MUSIC FROM COPLAND HOUSE PREMIERES NEW WORKS BY LUCIO GREGORETTI
The concert features the world premiere of a new work (Richiami) Gregoretti has written especially for the Jacob Burns Film Center’s International Film Artist-in-Residence program, the American Premiere of another recent composition of his, and a sample from one of his film scores, plus music by master composers who have deeply influenced him, including Igor […]
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Poetry and the City: MARINETTI and SCHNAPP: ModernVenice, ModernItalia
Presentation of the first edition of:Venezianella e Studentaccio (1944) (Oscar Mondadori, 2013) by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Modernitalia (Peter Lang Publishing, 2012) a collection of essays by Jeffrey Schnapp
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IMMIGRATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS
Round Table This informative round table will focus on recent law changes as well as the problems people face generally when trying to come to the U.S. to workMain topics: immigration initiatives and options for entrepreneurs, selected legal issues in setting up your U.S. business (intellectual property, tax, and corporate law), immigration initiatives and options […]
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FROM SLOW TOWN TO SMART CITY
Pietro Laureano (Unesco)The “Sassi of Matera”: the persistence of the prehistoric past for the town of the future. Carlo Alberto Nucci Smart Grid for Smart Cities. What type of progress is expected. Giampaolo Campana and Barbara Cimatti A study of slowness in manufacturing: the value of craftsmanship and tradition
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VENICE BIENNALE 2013
Italia Pavilion Project Introduction of the Italian Pavilion Project in the 55th International Art Exposition of the Venice Biennale and of the project Crowdfunding Amici del Padiglione Italia 2013
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DORMANT BEAUTY
Isabelle Huppert and Toni Servillo star in Italian master Bellocchio’s compelling, somber ensemble drama in which a characters in three interrelated storylines struggle with the moral impasses and compromises of modern life. The film’s point of departure is a real-life right-to-euthanasia case that became a national controversy in 2008, culminating in a Parliamentary vote. (The […]
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Corrado Calabro’: A Life on its Own Line
A new series dedicated to contemporary Italian poetry conceived in collaboration with Professors Paolo Valesio and Patrizio CeccagnoliUnder the auspices of the Italiano Poetry Review Book presentation with the author, Corrado Calabro’ Poetry reading and discussion with: Paolo Valesio (Columbia University) Dave Johnson (The New School) Patrizio Ceccagnoli (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
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ACCADEMIA DELLA CRUSCA-NICOLETTA MARASCHIO PRESIDENT
The Accademia della Crusca: History and New Frontiers of the Italian Language Professor Maraschio will lecture on the historical role played by Accademia della Crusca, and will take into account the influence of foreign languages, especially English, on contemporary Italian language. Nicoletta Maraschio is the current president of Accademia della Crusca. The Crusca (“The Academy […]
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Piero della Francesca in America
Revered in his own time as a ‘monarch’ of painting, Piero della Francesca (1411/13–1492) is acknowledged today as a founding figure of the Italian Renaissance. In early 2013, The Frick Collection will present the first monographic exhibition in the United States dedicated to the artist. It brings together seven works by Piero della Francesca, including […]
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“The Unfit” – Disability under Nazism and Fascism
“The Unfit” – Disability under Nazism and Fascism
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