U.S. theatrical premiere of VIVA LA LIBERTÀ
In this elegant and chilling story about world politics, the great Toni Servillodefies expectations playing two roles, imbuing each character with brilliant nuance and astonishing attention to detail. In the first, he personifies political failure in the role of the disgraced ideologue and party leader, Enrico Oliveri. In the second, he embodies the shrewd genius […]
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Lights from the Dark
Mafia and Antimafia: pictures for an inventory Exhibition Opening ‘Lights from the Dark. Mafia and Antimafia: pictures for an inventory”, a journey from Palermo to New York to keep on telling the historical facts from the Sicilian Workers Leagues (Fasci Siciliani) to the murder of Joe Petrosino and the captures of the mafia-bosses Luciano Liggio, […]
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“TAMING DR. FRANKENSTEIN:
MAKING THE COMPOSITION OF COMPUTERS, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SAFE AND SECURE Lecture “TAMING DR. FRANKENSTEIN: MAKING THE COMPOSITION OF COMPUTERS, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SAFE AND SECURE” Information technology moves rapidly to an increasingly decentralized and collaborative environment (the Cloud) with rich interfaces to the physical world (the Internet of Things). In particular, it […]
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GIOVANNI ARRIGHI: GLOBAL GROWTH AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
Lecture SPEAKERS:Thomas Reifer ( University of San Diego) Beverly Silver (Director, Giovanni Arrighi center fro Global Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore) Dr. Tom Reifer is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego, where he was formerly the co-director of the Gender Studies Program, and an Associate at USD’s Joan […]
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THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE:BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS AND THE NEW MEDICINE
by PAOLO SASSONE-CORSI Lecture Since a very young age, Paolo Sassone-Corsi was fascinated by nature, concentrating his attention into astronomy and biology. He ended up favoring biology. The ‘DNA revolution’ was ongoing and the field of molecular biology that was beginning to be unraveled appeared to embody all fundamental facets of cellular and organismal physiology. […]
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CARLO GRANTE – MASTERS OF HIGH ROMANTICISM
Italian pianist Carlo Grante will launch his three-concert series, “Masters of High Romanticism,” on Friday, October 31, 2014 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City. He will devote the first concert to the Ballades and Scherzos of Frédéric Chopin. “Carlo Grante is one of the most astonishing artists I have ever known […]
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PER PIANO -MATTEO AREVALOS
Concert Concert for piano solo of contemporary Italian classical music The concert of the Italian pianist-composer Matteo Ramon Arevalos presents in the first half piano works from contemporary classical music of the most important Italian composers: Fausto Razzi, Franco Oppo, Ennio Morricone, Luciano Berio and Giacinto Scelsi. In the second half his own compositions for […]
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A PARTISAN DIARY BY ADA GOBETTI
Book Presentation Week of the Italian Language Partisan DiaryA Woman’s Life in the Italian Resistance BY Ada Gobetti and Translated and edited by Jomarie Alano First account available in English of an Italian woman’s participation in the Italian Resistance (Resistenza) that covers the entire period between September 1943 and April 1945. Ada Gobetti’s Partisan Diary […]
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A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
Book Presentation Week of the Italian Language This book presents the roses of a family of gifted flower growers and breeders of new varieties. The author represented the subject of the book through the criteria of truth and beauty intrinsic to the camera medium which he masters.Part of the images should be considered as a […]
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THE BEDROOM BY ATTILIO BERTOLUCCI
Book presentation and readings Week of the Italian Language ATTILIO BERTOLUCCI is considered one of the foremost Italian poets of the twentieth century. He was born in 1911 near Parma, Italy, and died in 2000 in Rome. A literary critic and translator as well as a poet, his verse is noted for its directness, which […]
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