Supporting an Ally: American Forces in Italy, 1918
“Supporting an Ally: American Forces in Italy, 1918” a lecture by Jonathan R. Casey,Archivist and Edward Jones Research Center Manager at the WWI Museum in Kansas City Jonathan Casey, Archivist and Edward Jones Research Center Manager at the WWI Museum in Kansas City, will speak about the role of the American Army in Italy at the time. […]
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Concerto dell’Orchestra della Loyola University
Loyola’s Symphony Orchestra performs Symphony 41 “Jupiter” (Mozart), Sun Music IV (Peter Sculthorpe, U.S. premiere performance), selected movements from The Planets Suite (Holst) and selections from Star Wars (John Williams).Acquistare biglietti
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PASOLINI ACROSS THE MEDIA: A symposium honoring the multifarious Poet 40 years after his assasinatio
PASOLINI ACROSS THE MEDIA: A symposium to honor the multifarious Italian Poet 40 years after his assassinationOctober 29 3-6pm Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB Sponsored by the Departments of French and Italian, Comparative and World Literature, English, the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, the Center for Advanced Study
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Roundtable Discussion: Creative Empathy in Contemporary Design
Creative Empathy in Contemporary Design with Massimo Iosa Ghini, Mario Cuccinella and Aldo Cibic A conversation with Massimo Iosa Ghini, Mario Cuccinella and Aldo Cibic about their experiences and challenges in the application of sustainability of today. This event is presented in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency, Confindustria Ceramica and Confindustria Marmomacchine on the […]
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“Dante and the Limits of the Law” a book presentation by Justin Steinberg, University of Chicago
with the participation of Emanuele Coccia, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris “Dante and the Limits of the Law” (University of Chicago Press, 2013) is the first comprehensive study of the legal structure crucial to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Steinberg reveals how Dante imagines an afterlife dominated by elaborate laws, hierarchical jurisdictions, and […]
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Ethnic Italian Records: Analysis, Conservation and Restoration of the Repertoire of Italian-American
Presentation of “Ethnic Italian Records: Analysis, conservation and restoration of the repertoire of Italian-American emigration on 78 vinyl LPs” by researcher and author Giuliana Fugazzotto. Presented on the occasion of the 15th annual Italian Language Week in the World, in collaboration with ItalCultura and Biblioteca Nazionale di Sardegna.RSVP at https://ethnicitalianrecords.eventbrite.com
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Film Festival Internazionale di Chicago
Purchase Tickets online at:chicagofilmfestival.com or ticketmaster.com/chicagofilmfestivalBy phone312.332.FILM (3456)Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM-6:00 PM; Saturday-Sunday, closed Festival Box OfficesAMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St.)September 23-October 15 open 7 days a week, 12:00 PM-8:00 PMOctober 16-29 open one hour before start of first show until start of last show
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Proiezione del film “Mia Madre”, diretto da Nanni Moretti
English, Italian with subtitles. 106 min. John Turturro provides madcap comic relief as a self-important American actor in master filmmaker Nanni Moretti’s latest personal tour de force. An overworked director tries to complete her new movie—a political statement about factory workers—while caring for her much-beloved mother, who lies dying in the hospital. Real life and […]
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“Mapping Change”, a lecture by Best-Selling Italian Novelist and Architect Gianni Biondillo.
On the occasion of the 1st annual Chicago Biennial, presented in partnership with the Graham Foundation, best-selling Italian novelist and architect Gianni Biondillowill give a lecture on how the practice of psychogeography can be used for helping achitects and citizens alike rediscover their own cities. Psychogeography, which has a long tradition throughout the world, is […]
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Building the Expo Milano 2015 exhibition
An official Chicago Architecture Biennial Affiliate Partner (October-November 2015) The Italian Trade Agency is proud to be a Chicago Architecture Biennial Affiliate Partner. The 2015 Inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial, one of the most important international events of contemporary architecture, will launch in October 2015 and run through January 2016. The title of the first ever […]
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