Istituto Di Cultura - Toronto

Vito Teti’s last work: Stones into Bread is a book about a small Southern Italian village and its offshoots in Toronto. It's about bread and figs and food in general, about Carnival and pilgrimages to religious sanctuaries, about fathers, mothers and children, about migrating and about remaining, about yearning to l...

Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30pm Sala Caboto Ballroom, Villa Colombo Toronto 40 Playfair Avenue, Toronto - Free admission   The untold story of warmth and compassion as seen in the Jewish refugee camps in Puglia, Italy from 1947-1947. Documentary screening followed by a conversation with interviewer Giorgio Tine...

Book Club 2019: Dates and Titles The European Book Club aims to introduce Canadians to European books and authors by crossing over cultures and allowing readers to discover modern European authors and their works. March 28: Palomar by Italo Calvino, presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura at the Alliance Fran&ccedi...

European book club - Franco Gallippi   Italo Calvino’s long residence in Paris (1964-1980) is said to have left an indelible mark on Calvino the novelist. By 1983, when Palomar was published, the Calvino family moved back to Rome. Franco Gallippi’s reading of Palomar will concentrate on this “i...

Toronto City Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's La Traviata from  March 28 - March 31 at the Al Green Theatre (Bloor and Spadina). On opening night, the 28th at 7.30PM   One could imagine, to the modern eye, a 19th century classic like La Traviata would be only a sweet echo of a distant time, but nothin...

lecture series - Sebastiano Bazzichetto Friday, March 29 | 10 am-12pm Friday, April 5 | 10am-12pm For many centuries, clothes have epitomized the social representation of power, wealth, knowledge and religious belief. Fashion is still one of the key elements of Italian culture worldwide. Sebastiano Bazzichetto presents...

Throughout the world, Carnival is one of the most beloved festivals by young and old alike. The Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario in collaboration with Pizza Nova and Casa Loma, is organizing the "Aperitivo in Maschera", a cocktail party to celebrate the Carnival in a true Italian style.   Saturday, March 30, ...

Italian pianist and composer Arrigo Cappelletti plays at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler - BC April 6 | 9pm 4599 Chateau Blvd, Whistler, BC   Inspired by John Lewis, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, Paul Bley, for several years Arrigo Cappelletti found the ideal dimension to express his free, intense, elegant jazz in a ...

Italian pianist and composer Arrigo Cappelletti and Juno award-winning vocalist Sienna Dahlen play at the Jazz Bistro April 9 | 8pm 251 Victoria St, Toronto Inspired by John Lewis, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, Paul Bley, for several years Arrigo Cappelletti found the ideal dimension to express his free, intense, ele...

Second screening of the series “Fear Italian Style”: Dario Argento’s masterpiece “Deep Red”. Far from being Dario Argento’s first foray into the giallo—the Italian version of the anglophone murder mystery genre putatively established by Mario Bava with his Hitchcock-inspired La ra...

“Leonardo’s Last Supper” (“L’ultima cena di Leonardo”), is a new interactive show created by internationally acclaimed theatre company DopoLavoro Teatrale (DLT). Performed at a secret and unexpected location in the Columbus Centre, “Leonardo’s Last Supper” is half-theatr...

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present the lecture: "How Old is the City of Florence?" held by Dr. McKenzie Lewis. It is commonly accepted that the city of Florence, the cultural heart and first capital of unified Italy, was founded by Julius Caesar in the 40s B.C.E. and settled as a colony shortly afterward...

Movie A mysterious man sits everyday at the same table of the same restaurant, continuously receiving visitors. Each of his clients wants something, driven by a deep desire, a desire that is difficult to realize, if not impossible. There is however a price to pay for his services. Because the choices and the consequences...

Winners of the prestigious Sanremo Giovani 2019 song contest will give their only North American date during a world tour which will take them to Tunis, Tokyo, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Barcelona and Brussels. The tour is promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and RAI (Italian...