IN OTHER WORDS: Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri on the Italian Language and Culture as a Place of Creative Freedom As an established writer in one language, how does one “relocate” to another language and another culture? This lecture/conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri -recent recipient of the National Humanities Medal- will focus on her recent book written in Italian […]
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PAINTING NEW YORK RED
Watch Italy’s best Armani Olympia Milano team battle Israel’s best Maccabi Tel Aviv.Tickets on sale on Ticketmaster.com Special discount to members, family and friends of ICI, enter promo code 686 ParkAvenue.
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FOLK-S Will you still love me tomorrow
Crossing the Line, The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s annual fall arts festival, explores the dialogue between artist and public. FOLK-S Six dancers enter the stage and perform in hypnotic unison in Folk-s, will you still love me tomorrow?, the East Coast debut of Italian performance maker Alessandro Sciarroni. Precise, rhythmically pounding feet and a […]
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FOLK-S
di Alessandro Sciarroni Folk-s is both a choreography and a performance focusing on time. The work came to life while thinking about ancient folk dances as cultural, popular heritage that have survived in time. The Schuhplattler is a typical Bavarian and Tyrolean dance. The meaning is “shoe batting” because it literally consists in hitting one’s […]
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DARIO D’AMBROSI- Pathological Theatre
Meet actors and musicians from Pathological Theatre On the occasion of Medea at La MaMa Theatre Meet with some of the actors from the Company of award-winning director and actor Dario D’Ambrosi’s Teatro Patologico- Pathological Theatre, who will present their latest work, Medea, featured at La MaMa Theatre in New York, in October. In particular […]
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POPE FRANCIS AMONG THE WOLVES: The Inside Story of a Revolution
MARCO POLITI Book Presentation Discussant: Elizabeth Castelli (Barnard College – Columbia University) Marco Politi takes us deep inside the power struggle roiling the Roman Curia and the Catholic Church worldwide, beginning with Benedict XVI, the pope who famously resigned in 2013, and intensifying with the contested and unexpected election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of […]
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FOOD SECURITY, GLOBALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Legacy of Expo 2015 A Conversation Free and open to the public.Registration required: www.italianacademy.columbia.edu Maurizio Martina Italian Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, and Government Coordinator for Expo Milano 2015 with Glenn Denning Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) & Senior Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), […]
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RETROPERSPECTIVE – The Commercial Years 1995-2015
With: Sean Oko Lennon, Waris Alhuwalia, Paz de la Huerta MICHELE CIVETTA Retroperspective is a survey of media work created by Michele Civetta over the period of 1985-2015. Spanning a gamut of work ranging from early Avante Garde short films to acclaimed advertising spots for an array of international brands. The program highlights music video […]
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LEARN ITALIAN
With native Italian speakers Introduction to: The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute andthe President of the Italian American Committee on Education, under the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in New York, are pleased to invite you to spend an evening with us filled with Italian fun, food and wine. During this information […]
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Il mito urbano. Italia: città e paese
The Italian Specialization at the Graduate Center (CUNY) is happy to invite you to the lecture by Prof. Finotti (University of Pennsylvania) entitled “Il mito urbano. Italia: città e paese.” The lecture will be conducted in Italian and will take place on Friday, September 18 from 5.00-7.00 pm in the Comparative Literature Department, Room 4116. […]
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