MIND AND MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ITALIAN
What happens in the mind when a person learns Italian as a foreign language Lecture Introduced by: Anthony J. Tamburri Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, CUNY and Professor of Italian & Italian/American Studies. The topic pertains to the field of neurolinguistics, but it will be dealt with from […]
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OPEN ROADS NEW ITALIAN CINEMA
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, will take place from June 5-12, 2014. Open Roads has served as the leading North American showcase of contemporary Italian cinema for the past 13 years. This exceptionally strong and diverse edition includes the latest work from established veterans (Gianni Amelio, Roberto Andò, Daniele Luchetti) and top award winners, alongside […]
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SURVIVAL VIOLIN PROJECT
Concert The Survival Violin is made with wood debris returned from the sea to the beaches of Rikuzentakata city, in the Iwate Prefecture, after the earthquake). The Survival Violin Project brings its message of peace, environmental sustainability, and provides encouragement for all those who were victims of the Tohoku Great Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. […]
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CLAUDIO PAVONE “A CIVIL WAR”
Book presentation and round table A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistanceby Claudio Pavone, translated by Peter Levy, preface by Stanislao Pugliese “Among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history.” –Financial Times . A Civil War is a history of the wartime Italian Resistance, recounted by a historian who, when only a boy, […]
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Andrea Mastrovito – KICKSTARTING
Saint Joseph Patron Parish in collaboration with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is pleased to announce Kickstarting, a new public project in New York by artist Andrea Mastrovito. Kickstarting is a project based on the interaction between sports and art. Using soccer balls and tempera in powder, Mastrovito together with one hundred children […]
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A great Futurist Evening by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory
A show by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory adapted from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Giovanni Papini Director and performer Massimiliano Finazzer Flory Choreography by Michela Lucenti Interpreted by Sara Ippolito Music by Igor Stravinsky, Alfredo Casella, Francesco Cilea, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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The Poetry of Parmigianino’s “Schiava Turca”
Francesco Mazzola (1503-1540), called Parmigianino after Parma, the Northern Italian city of his birth, was one of the most prolific and celebrated artists of the sixteenth century. Known as “Raphael reborn,” he mastered the arts of painting, drawing, and printmaking and was renowned for his portraits. Today his exquisite portrait of an unknown woman called […]
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FABIO MAURI STUDY DAY
CIMA’s inaugural installation includes works by Fabio Mauri (1926-2009) in dialogue with Fortunato Depero. This Study Day will take a closer look at the far-reaching career of conceptual and performing artist, Mauri. In addition to a number of thought-provoking papers, there will also be a recreation of Mauri’s performance piece, L’Espressionista (1982), drawn from his […]
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ITALIAN MODERNISM IN THE WAKE OF THE GREAT WAR
Panel discussion On the occasion of Ara H. Merjian’s newly published volume from Yale University Press, “Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City: Nietzsche, Modernism, Paris”, this roundtable will address the relationship of Italy’s modernist movements – from Futurism to the short-lived ‘Scuola Metafisica”- to the cultural upheaval of World War One. Panelists: Raffaele Bedarida, […]
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NEW YORK CHAMBER PLAYERS
This is a program of traditional and contemporary music . The first part is traditional with experienced conductors from Italy Delio Cassetta and Giacomo Franci at the piano performing the beautiful Schumann Piano Concerto in a min. op.54 . The second part is contemporary music starting with the performance- In Between Orchestra – The performance […]
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