Tour at the Art Institute of Chicago of Italian paintings from the Middle Ages to Surrealism by Professor Giovanni Aloi
Tour at the Art Institute of Chicago of Italian paintings from the Middle Ages to Surrealism by Professor Giovanni Aloi Summarizing and expanding the themes explored in the series of his three lectures presented at the Italian Cultural Institute this year, Professor Giovanni Aloi, School of the Art Institute, will lead a tour at the […]
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CAPITALISN’T: ECONOMIST LUIGI ZINGALES IN CONVERSATION WITH NICOLA PERSICO
CAPITALISN’T: ECONOMIST LUIGI ZINGALES IN CONVERSATION WITH NICOLA PERSICO Italian Cultural Institute | 500 N Michigan Avenue | Suite 1450 | Chicago, IL 60611 Wednesday, May 2, 2018 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Economist Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago), interviewed by Nicola Persico (Northwestern University), will present the new Stigler Center podcast – CAPITALISN’T […]
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The Fathers’ America: Poetry Reading & Musical Performance
The Fathers’ America: Poetry Reading & Musical Performance A reading of poems from “The Fathers’ America” (Bordighera Press, 2016) L’America dei Padri,” Ernesto Livorni’s third collection with English translation. The author will read his poems with Laura Biagi, who will also provide the musical arrangements. Ernesto Livorni is Professor of Italian Language and Literature, Comparative […]
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Eating Ideas, Educating the Senses through Images. The Magazine “La Gola” in 1980s Italy
Eating Ideas, Educating the Senses through Images. The Magazine “La Gola” in 1980s Italy A Lecture by Professor Margherita D’Ayala Valvais, Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa Presented on the occasion of the 2018 Year of Italian Food, as declared by The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism and the Ministry of Agricultural, Food […]
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Italian Film Festival USA – Screening of “Friends by Chance” (2017)
Italian Film Festival USA – Screening of “Friends by Chance” (2017) 106 min. Directed by Francesco Bruni Northwestern University (NWU), McCormick Auditorium in Norris Center, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL Alessandro, an irascible 22-year-old, and Giorgio, an 85 year-old poet, live within a stone’s throw from each other, but their paths have never crossed. That […]
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The Neuroscience Behind Creative Ideas
The Neuroscience Behind Creative Ideas We often imagine ideas as a lightbulb illuminating above our heads, or perhaps most iconically, as Archimedes’ exclamation “Eureka!” Neuroscientific research has recently distinguished two brain processes activated when we solve problems. The first is a step-by-step methodical process where we achieve the solution gradually, often through trial […]
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Italian Film Festival USA – Screening of “The Order of Things” (2017)
Italian Film Festival USA – Screening of “The Order of Things” (2017) 112 min. Directed by Andrea Segre. UIC – Lecture Center Building 2LCA, Room A001, 805 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL Corrado is an agent for the Italian Ministry of the Interior, specialized in international missions against illegal immigration. During the inspection of a Libyan […]
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Cineclub at the Institute: “At War with Love”
Cineclub at the Institute: “At War with Love” 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 issues with a humorous touch. A discussion in Italian will follow the screening. Screening of “At […]
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Italian Film Festival USA – Screening of “Easy” by Andrea Magnani: Director in Attendance!
Italian Film Festival USA – Screening of “Easy” by Andrea Magnani: Director in Attendance! Isidoro is lonely and depressed. His career as a race car driver ended when he gained too much weight and could no longer fit into his car. He is offered an “easy” job: drive a coffin to Ukraine. Can he […]
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Carlo Fierens: A Guitar Tribute Concert to Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Carlo Fierens: A Guitar Tribute Concert to Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitarist Carlo Fierens will perform a special recital featuring two masterpieces written by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), one of the foremost Italian composers of the 20th century, who found shelter in the United States after the infamous racial laws of 1938. Presented in commemoration of the 50th […]
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