Book Presentation: “Bebop, Swing and Bella Musica” by Authors Bill Dal Cerro & David Anthony Witter
Book Presentation: “Bebop, Swing and Bella Musica” by Authors Bill Dal Cerro & David Anthony Witter From its origins in New Orleans through the Big Band, Swing, Be-Bop, and Modern Era, Americans of Italian heritage have made vital contributions to Jazz Music. Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Louie Bellson, Lennie Tristano, Tony Bennett, Buddy DeFranco, […]
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Vivaldi’s Voices: A Conversation About Antonio Vivaldi’s Vocal Repertoire
Vivaldi’s Voices: A Conversation About Antonio Vivaldi’s Vocal Repertoire In anticipation of Third Coast Baroque’s upcoming Vivica & Vivaldi concert series, internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux sits down with TCB Artistic Director Rubén Dubrovsky to discuss the lesser-known but highly virtuosic gems of Antonio Vivaldi’s vocal repertoire. Vivaldi’s output included much more than his ever-popular […]
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Chicago European Union Film Festival – Let Yourself Go (Lasciati andare)
Chicago European Union Film Festival – Let Yourself Go (Lasciati andare) 2017, Francesco Amati, Italy, 103 min. With Toni Servillo, Verónica Echegui. Fri, Mar 30 at 4:00pmSat, Mar 31 at 8:00pm It’s screwball Italian style, flavored with Jewish wit à la Woody and straight-up slapstick à la Stan & Ollie, in this […]
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Chicago European Union Film Festival – The Last Prosecco (Finché c’è prosecco c’è speranza)
Chicago European Union Film Festival – The Last Prosecco (Finché c’è prosecco c’è speranza) 2017, Antonio Padovan, Italy, 101 min. With Giusppe Battiston, Teco Celio. Following the evening screening, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago invites the audience to a Prosecco tasting accompanied by a short wine lecture by Prof. Clara Orban of […]
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Chicago European Union Film Festival – screening of “The Last Prosecco (Finché c’è prosecco c’è speranza)” and a Prosecco tasting, courtesy Bacio della Luna
Chicago European Union Film Festival – The Last Prosecco (Finché c’è prosecco c’è speranza) 2017, Antonio Padovan, Italy, 101 min. With Giusppe Battiston, Teco Celio Preceding the Saturday evening screening, at 7:30pm the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago invites the audience to a Prosecco tasting, courtesy of Bacio della Luna. Director Antonio Padovan and […]
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Cineclub at the Institute: “An Almost Perfect Town”
Cineclub at the Institute: “An Almost Perfect Town” Registration for non members begins on March 6 Cineclub at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago New Comedy Italian-Style Introduced by Professors of Italian from Universities throughout Chicago, the six films included in this series belong to the genre Comedy Italian style and approach contemporary social […]
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Meet the Author: Paolo Cognetti presents “The Eight Mountains”
Meet the Author: Paolo Cognetti presents “The Eight Mountains” Author Paolo Cognetti will present his novel, “The Eight Mountains” (2018, Atria Books), Winner of the Strega Prize. An Interview in Italian and English with the Author will be conducted by Professor Thomas Haskell Simpson, Northwestern University For fans of Elena Ferrante, Fredrik Backman, and […]
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Chicago European Union Film Festival – Rainbow: a Private Affair (Una questione privata)
Chicago European Union Film Festival – Rainbow: a Private Affair (Una questione privata) 2017, Paolo Taviani, Italy, 84 min. With Luca Marinelli, Valentina Bellè Friday, March 16, 6:30 pm Wednesday, March 21, 6:00 pm “Beautifully resonant…at once a summing-up of the Tavianis’ filmmaking and an affirmation of their unshaken belief that human life is an […]
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A Matter of Perspective: Constructing Space in Italian Art, Uncertainty
A Mater of Perspective: Constructing Space in Italian Art Uncertainty The third of a series of lectures at the Institute by Professor Giovanni Aloi (School of the Art Institute of Chicago). This series of three lectures looks at the history of representation in Italian art from the unrealistic organizations of space in medieval painting and […]
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Mystery of Betrayal: The Gospel of Judas and the Death of Jesus
Mystery of Betrayal: The Gospel of Judas and the Death of Jesus A lecture by Professor Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University and Professor Madeleine Scopello, Correspondant de l’Institut de France and Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Co-presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, ItalCultura, the Department of Theologyand John Cardinal Cody Chair […]
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