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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La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi – Settimana della Lingua Italiana
The students of the 4th and 5th grades of La School d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi will engage with Italian actors and stars of the showbiz, from the present and the past, in a funny theatrical piece. Our young protagonists, invited in the American metropolis to represent the best of the Italian repertoire, face an unpredictable shipwreck […]
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Le storie di Gaia, bilingual storytelling
Valentina Rizzi reads Le storie di Gaia to students enrolled in public school with bilingual programs in New York e Brooklyn October 22, PS112 Brooklyn ore 9.00: pre-kindergarten ore 10.00: kindergarten ore 11.00: 2° grado October 23, PS112 Brooklyn ore 10.00: 1° grade ore 11.00: 3° grade October 24, PS242 Harlem
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Non-Places and the Spaces in Between
“Non-Places and the Spaces in Between” reflects upon notions of identity as shaped by the current complex sociopolitical climate including the instability of borders and the alienating state of individualism endorsed by capitalism.On view until December 6, 2019 – Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm Using the concept of Non-Places as defined by anthropologist […]
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Luca Santaniello & Italian Dreams
Luca Santaniello, New York drummer, composer and band leader, takes you through a musical journey made of Italian colors inspired dreams, together with two other Italian interpreters of Jazz music known for their widely recognized endeavors in the international Jazz scene: pianist Rita Marcotulli with her majesty, finesse and sophistication, and the long time friend […]
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Jhumpa Lahiri -“The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories” – Settimana della Lingua Italiana
On the occasion of the publication of “The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories” the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Jhumpa Lahiri, editor of the volume, in conversation with Stefano Albertini, Director of Casa Italiana at NYU. The talk is in collaboration with Penguin Random House and Rizzoli Bookstore. A landmark collection of stories selected and […]
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A Night of Philosophy
A Night of Philosophy is a new thing. It suggests a brilliant future where nightlife and philosophy, everyday life and art, would merge. Join us for this 12-hour, multimedia delve into philosophy.Italian Philosophers participating in the NoP at The New School: Emanuele Coccia, Barbara Carnaveli, Gloria Origgi. The event includes: 48 Philosophy Lectures12 PerformancesArt on […]
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Ensamble / Parallax – Concert
Contemporary music and multimedia group Ensamble / Parallax presents an all-Italian program in collaboration with mezzo-soprano Kathleen Roland, featuring music by iconoclastic composer Salvatore Sciarrino and Stanford professor Patricia Alessandrini. The program includes Sciarrino’s Infinito Nero (Black Infinity), in which extraordinarily delicate passages are linked to the dark visions and utterances of the 16th century […]
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