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When: Wednesday, June 1st from 6-8pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450   Sinclair Bell will discuss the Etruscans, a vibrant, independent people whose distinct civilization flourished in central Italy for most of the first millennium BCE and whose artistic, social and cultural traditions helped sha...

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Appuntamento all'IIC di Chicago il 10 ottobre prossimo alle 18 con "Tecnologia, Cultura e Turismo: Marketing non-convenzionale per un nuovo modo di comunicare il Made in Italy. Il caso di IT's Tissue - The Italian Technology Experience".Dopo il successo di "IT's Tissue - The Italian Technology Experience", svolto a Lucca dal 22 al 30 giugno scorsi,...

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by Michael Phillips   When the Italians say "cinema," it sounds better than when the Americans say it. CHEE-nay-ma. Doesn't that sound better?   Born in 1959 and widely considered to be his nation's greatest stage and screen actor, Toni Servillo is seven hours ahead of us in Chicago, Skyping from his kitchen at home in Caserta, in the...

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On the occasion of the 14th annual Italian Language Week in the World, The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to the following lecture: Brief History of a Type Face: From Venice in 1470 to Our Own Time by Paul F. Gehl, the George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books, and Cu...

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The trio, which has been honing its profoundly lyrical language with music that evokes cinematic landscapes for many years, will perform a selection of songs from the trio's latest two albums produced by the legendary German jazz label ECM: "The River of Anyder" (2011) and "Songways" (2012).   Co-presented by the Italian Cultural Institute o...

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La pianista Elena Buttiero e il cantante (e scrittore) Ferdinando Molteni torneranno in tour negli Stati Uniti il prossimo mese di marzo per presentare lo spettacolo "Luigi, Faber & Genova. Tenco, De André and a great Mediterranean city. An evening of Italian songs", un recital dedicato alle canzoni dei grandi cantautori genoves...

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by Andrea Raos   Dear friends, cari amici,As my mission at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago draws to a close, it is with great pride that I reflect upon the past nearly two years, during which the Institute has been deeply engaged in the presentation of the finest examples of Italian culture. It has been a unique privilege serving a...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Silvio Marchetti is pleased to invite you to "Michelangelo and the Medici",a lecture by Edward Goldberg Thursday, March 21st, 6:00pm at the Italian Cultural Institute 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450 Chicago, IL 60611 Edward Goldberg, a specialist in Italian history and culture, will discuss the c...

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This unique performance celebrates the birth of the Futurist movement. Actor and director Massimiliano Finazzer Flory will deliver an effervescent monologue of explosive Manifestos, which heralded the start of the Futurist revolution in 1909 in diverse fields of knowledge, from the arts and life.   Inspired by the Italian Futurist tradition,...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to the screening of "18 IUS SOLI". The strange case of citizenship in modern Italy by Fred Kuwornu   A documentary about ethnicity, national identity, and multiculturalism in contemporary Italy by Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker Fred...

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