PIZZA PARTY FOR KIDS
La Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi e Eataly vi invitano a partecipare ad una divertente lezione di pizza per i bambini. Prepareremo la pizza che porteremo a casa; per pranzo assaggeremo la pizza di Rossopomodoro e come dolce pizza alla nutella! $40 a bambino. Parte del ricavato sara’ devoluto al progetto della Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi. […]
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“THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTOR ACTIVITY AND ORGANIZED EXTRACURRICULAR SPORTS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.”
Sotto gli auspici del Consolato Generale d’italia, il CONI organizza un simposio sull’importanza dell’attivita’ motoria nello sviluppo del bambino. Relatori : Prof. Linda Pagani, Universita’ di Montreal e Prof. Lydia Lewis-Brandt, Near North Montessori School di Chicago. Sotto gli auspici del Consolato Generale d’italia, il CONI organizza un simposio sull’importanza dell’attivita’ motoria nello sviluppo del […]
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“FROM THE ASYLUM TO THE HEIGHTS: DISABLEMENT, FOLLY, LOVE, MYSTICISM IN THE POETRY OF ALDA MERINI”
“Dall’ospedale psichiatrico alle vette: disabilita’, follia, amore e misticismo nella poesia di Alda Merini”. Luca Badetti, dottorando in “disability Studies presso l’Universita` dell’Illinois a Chicago terra’ una conferenza sulla poesia di Alda Merini.University of Illinois at Chicago – 703 S. Morgan St. – 308 Grant Hall Per maggiori informazioni cliccare qui.
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Screening of the short film “The Flying Gardeners”, by the Blink Fish
An idea of Stefano Boeri Every four months they fly around the Vertical Forest.They hang by rope from the edge of the roof and descend by jumping between balconies.Botanists and climbers, only they have the consciousness of the richness of the lives that the Forest hosts in the sky of Milan.The screening will be followed […]
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Evento Cancellato: Proiezione del film “Palio”, diretto da Cosima Spender (2015, 91 min)
The Palio is the oldest horse race in the world, and turns the Italian city of Siena into a high-stakes battleground of strategy, intrigue, and simmering machismo. In the eye of the storm stand the jockeys – adored if they succeed, despised if they fail. PALIO follows the legendary maestro Gigi Bruschelli, winner of 13 […]
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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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