LECTURE: “Visualizing Race: Black Women in Italian Film and Television, 1965-2018”
On the occasion of Black History Month the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, presents a lecture by Jessica L. Harris: “Visualizing Race: Black Women in Italian Film and Television, 1965-2018”. Free admission This lecture explores the depictions of women of African descent in Italian film and television from the postwar period to the present-day. Specifically, the […]
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Tafelmusik’s concert: The Tempestuous Violin
Enrico Onofri, guest director and violin click here to buy tickets Embrace music’s power to incite human passions and unleash the force of Mother Nature. “Is there anything more powerful than music?” asks Enrico Onofri. The charismatic wizard of the baroque violin and close collaborator/teacher of Music Director Elisa Citterio makes his Tafelmusik debut […]
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Rezonance Ensemble: Italian Celebration concert with Romina Di Gasbarro
Sunday, February 3, 2PM (Doors will open at 1:45) St Barnabas on the Danforth Church 361 Danforth Ave Rezonance is celebrating Italian music and culture with singer and multi-instrumentalist Romina Di Gasbarro. A mix of gorgeous, passionate songs, and fiery instrumental works from the 16th and 17th centuries, and folk traditions. Works by Falconieri, Lasso, […]
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Auschwitz Testimonies
Theatrical reading curated by the International Primo Levi Studies Center and the Study Center Vasilij Grossman. Reading selection by Domenico Scarpa e Marco Sisto. Tuesday, January 29 | 6:30 pm Free admission. Click here to RSVP. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Primo Levi’s birth. On the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019, the […]
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#IONONHOPAURA: BETWYLL MEETS CANADA
#IONONHOPAURA: BETWYLL MEETS CANADA Social Reading Project The Istituto Italiano di Cultura promotes #IoNonHoPaura, an innovative social reading project with the technical partnership of Betwyll and in collaboration with the Italian and Media Departments of University of Toronto, York University, and University of Toronto Mississauga. The students of these universities, together with the students attending […]
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FROM A TO ZAVEN
FROM A TO ZAVEN. A project by Maria Cristina Didero and Francesca Molteni IIC Istituto Italiano di Cultura – TorontoJanuary 22 – March 15 2019Opening night: January 22 | 6:30pm On the occasion of the “Design TO Festival” the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with Studio Zaven and MUSE Factory of Projects present FROM […]
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Hidden gems of Italy
Hot Docs Curious Minds Speaker Series. Led by Dr. Franco Gallippi. Tuesdays, January 22 – February 26, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema You know Roma. You know Milano. But what about the Italian cities beyond the tourist guides?Join Italian Cultural Studies professor Dr. Franco Gallippi for a colourful journey […]
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At the movies with L’Altra Italia: screening of “The Girl in the Fog”
Movie A winter’s night. A car accident caused by heavy fog. There’s a wrecked vehicle, but the driver unharmed – yet the police detain him anyway. Who’s blood is on his car, if there’s not a scratch on him? The driver is a policeman called Vogel, and every time there’s a big news story, his […]
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Tafelmusik’s concert: The Harlequin Salon
Directed by Elisa Citterio Created, scripted, and illustrated by Marco Cera Roberta Invernizzi, soprano click here to buy tickets Experience the intrigue, artistry, and commedia of this dazzling Roman soirée. Meet Pier Leone Ghezzi—caricaturist, painter, and host of some of 18th-century Rome’s most popular salon parties. Tafelmusik is delighted to invite you to one of […]
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Priest, libertine and librettist: the life and adventures of Lorenzo Da Ponte
Who is the man who wrote the words to Mozart and Salieri’s operas? Jewish-born, later converted and even become a Catholic priest, Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote the words for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart’s greatest – Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte. But this handsome chap’s own […]
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