FEDERICO FELLINI "Making a film" - book presentation and panel
Date: Thursday, April 09, 2015. Hours: 6:30PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10065 Panelists: Antonio Monda (NYU), Wendy Keys (Film Society Lincoln Center), Christopher Burton-White (translator) Followed by the screening of the film Toby Dammitt (1968) Federico Fellini's Fare un...
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Along the Danube: Romans, their neighbors and the making of Europe
The Danube river is one of the main locations marking the long process of the creation and contestation of European civilization in the late Roman period. As we celebrate the European Union and the political and cultural legacy of Europe today, we take the opportunity to turn back to the historical past and to the gradual formation of Europe in the...
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Three of a kind: 3 aces of new jazz from Italy
Monday, June 01, 2015 - 7:30PM Roulette Theater - 509 Atlantic Avenue - Brooklyn, NY Organized by Enzo Capua in collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute http://roulette.orgGeneral admission: $ 15, online booking in advance, only $ 10 Domenico Sanna, piano;Ameen Saleem, double bass; Dana Hawkins, drums The most talented...
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Restoration and management of the “leaning tower” and monuments in Piazza dei miracoli, Pisa, Italy
Introduction: Warrie Price, Director, Battery Park, NY Lectures: Professor Giovanni Padroni (University of Pisa) speaks about the materials and overall work that has being done on the Leaning Tower of Pisa to restore it to its original splendor and the principal technologies used in the restoration. He will also discuss the frescoes of th...
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Food security, globalization and sustainability. The Legacy of Expo 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015, 10am The Italian Academy 1161 Amsterdam Ave (south of 118th St.) New York, NY 10027 Organized by: Columbia University in collaboration with: Italian Cultural Institute Free and open to the public. Registration required: www.italianacademy.columbia.edu Maurizio Martina Italian Minister of Agricultural, Fo...
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Arriva a Washington "Il Principe" di Nicolo' Machiavelli per illustrare il suo tempo"
La mostra Il Principe di Niccolò Machiavelli e il suo Tempo inizia a Washington il suo tour internazionale. Dopo il successo al Complesso Monumentale del Vittoriano la scorsa primavera, l'esposizione arriva, grazie alla partnership con Eni, negli Usa in occasione dell'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, di cui l'azienda è corporate ambas...
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La tre giorni culturale del ministro Franceschini iniziata con due inaugurazioni e l'iniziativa "Art Bonus"
di Riccardo Chioni Durante la prima delle tre giornate della sua visita a New York, il ministro dei Beni Culturali e del Turismo Dario Franceschini ha trovato ad attenderlo un tesoro da riportare a casa: 23 reperti storici ed archeologici entrati illegalmente in territorio statunitense e restituiti alle autorità italiane, tra cui opere del...
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Federico Vercellone, thinking and Imagination: Between Science and Art
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICIReserve Panelist:Giovanna Borradori (Vassar College) e Achille Varzi (Columbia Uni.) "Thinking and Imagination" makes a fundamental contribution to the understanding of the image as a new cultural environment and as the place w...
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A Personal Exploration of Pietrasanta as an International Arts Center
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York presents: "A Personal Exploration of Pietrasanta as an International Arts Center". A talk with Ron Mehlman, Artist and Sculptor, and moderating Anna Mecugni, Lecturer at University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College. Monday, December 15 - 6PM, Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenu...
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A New York va in scena il “make in Italy”
di Francesco Semprini Non solo arte, moda, design, cibo e vino, la lingua italiana si parla diffusamente anche nell'alta tecnologia. Una lezione questa che stanno imparando in presa diretta centinaia di ragazze e ragazzi studenti della lingua italiana nelle scuole di New York, New Jersey e Connecticut. La lezione è netta e di enorme impatt...
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