SPECIAL EXHIBIT: THE FOSSE ARDEATINE MASSACRE: CHRONICLE, HISTORY AND MEMORY
SPECIAL EXHIBIT: THE FOSSE ARDEATINE MASSACRE: CHRONICLE, HISTORY AND MEMORY Monday, February 18th through Saturday, February 23rd Symphony CenterFirst Floor Rotunda220 S Michigan Ave Presented by the CSO, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Curated by the University of Rome, “Tor Vergata” Department of […]
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Going Astray: Morality and Music in Verdi’s La Traviata, a discussion led by Musicologist Jesse Rosenberg, Northwestern University.
Going Astray: Morality and Music in Verdi’s La Traviata, a discussion led by Musicologist Jesse Rosenberg, Northwestern University. Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 6pmItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 Musicologist Jesse Rosenberg, Northwestern University, will lead this discussion, presented on the occasion of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, […]
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Leonardo’s Legacy: Nature, Realism, and Philosophy
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 of lectures at the Italian Cultural Institute by Professor Giovanni Aloi […]
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“A Guitar at the Opera”, a performance by guitarist Carlo Fierens.
“A Guitar at the Opera”, a performance by guitarist Carlo Fierens. Friday, February 8th at 6pmInstituto Cervantes31 W OhioChicago, IL Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute on the occasion of the Guitarrisimo Festival at Instituto Cervantes, 31 W Ohio St, Chicago. This program is focused on guitar adaptation of famous Opera pieces. The classical […]
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Screening of the film “Sweet Dreams” (Fai bei sogni 2016, 131 min.), directed by Marco Bellocchio
From Page to Screen: Cineclub at the Italian Cultural Institute of ChicagoThe films included in this series are based on novels. Screening of the film “Sweet Dreams” (Fai bei sogni 2016, 131 min.), directed by Marco Bellocchio Introduced by: Giovanna Brunetti, ItalCultura Thursday, February 7, at 6pmItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 […]
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Athletics and Leisure: Greek Games and Roman Baths
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 permeated the society and […]
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“The Tale of the Nuclear Age: from the Manhattan Project to Global Warming”, a lecture by Dr. Roberto Ponciroli, a nuclear engineer at Argonne National Laboratory.
“The Tale of the Nuclear Age: from the Manhattan Project to Global Warming”, a lecture by Dr. Roberto Ponciroli, a nuclear engineer at Argonne National Laboratory. Friday, February 1, 2019 at 7:00 PMItalian Cultural Institute500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 December 2017 marked the 75th anniversary of the world’s first artificial nuclear chain reaction, which […]
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EVENT POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER! (ITALIAN GUITARIST AND VOCALIST BEPPE GAMBETTA PERFORMS AT OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 ITALIAN GUITARIST AND VOCALIST BEPPE GAMBETTA PERFORMS AT OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC September 188:30pmOld 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 […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019
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 Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, the Simon Wiesenthal […]
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IL DISPATRIO, LE DOPPIE CULTURE / EXILE AND DOUBLE-CULTURES: A RECITAL BY PIANIST COSIMO COLAZZO
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 imposed or self-chosen exile, a removal from one’s roots to find […]
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