Conference: ” Early Modern Cultures of Hospitality”
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present an Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Toronto about Early Modern Culture of Hospitality. Regulating relationships among strangers was a primary concern of the early modern world. Both the rediscovery of the Ancients and the new encounters among Europeans, Eastern peoples, and Native Americans required a […]
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At the movies with L’Altra Italia: screening of “Little Italy”
Movie L’ Altra Italia begins its new 2018-19 season with an English language romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Emma Roberts and Hayden Christensen, a movie filmed entirely in Toronto’s Little Italy. With an all-star cast which includes Alyssa Milano, Danny Aiello, Andrea Martin and Jane Seymour, Little Italy “follows the script” […]
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Imago Mundi — Great and North
This sweeping exhibition, part of the global Imago Mundi project, creates a snapshot of contemporary art across the country today. Presented for the first time in Canada, it features 775 small-format works by 760 established and emerging artists and creators from across Canada, including Inuit and Indigenous artists from across North America. Imago Mundi — […]
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Claudio Jr. De Rosa Resident Artist at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto
Claudio Jr De Rosa, resident artist at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, is a saxophonist, bass clarinetist, arranger and composer and a rising musician in the European Jazz Scene. Graduated cum Laude with a Master Degree in Classical and Contemporary Saxophone at the Salerno and Rome Conservatories at age 21 (discussing a thesis regarding the […]
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Drama course in Italian for tweens/teens
Starting from this Fall, the Accademia dei Ragazzi is introducing a new exciting way to learn and practice Italian language. Designed for young people aged 11 years and older, the new Lingua e Teatro: Corso di Recitazione will create a creative and interactive environment in which kids can practice the language skills acquired at home […]
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Frescobaldi & The Glories Of Rome
Concert Behold the glorious sights and sounds of 17th-century Rome! This Toronto Consort’s season kicks off in the musical world of one of Italy’s most celebrated early Baroque luminaries, Girolamo Frescobaldi. Let his music and that of Palestrina, Landi, and Caroso wash over you as images of Rome’s glittering treasures delight. This multi-media event features […]
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Italian Language and Media in Toronto
The general theme of “The Week of Italian Language in the World 2018” (from October 15 to 18) is “Italian and the Network, the Networks for Italian” and it represents an important reflection on Italian language and culture in the media. The Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Toronto, the University of Toronto, the University of […]
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Betwyll meets Canada
The 18th Week of Italian Language in the World will take place from 15 to 21 October 2018 and it will be centered around the topic “Italian and the Network, the Networks for Italian”. For this reason, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura organizes #IoNonHoPaura,in collaboration with the Italian and Media Departments of University of Toronto, […]
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Ubah Cristina Ali Farah at IFOA – International Festival of Authors in Toronto 2018
On the occasion of Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo, under High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, a Somali-Italian poet, novelist, playwright and oral performer, will be participating at this year’s edition of the Toronto International Festival of Authors on the following dates: Sunday, October 21 | 7pm […]
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NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century w/ live score by Goblin’s Maurizio Guarini
Canadian Premiere NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century by Andrea Mastrovito is a spectacular, hand-animated, silent film that combines music and community engagement to create a powerful and poignant statement about the horrors of the unknown and the inspiring search for liberty. NYsferatu is a rotoscope recreation of Friedrich W. Murnau’s seminal 1922 film Nosferatu, itself […]
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