RAFFAELLO 500: On the Footsteps of the Genius: Raphael and Paolo Veronese
On the Footsteps of the Genius: Raphael and Paolo Veronese Thursday, August 20 | 3:00pm EDT Zoom webinar with THOMAS DALLA COSTAHarry M. Weinrebe Curatorial FellowNational Gallery, London Registration Required CLICK HERE TO REGISTER On April 6, 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, one of the geniuses of the Renaissance, passed away in Rome. In the coming months, […]
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Meet the Author Online: Mauro Covacich
Writer Mauro Covacich encourages us to listen to the silence of this period of isolation and pause, to invite the silence in for a chat and to listen to what it has to say. Mauro Covacich is an Italian journalist and writer. After graduating with a degree in Philosophy at the University of Trieste he […]
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Italy and the Holocaust: Teicholz Holocaust Remembrance Film Series
The Garden of the Finzi Continis – August 6 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. Directed by the legendary Vittorio De Sica and based on the classic 1962 novel by Giorgio Bassaniis, the film tells the story of the Finzi-Continis, a wealthy Jewish aristocratic family […]
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Meet the Author Online: Leonardo Merlini
Writer, journalist and radio reporter Leonardo Merlini offers us his reflections during his 50th day of quarantine from Milan, discussing the uncertainty of the future and the feeling of memories of beloved places fading. Merlini is a Milanese journalist and literary critic. He is head editor for Askanews, often producing videos for media outlets such […]
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10 Shorts Around the World
For the fifth year in a row, the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (National Short Film Centre), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, promotes around the world, ten Italian short films, selected from the most special and representative works made in 2019. The selection, as every year, presents an overview of […]
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From Italy with Laughter: A Comedy Film Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles is happy to promote a series of Italian comedies premieres in the South West, with 2 movies playing online once each weekend, from July 31 until September 5, 2020. Sign up here to receive the screening invites IIC members and Lingua Viva Students receive exclusive early invites. Registration required. […]
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Raphael’s Music: From Urbino to Rome, a Webinar by Dr. Robert Kendrick
On April 6th, 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, one of the geniuses of the Renaissance, died in Rome. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, while we wait for the houses of culture to reopen and to be able to see works of art live again, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes (IIC) in […]
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Meet the Author Online: Edoardo Albinati
Edoardo Albinati encourages us to read the influential American poet John Ashbery who inspires us to find freedom, openness and courage through the practice of writing and creativity. Born in Rome, after Albinati started his career as a translator, a script adaptor and as editor of the magazine Nuovi Argomenti. He made his debut as […]
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L’Istituto nazionale del dramma antico: 2020 per voci sole
Fondazione Inda nel Teatro Greco di Siracusa presents 2020 PER VOCI SOLE from July 17 to August 30 five of the six shows staged at the Greek Theater in Syracuse live and on delay free streaming. For the first time in a century, the National Institute of Ancient Drama will broadcast for free shows at […]
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Meet the Author Online: Melania Mazzucco
The acclaimed author Melania Mazzucco discusses from Rome her experience during the start of the pandemic and the influence the solitude will have on us. Melania Mazzucco was born in Rome and earned a degree in Italian literature from La Sapienza University as well a a degree in cinema from the Experimental Center for Cinematography. […]
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