IS FASHION MODERN?
Conferenza illustrata di Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator del The Museum of Modern Art in the Department of Architecture & Design, e Direttore Fondatore del settore Ricerca e Sviluppo presso il MoMA. Paola Antonelli ha curato numerose mostre, ha presentato conferenze in tutto il mondo ed è stata membro di diverse giurie internazionali di architettura e […]
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EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB 2017: IL GATTOPARDO (1958) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
CELEBRAZIONE DI 150 ANNI DI STORIE. L’affermazione più famosa del “Gattopardo” di Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa è: “Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come è, bisogna che tutto cambi” (dal libro). La conferenza del dott. Franco Gallippi esamina i problemi dei cambiamenti in un’Italia sulla soglia dell’Unita’ e prende in considerazione piu’ da vicino il fenomeno […]
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Nicola Lagioia at IFOA – International Festival of Authors in Toronto 2017
Nicola Lagioia, Italy’s most critically acclaimed contemporary novelist, will be participating at this year’s edition of IFOA – International Festival of Authors on the following dates: October 22 2017 – 4:00 PMJoin Nicola Lagioia, Rachel Manley, Eduard Márquez, Jean E. Pendziwol and Mary Walsh as they read from their latest works. October 22 2017 – […]
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PIRANDELLO 150: Screening of L’ATTESA (THE WAIT)
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate Luigi Pirandello, the Società Dante Alighieri and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto, present Pirandello 150, a Film and Lecture Series. October 21, 2017 at 5:30pmCentro Storico Italo-Canadese – […]
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“SUSPIRIA” 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SCREENING WITH GOBLIN IN ATTENDANCE
It’s been 40 years since Suspiria slashed its way onto the big screen and revolutionized the horror genre and Ladies of Burlesque is celebrating by screening the stunning, newly-minted 4K restoration. Complete with a bloody ballet burlesque act from Sam Antics (performed to Goblin, of course), this promises to be the social event of the […]
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PIRANDELLO 150: proiezione del film TU RIDI
In occasione del 150mo anniversario della nascita di Luigi Pirandello, scrittore e premio nobel per la letteratura nel 1934, il Dipartimento di italianistica della University of Toronto e l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in collaborazione con il Cinema Studies Institute della University of Toronto, presentano Pirandello 150, una serie di proiezioni e di conferenze. George Ignatieff […]
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Presentation of the book A BOLD AND DANGEROUS FAMILY by CAROLINE MOOREHEAD
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to support the launch of the book A Bold and Dangerous Family by Caroline Moorehead (Penguin Random House). The author will be present. ABOUT THE BOOK. ‘Expertly alternating vivid domestic detail with lucid exposition of the gradual evolution of totalitarianism, Caroline Moorehead allows her readers not only to […]
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NICOLA LAGIOIA’S LITERATURE TOUR IN CANADA
Nicola Lagioia, Italy’s most critically acclaimed contemporary novelist, won the 2015 Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, with Ferocity. His novels have also won the Volponi, Straniero, and Viareggio literary awards. In 2010, he was named one of Italy’s best writers under 40. He is a jury member of the Venice Film Festival and […]
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Global Art50
Global Art50 is a special initiative for the University of Toronto Mississauga’s 50th anniversary featuring internationally-renowned Italian film actress, Nicoletta Braschi. This multi-day celebration recognizes the vibrancy and importance of the Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga with a series of events. NICOLETTA BRASCHI is an Italian actress and producer internationally […]
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THE LARK FARM (LA MASSERIA DELLE ALLODOLE) by PAOLO e VITTORIO TAVIANI
Film screening and Q&A A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I and a forbidden passion that may be the family’s only hope. Friday, October 13, 2017 – 5pmMuzzo Family Alumni Hall 100 – 121 St. Joseph St. Screening followed by a panel […]
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