TERRITORIAL INEQUALITIES IN ITALY:WHY IS THE SOUTH LAGGING BEHIND?
Lecture by Carlo Trigilia (Minister of Territorial Cohesion) Trigilia was born in Siracuse on 18 June 1951. He graduated from the University of Florence with a degree in sociology in 1974. Trigilia taught at universities of Palermo, Trento and Harvard He is professor of economic sociology at the University of Florence He is chair of […]
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FRANCIS OF ASSISI: A NEW BIOGRAPHY
Winner of Flaiano Prize 2013 Lecture by Fr. Augustine Thompson, OP “Francis of Assisi. A New Biography” is a recent and sound biography dedicated to one of the most venerated and beloved saints of the Catholic tradition in Italy and worldwide. Fr. Augustine Thompson, a Dominican scholar and author of the book, researched the historical […]
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BALLA IS BACK -ALL DAY VIEWING
Casa Italiana invites art scholars and enthusiasts to a landmark viewing of an important and long-forgotten Futurist work by Giacomo Balla, Penetrazioni dinamiche d’automobile (1912-13). Last on view in the United States during the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, the iconic work of art plays a fundamental role in Balla’s dynamic contribution to […]
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FORMA ITALIANA
Round table on Italian contemporary dance in New York Discussion with some well-known Italian contemporary dancers based in NY, and screening of a short movie on dance directed by Marco Castaldi e Pietro Gianpietro, produced by Uncut Productions and Opificio under the artistic direction of Diana Florindi, choreography by Enzo Celli, original soundtrack by Julien […]
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Eros Ramazzotti Concert
Eros Ramazzotti will perform at Cushman & Wakefield Theater at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October 21 at 8PM. Eros Ramazzotti began his NOI World Tour 2013 this past March in Turin and conquered Italy and Europe with 50 performances this spring. Accompanied by the same touring band, Ramazzotti brings his NOI World Tour to […]
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JOHN FLORIO-A WORLD OF WORDES
Lecture by prof. Hermann Halller A Worlde of Wordes, the first-ever comprehensive Italian-English dictionary, waspublished in 1598 by John Florio. one of the most prominent linguists and educators in Elizabethan England, Florio was greatly responsible for the spreading of italian letters and culture throughout educated English society. Especially important was Florio’s dictionary, which – thanks […]
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BELCANTO & T’AMMORE
BELCANTO is a theatrical concert featuring opera arias and international songs, performed by singers selected by the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation. T’AMMORE, The Spirit of Naples is a contemporary dance and music production that pays homage to classic Neapolitan music and to the southern Italian myth of Tarantella. The show features singers, musicians and dancers choreographed […]
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ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE
Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, STOP MAKING SENSE) follows his musical passions to Italy to film a musical portrait of Enzo Avitabile, renowned Neapolitan singer/composer and saxophonist, whose music Demme first encountered while driving across the George Washington Bridge. The result is ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE, a viewing and listening treat […]
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HAMLET HALLUCINATIONS
On October 17 2013 the First Floor at La MaMa E.T.C. will house the debut of “HAMLET HALLUCINATIONS” the new show written and directed by Dario D’Ambrosi, the Italian cult director that for the last thirty years has explored all the controversial aspects of mental illness in its most powerful expressions through the use of […]
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DICTIONARY OF ITALIAN COLLOCATIONS
Book presentation and lecture Event part of the World Week of Italian Language, held under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic”. On the occasion of the publication of Zanichelli’s Dizionario delle Collocazioni: Le combinazioni delle parole in Italiano, curated by Paola Tiberii. In linguistics collocation is used to mean a combination […]
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