Cinema Sotto le Stelle – Movies under the Stars
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere (Staten Island), with the support of the ICI, presents “Cinema Sotto le Stelle” – “Movies under the Stars”. This summer’s theme: celebrating 100 years of Alberto Sordi, the famous Italian actor who depicted Italy’s virtues and vices in more than 160 movies, and contributed to making Italian comedy […]
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Raphael’s Music: From Urbino to Rome – Webinar
Raphael’s Music: From Urbino to Rome, a lecture by Dr. Robert Kendrick, William Colvin Professor in Music, Romance Languages and Literatures, at the University of Chicago. Wednesday, July 29th at 6pm (CT) 7pm (ET) TO REGISTER CLICK HERE The event, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, and presented in collaboration with the network of […]
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Raphael: The Making of a Master
Raphael: The Making of a Master, a lecture by Davide Gasparotto, Senior Curator of Paintings, Getty Museum. Over the course of his short but unprecedented career, Raphael painted the image of the Virgin and Child many times and in different iterations. In this lecture, Davide Gasparotto illustrates how Raphael was able to infuse new life into […]
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“Dottoressa” – An American Doctor in Rome Book Presentation
A webinar with Susan Levenstein, author of “Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome”, in conversation with Alexander Stille. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Part memoir—starting with her epic quest for an Italian medical license—and part portrait of Italy from a unique point of view, “Dottoressa” is packed with vignettes that illuminate the national differences in character, […]
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Raffaello poeta, la complessità di un artista
“Raffaello as a Poet, the Complexity of an Artist”, a webinar by Stefano Jossa. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER The event will be moderated by Dario Brancato (Concordia University, Montreal). In this lecture, part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of Raffaello Sanzio’s death –#Raffaello500– Stefano Jossa will explore the interaction between Raphael’s poems and […]
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La più bella del mondo. Perché amare la lingua italiana
A Zoom webinar with Stefano Jossa, Royal Holloway, University of London. Click here to register The event will be moderated by Dario Brancato (Concordia University, Montreal). Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? Once the language of philosophy and poetry, up to the point that John Milton could sing “questa è lingua […]
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Estate all’italiana Festival
“Estate all’italiana Festival” is a remarkable initiative that, over the course of 10 weeks, presents to an international audience selected events from the summer 2020 programs of major Italian festivals, featuring music, dance and theater. The events are available worldwide, for free, live stream and on-demand. For a complete calendar and to register visit: italiafestival.tv […]
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FARE CINEMA Film Festival
The third edition of “Fare Cinema”, a film festival that aims at promoting the Italian film industry, will take place from June, 15 to June, 21 in an entirely online format. A series of events dedicated to Italian movies and cinematic professionals will be available on RaiPlay.it. The varied program will include masterclasses with film […]
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“A is for Amore” Book Presentation
The Italian American Commitee on Education – IACE- in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite you to the book presentation of “A is for Amore”, a conversation between best-selling author Dianne Hales and IACE students on her latest book. On Zoom and FB live streaming — to RSVP plese CLICK HERE […]
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Sustainable & Ethical Fashion: the new trends after COVID-19
An ICI Webinar with the participation of: Massimo Ferragamo, Chairman of Ferragamo USA Julie Gilhart, fashion industry veteran, Chief Development Officer at Tomorrow and President of Tomorrow Consulting Sara Maino Sozzani, Deputy Editor in Chief Vogue Italia & Head of Vogue Talents, International Brand Ambassador of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana Marina Spadafora, Sustainability consultant, […]
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