jenifer Landor, Founder of Live and Learn Italian, will lead guests on a journey to discover Molise, a hidden Italian gem wedged between […]
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Leonardo’s Books: New Light on Leonardo’s Intellectual World
Leonardo’s Books: New Light on Leonardo’s Intellectual World Newberry Library | 60 West Walton Street, ChicagoTuesday, March 26, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM In our age, Leonardo da Vinci is regarded as an outstanding genius, the lonely forerunner of modern science and technology, able to read directly in the great Book of Nature without […]
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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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