Italian National Day: Castello Italia at Casa Loma
For the fourth consecutive year, Toronto’s premier heritage attraction, Casa Loma will be transformed into “Castello Italia” on Sunday, June 3, 2018 to mark Italian National Day [Festa della Repubblica] and celebrate Italian Heritage Month in Canada. “It has been my privilege to take part in the organization of the Italian National Day at Castello […]
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Assisi, the Medieval City: The Poetic Transcendence of its Patrimony
An Exhibition of photographs by Alfredo Cannatello On the occasion of Castello Italia, the Italian National Day celebration held at Casa Loma and the Italian heritage month, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura is presenting an exhibition of photographs by Alfredo Cannatello: Assisi, the Medieval City: The Poetic Transcendence of its Patrimony. Opens on Sunday, […]
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Italian Flag Raising Ceremony at Queen’s Park
The Consul General of Italy in Toronto Giuseppe Pastorelli has the honor to invite you to the Italian Flag Raising Ceremony to celebrate the Festa della Repubblica and Italian Heritage Month Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 South Lawn, Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park. Arrival time: 10:30 am – Flag Raising Ceremony at 11:00 am Rain or […]
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“60 Years Of Made In Italy”
“60 Years of Made in Italy” is the exhibition organized to celebrate the history and evolution of Italian style and fashion. When it comes to the amazing scope of work accumulated over a span of several decades, Italian fashion truly endures. Today, there is still a keen international appetite for designs that bear the mark […]
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Doors Open at the Istituto
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to participate to Doors Open, the event that provides an opportunity to explore some of the most architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings across the city – many of which are not usually open to the public. The current premises were built in 1897 by Strichland & […]
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European Book Club at the IIC: “Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah: the maze of organized crime”
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Event Date Change to May 24 at 6.30pm A EUNIC event The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, along with EUNIC, the network of the European cultural institutes of Toronto formed by Alliance Française, Camões, Goethe-Institut, and Istituto Italiano di Cultura, invites you to their next book club meeting. Thursday May 24, at 6.30pm: “GOMORRAH” […]
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Sthephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi jazz concert
The Istituto is pleased to present Sthephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi in concert at Jazz Bistro in Toronto, on May 18 and May 19 from 9 to 11.30pm. The musicians met in 2008 and started to collaborate on a four-hands piano project dedicated to classic jazz, preparing arrangements of songs from the swing era, as […]
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Ancient Roman Remains in Tuscany
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present two lectures on the Roman origins of Tuscany held by Dr. McKenzie Lewis. Lecture 1 Friday, May 18, 10:00am to 12:00pm The Economy of a Roman Villa: Excavations in Northern Tuscany’s Arno River Valley. The Villa del Vergigno is a large rural villa located ten miles […]
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Eugenio Maria Fagiani (Gala Concert)
Organ player Maestro Eugenio Maria Fagiani will perform at Organix 18 Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 pm | St. Basil Catholic Church General Admission $40. Tickets on-line at www.organixconcerts.ca Program Praeludium et Fuga, BWV 552Johann Sebastian Bach(1685 – 1750) Ariatranscription: Ireneo Fuser (1998)Ottorino Respighi(1879 – 1936) Shout for joy, to the Lord, all the earthI. Come […]
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Cut Outs
A wondrous and mesmerizing experience where visual arts meets storytelling. Inspired by the paper cut outs of Matisse, Picasso, and Hans Christian Andersen, an artist weaves the story of the Steadfast Tin Soldier and other fantastical tales using paper images, projections, and music. Created by Alessandro Libertini and Veronique Nah Show times May 15 at […]
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