Gianluca Guidi – Peperoncino Jazz Festival
Gianluca Guidi, Italian singer and actor, performs at the Institute opening the first edition of the “Peperoncino Jazz Festival – New York Session”, which takes place from May 20 to May 26 in several locations around the city, including the Birdland Theater. The “Peperoncino Jazz Festival”, now in its XVIII edition, takes place during the summer […]
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Baikonur, Earth by Andrea Sorini – Panorama Europe
Screening of Baikonur, Earth (Bajkonur, Terra) at the Panorama Europe Film Festival 2019.With director Andrea Sorini in person. U.S. premiere Over the centuries only few caravans dared to cross the northern route of the silk-road that today lies in the territory of Kazakhstan. In this portion of Asian desert there was no place to build […]
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Message from the Shadows by Antonio Tabucchi – Book Presentation
An evening dedicated to the late Italian writer, critic and translator Antonio Tabucchi, whose books and essays have been translated in more than 18 languages, with writer Rivka Galchen, and Martha Cooley and Elisabeth Harris, two of the translators of Tabucchi’s short stories collection: Message from the Shadows (Archipelago Books). These twenty-four timeless stories in […]
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Mario Fratti Award Ceremony and InScena! Closing Night
Award ceremony and reading of the play winner of the 2019 Mario Fratti Award Hide and Seek, by playwright Tobia Rossi, who will attend at the evening. The reading is directed by Jake Sellers (they/them). Translation by Carlotta Brentan. Hide and Seek (Nascondino) is about Giò, a gay teenager firmly convinced that nobody loves him. […]
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Rebuilding. My Days in New York (1959-2018) by Martino Marangoni.
Rebuilding. My Days in New York (1959-2018) by Martino Marangoni is a collection of photos by the author, memories of his frequent stays in New York, throughout his life. At the book presentation participate, also, Maria Antonella Pelizzari and W.M. Hunt. Martino Marangoni was born in Florence in 1950, where he currently resides, the son of […]
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In Scena : “My Hero” by Giuliana Musso
For the third year of partnership between In Scena and Italian and American Playwrights Project we present the first English reading of one of the four plays selected for the second edition of the Project: “My Hero” by Giuliana Musso, translated by Patricia Gaborik. Mio Eroe (My Hero) consists of a series of three monologues. […]
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Fernanda Pivano: A Bridge Between Cultures
An evening dedicated to Fernanda Pivano. Erica Jong in conversation with Gini Alhadeff. Moderator Francesca Pellas. An anticipation of the Festival della Disobbedienza | Premio Fernanda Pivano set in Santa Margherita Ligure – Italy – from April 26 to April 28, to celebrate Fernanda Pivano, 10 years after her passing. An event curated by Enrico […]
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Stop the Pounding Heart by Roberto Minervini
This Italian Documentaries series evening is dedicated to the screening of Stop the Pounding Heart (Cannes Film Festival selection 2013) by Roberto Minervini, with an introduction by Dennis Lim. Documentary film is a genre that represents one of the most interesting and innovative areas of contemporary Italian cinema; Roberto Minervini is among the most distinguished directors, […]
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Design is One. Lella & Massimo Vignelli
On the occasion of the exhibition Italian Types, on view at the Institute from March 21 to May 2, we present a special screening of Design is One. Lella & Massimo Vignelli, a documentary by Kathy Brew and Roberto Guerra. Following the screening, co-director Kathy Brew, in a conversation with designer Jonathan Wajskol, will discuss the […]
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Project: Planet Clean-Up – Italian Creators of our Time Series
This conversation, part of the Italian Creators of our Time series, is with Luca Rossettini and Mauro Nardocci, the founders of two companies specializing, respectively, in cleaning the sky, D-Orbit, and the oceans, Seads (Sea Defence Solutions). The pollution of our planet is one of the most pressing and difficult problems our society is facing. […]
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