Christmas Carols @ Columbus Centre
This festive program will feature a variety of Christmas theme pieces from Canada and world in addition to the Italian operatic repertoire. Programme: – Traditional Christmas songs – Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a – Ernest MacMillan – Christmas Carols – Donizetti – Elisir d’Amour, overture and arias – Verdi – “Va pensiero” chorale […]
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An Italian Christmas Carol: An immersive theatrical holiday experience
DLT (DopoLavoro Teatrale) and Istituto Italiano di Cultura present “An Italian Christmas Carol: An immersive theatrical holiday experience“. Concept, dramaturgy and direction by Daniele Bartolini. The creators of the critically acclaimed The Stranger (SummerWorks and international tour), Off Limits Zone (Luminato Festival), in association with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, presents a new interactive show […]
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At the movies with L’Altra Italia: screening of “Mister Happiness”
Martino is a young Neapolitan, lazy and disillusioned, who lives in Switzerland with his sister Catherine. An accident immobolizes his young sister who is then in need of very expensive constant care. Martino has no other option but to work as a janitor at Dr. William Gioia’s practice, who’s a mental coach that specializes in […]
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DANTE’S INFERNO w/ live score by Goblin’s Maurizio Guarini
DANTE’S INFERNO (1911) was the first-ever feature-length film produced in Italy. A surreal and still-shocking adaptation of the most infamous section of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, the film follows Virgil leading Dante through the nine circles of Hell as a framing device for a series of spectacular scenes, striking and unusual visual effects, astounding sets, […]
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PIRANDELLO 150: Screening of FEU MATHIAS PASCAL (The Living Dead Man)
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate Luigi Pirandello, the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto and the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto, present Pirandello 150, a Film and Lecture Series. Innis College Town Hall […]
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ITALIAN CUISINES IN TORONTO: THEIR HISTORY AND FUTURE
Lecture by Peter W. Aykroyd as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the ACCADEMIA ITALIANA DELLA CUCINA – Toronto Delegation. In 1967, during Canada’s centennial year, the Toronto Delegation of Accademia Italiana della Cucina was inaugurated with the mission of protecting the standards and traditions of Italian cuisine. After fifty years there is much […]
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Christmas concert directed by Maestro Gianmario Cavallaro
The Rotary Club of Woodbridge will be hosting its third annual concerts of Classical music to bring a positive message to the community during this Holiday Season. We have organized this concert in a unique time of the year, Christmas, where people and family come together in peace. The concert will be held: on Saturday, […]
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Walter Isaacson and Heather Reisman Discuss Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was history’s most creative genius—and now he has a biographer worthy of his talents. In this Canadian premiere, Walter Isaacson, the author of acclaimed bestsellers on Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, sits down with Indigo CEO Heather Reisman to discuss his ground-breaking new biography of the Italian master. Based on […]
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Pier Vittorio Tondelli: A Man’s Life Beyond the Page
On the occasion of the World AIDS Day (Dec. 1st ) the Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents Pier Vittorio Tondelli: A Man’s Life Beyond the Page. A presentation of Tondelli’s work by Sebastiano Bazzichetto and a reading from Tondelli’s last novel “Separate Rooms” by the actor Salvatore Antonio. Tristan Michela, CANFAR Board of Directors and […]
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BRUNO BILLIO: A retrospective
Art exhibition. On the occasion of the unveiling of the new sculpture by Bruno Billio in front of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Istituto will present a retrospective of the 25 years of Bruno Billio’s work. Bruno Billio is an Italian-Canadian artist working from an interdisciplinary background. At once an installation artist, a sculptor, […]
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