Marinella Senatore and The School of Narrative Dance Performance
On November 16, Italian multidisciplinary artist Marinella Senatore will engage nearly 100 professional and amateur performers from throughout the Hudson Valley in a monumental procession and performative celebration of community. The performance will begin at 12:30 pm at the Veterans Monument on the lawn of St. Mary-in-the-Highlands, near the corner of Main Street and Route […]
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Maria Pia De Vito and Julian Oliver Mazzariello – Concert
An extraordinary musical encounter between the vocalist Maria Pia De Vito and the English/Italian pianist and composer Julian Oliver Mazzariello. Two artists with a strong bond and joyously spontaneous interaction, with a drive to walk new music paths, in which vocal and linguistic creativity – such as the Neapolitan dialect along with original compositions or […]
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“Io, Leonardo” – Screening
Screening of “Io, Leonardo” a movie produced by SKY TV and directed by the Mexican director Jesus Garces Lambert. Leonardo da Vinci, played by Luca Argentero, is accompanied by Francesco Pannofino’s narrating voice. A unique journey into the mind of the multifaceted artist and man, through the most significant moments of his life. Italian audio […]
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Carmen C. Bambach: “Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered”
On the occasion of the publication of Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered, the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Carmen Bambach, internationally renowned Leonardo specialist and author of the prestigious monograph. Carmen’s four-volume work is a groundbreaking contribution of original scholarship that continues the long legacy of Leonardo studies, while simultaneously reexamining the multifaceted artist’s life and work […]
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Quartetto di Cremona
The oustanding musicians of “Quartetto di Cremona” – Cristiano Gualco, violin; Paolo Andreoli, violin; Simone Gramaglia, viola; Giovanni Scaglione cello – perform at the Italian Cultural Institute a program that includes: G.Verdi, Quartetto in mi minore and L. van Beethoven, Quartetto n.14 in do diesis minore op.131 (no intermission). Since its formation in 2000, the […]
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INTERTWINING Magazine – Round table
A round table to launch the second issue of INTERTWINING Magazine. After the 2018 Davos Declaration it’s been perceived as extremely urgent a return to urban transformation practices linked with cultural values. What does this mean? What kind of values should designers, planners, and public administrators put at the center of their decision-making process? We […]
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Dianne Hales “La Passione: How Italy Seduced the World”- Settimana della Lingua Italiana
The Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), and the Italian Cultural Institute, are pleased to host New York Times bestselling author Dianne Hales presenting her latest book “La Passione: How Italy Seduced the World”, a celebration of the Italian culture and its global impact. “There is a primal force that stems from an insatiable hunger […]
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Claudio Marazzini: “L’italiano è meraviglioso: Che cosa fa l’Accademia della Crusca per la lingua”- Settimana della Lingua Italiana
Following the publication of his fiery book “L’italiano è Meraviglioso. Come e perché dobbiamo salvare la nostra lingua” (Rizzoli, 2018), Claudio Marazzini, the President of the century-old institution Accademia della Crusca, gives a lecture about the importance of preserving and promoting the Italian language. Event in Italian. Claudio Marazzini is professor of the history of […]
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Isabella Ragonese: “On a Solitary Beach. Viaggio emozionale tra letteratura e teatro”- Settimana della Lingua Italiana
Award-winning actress and playwright Isabella Ragonese will bring us on an emotional journey in between literature and theater featuring some of the greatest Italian authors like – Andrea Camilleri, Elsa Morante, Goffredo Parise, Nicola Ammaniti, Pier Vittorio Tondelli, and others.. “On a Solitary Beach” evokes the Italian coasts, the sea, the transience of people’s lives […]
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Helena Janeczek: “The Girl with the Leica” – Settimana della Lingua Italiana
Helena Janeczek takes her Strega Prize winning novel, “The Girl with the Leica”, on tour of North America. The girl with the Leica is Gerda Taro, a German-Jewish war photographer, anti-fascist activist, artist and innovator who was killed while documenting the Spanish Civil War and tragically became the first female photojournalist to be killed on […]
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