PRAYERS, GREETINGS, BLESSINGS, SIGNALS, AND SONGS OF SICILIAN TUNA FISHERMEN”
Lecture by Giuseppina Colicci This presentation discusses prayers, greetings, blessings, signals, and songs performed by Sicilian tuna fishermen during the fishing season. It is based on my fieldwork in Bonagia, a small town in the province of Trapani in western Sicily. In collecting this material I kept two questions in mind. Giuseppina Colicci received her […]
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CASANOVA: LIBERTINE LEGEND
An international conference on Giacomo Casanova, the fascinating eighteenth-century adventurer, libertine, traveler, and writer of many texts in Italian and French, with Italian Professors including Bruno Capaci, Università di Bologna and Clorinda Donato, California State University, Long Beach.
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PHIL STERN, WELCOME BACK TO SICILY
Photos by Carmelo Nicosia. On the occasion of the ToarminaFilmFest Los Angeles, a collection of photographs by Carmelo Nicosia portraying the emotional return to Sicily of celebrated photographer Phil Stern for a solo exhibit featuring his work as a WWII combat photographer, when he followed the US troops to document the liberation of the Italian […]
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Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane
Masterpiece drawings from the Casa Buonarroti. Twenty-six rare memorable figurative studies and architectural drawings from the renowned collection of the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, comprise one of the most important Michelangelo exhibitions in America in nearly three decades. The Casa Buonarroti, once owned by the artist, is the world’s largest repository for Michelangelo’s drawings, architectural […]
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WORLD PREMIERE OF CRISTIAN CARRARA’S MACPELAH
Experience the rich virtuosity of the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra with the exciting world premiere of Cristian Carrara’s Macpelah: Dialog for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, a joint presentation with Toscanini Philharmonic. Nir Kabaretti, Conductor; Francesca Dego, Violin; Robert deMaine, Cello.
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ITALY AND DOCUMENTARIES: JOURNEYS IN SPACE AND TIME
This conference investigates how documentaries have represented and constructed or reconstructed Italy, Italians and Italian events through the ages, and how they have influenced or interacted with other types of representation, media, research or knowledge. Key notes speakers: Film Director Alina Marazzi and Professor Paola Bonifazio, University of Texas, Austin.
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STRADIVARIUS: THE ORIGIN AND THE LEGACY
The Legacy of Stradivarius comes to life as never before at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM). On display for the first and only time in the US. On Friday, January 15 for an unforgettable evening will be held to celebrate the opening of MIM’s special exhibition, Stradivarius: Origins and Legacy of the Greatest Violin Maker. […]
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MEET THE ARTIST: FAUSTO ROMA – NEW START TIME !
On the occasion of the closing of Fausto Roma. On the Traces of Jazz, a solo exhibition on display at the Italian Cultural Institute, the painter, sculptor and visual artist, who lives and works near Frosinone, in the Lazio region, will be in conversation with art critics Peter Frank and Alfio Borghese, co-curators of his Los […]
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PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Palm Springs International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the work of exceptional, new and emerging talents as well as the celebrated work of established directors. This year the 27th edition of the Festival once again features Italian cinema, co-productions and Italian-language films, including: My Mother (Mia madre, 106’) by Nanni Moretti, Sworn Virgin […]
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