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Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Hours: 2 p.m. Site: University of Illinois at Chicago - 703 S. Morgan St. - 308 Grant Hall Organized by: In collaboration with: University of Illinois at Chicago "Dall'ospedale psichiatrico alle vette: disabilita', follia, amore e misticismo nella poesia di Alda Merini".Luca Badetti, dottorando in "disabi...

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Date: Friday, February 05, 2016. Hours: 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Site: Piper Hall - Loyola University GALILEO, THE POPE, A CARDINAL: A ROMAN TRIANGLE. Galileo, Pope Paul V, and Card. Bellarmine/Galileo, Pope John Paul II, and Card. Poupard. Mons. MelchorSánchez de Tocay AlamedaUndersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture (Vatican)   Ce...

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September 15, 2013 - Chicago, Lyric Opera Theater, Italian Cultural Institute   On the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Chicago Opera Theater presents Giovanna d'Arco (1845). It is a bold and vivid portrayal of the iconic Joan of Arc, a woman sacrificing everything in fighting for her beliefs and her...

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"Rumore bianco" (White Noise) will be screened in Italian with English subtitles at 6:30 p.m. on June 3 in the Claudia Cassidy Theater on the second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Directed by Alberto Fasulo, the 2008 documentary focuses on the Tagliamento River — which flows through an isolated valley from the Alps...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to "An Empire for Our Time: Cinematic Appropriations of Ancient Rome", a lecture by Professor Sinclair Bell, Northern Illinois University. Thursday, June 12th at 6:00 pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. A reception will follow.   Read more...

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Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 - Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: IIC Chicago In collaboration with: https://happenchance.eventbrite.com   Carrara, an Italian-American architect-artist-poet-photographer, documented the ex...

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Amelia (Pincherle Moravia) Rosselli is mainly remembered as the mother of two anti-fascists heroes, Carlo and Nello, who were murdered during Fascism.   However, Amelia was the first female writer for the theatre in Italy at the turn of the 19th century and a prominent intellectual woman until the affirmation of Fascism in the 1920s.  ...

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Concert of Sacred Italian Music in Celebration of the Holiday Season Performed by the Critically Hailed I Turchini Ensemble. Sunday, January 4th - 2pm - Fullerton Hall - The Art Institute of Chicago - 111 S Michigan Avenue - Free with Museum Admission   One of Italy's most popular music ensembles to present work...

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Dear friends,    It is a tremendous honor for me to embark on my new role as Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago. The Institute has been deeply committed to fostering cultural exchange between Italy and the United States in a variety of areas, from the humanities to science and to the teaching of the Italian language....

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The second edition of Mondomusica New York - the most prestigious Exhibition of contemporary, handcrafted violin and string-instrument production worldwide - will take place on April 10-12, 2014 in the new and fascinating location – 82Mercer - in the heart of SoHo - Manhattan. Today, the beautiful Chicago Cultural Center hosted the first presentat...

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