ITALIAN JAZZ DAYS 2013
October 12th, Measure, Richie Vitale-Ralph Lalama Quintet featuring Giovanni Scotta October 13th, Measure, Simona Premazzi (solo piano) October 13th, Smalls, Dennis Jeter and the Italian American all Star Band October 14th, Antonio Ciacca Sextet, Dizzy’s Club Coca-ColaOctober 14th, Measure, Giovanni Scotta Trio October 15th /16th, Measure, Jeremy Manasia Trio October 17th /18th, Measure, Ehud Asherie […]
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VIBIO TREBONIANIO PROJECT – Cultural Heritage Conservation
Among the events of 2013, the Year of Italian Culture in the United States, this conference is aimed at exploring the history, the life and the current archaeological discoveries regarding Gaius Vibius Tribonianus Gallus and his family. Thanks to a recent multidisciplinary research, historical traces and new evidence have been found, and the hypothesis of […]
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SCIENCE AND INNOVATION IN THE STUDY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Symposium The symposium “Science and innovation for the study and conservation of works of art”, organized by the National Academy of the Lincei and the U.S. Academy of Sciences, will conclude with an afternoon session on October 10 at the Italian Institute of Cultural in New York. In this session, coordinated by C. Stringari (Guggenheim […]
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PATRIZIA CAVALLI: “MY POEMS WON’T CHANGE THE WORLD”
On the occasion of the release of My Poems Won’t Change the World, published this fall by Farrar Straus & Giroux, meet Patrizia Cavalli, beloved Italian author, said to have written “the most intensely ‘ethical’ poetry in Italian literature of the twentieth century.” With the participation of Gini Alhadeff, translator. About My PoemsWon’t Change the […]
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Hit Week – Unexpected sounds from Italy
Hit Week – the world’s only music festival showcasing Italy’s current scene on the global stage — returns to North America with its strongest line up to date. A greatly expanded edition of the annual event touches down in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto between September 7 and October 30th. In New York […]
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A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO LANGUAGE EVOLUTION
Lecture by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini (University of Arizona) Discussants: Lionel Tiger, Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Rutgers University. Gloria Origgi, researcher at the Institut Nicod (CNRS) in Paris; fellow at the Italian Academy of Advanced Studies in New York.
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URBINO, RENAISSANCE, RAFFAELLO: A JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF EUROPEAN HUMANISM
Lecture by Keith Christiansen Chair European Painting Dept. at MET Exhibition The Marche and Urbino, the UNESCO City that gave birth to the divine Raphael, on the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the U.S. , promote , together with the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and the Superintendence of Urbino, the […]
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Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena
Francesco Vanni (1563/64–1610) was the most important artist in Siena at the turn of the 17th century and a key figure in Italian Counter-Reformation painting. His works combine dazzling technical virtuosity and brilliant coloring with the naturalistic approach to subject matter more famous in the works of his contemporaries Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio. Vanni created […]
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THE NARRATING SCENE. READINGS FROM ITALIAN STORYTELLING THEATER – OLIVETTI by Laura Curino
To follow lecture by Prof.ssa Roberta Carpani – The passion in a room. OLIVETTI”The first design object that came into my house was a Lettera 32. My first typewriter. The machine, portable, followed me on the train, giving me a job. It was a recognizable tool. It’s beautiful. An industrial product, but beautiful. Olivetti, this […]
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START UP STORIES OF INNOVATORS
A COMPARISON BETWEEN NEW YORK’S AND ITALY’S START UP COMMUNITIES Workshop Maria Teresa Cometto (journalist and author of “Tech and the City”) Riccardo Luna (journalist and author of “Cambiamo tutto” ) Riccardo Viale (moderator, director of the Italian Cultural Institute) Introduction by Riccardo Lattanzi (professor at NYU and co-chairman of the NY Chapter of the […]
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