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Fellini paints a portrait of Rome and of his relationship with the city in a documentary/fantasy.   A fluid, unconnected procession of scenes detail the arrival of the young Fellini in the capital and illustrate, even grotesquely, the Rome of today and yesterday. Free and open to the public.   Read more   Source: http://ww...

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The Center for Italian Opera Studies and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago announce a free symposium, "Giovanna d'Arco in Chicago." A welcome reception begins at 10:30 AM.   Co-sponsored by the Chicago Opera Theater (COT) and the Norman Wait Harris Memorial Fund, the symposium led by Philip Gossett pairs a roster of world-renowned sc...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to the presentation of "The History and Protagonists of Italian Emigration to the United States" Tuesday, July 15th - 6:00 pm - Italian Cultural Institute   Speakers:Paolo Battaglia, co-author of the book "Explorers Emigran...

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When: Wednesday, January 25th at 6pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450What: Love, Death, and Music in Vincenzo Bellini's 'Norma'Registration at https://norma2017.eventbrite.com   Bellini's celebrated opera Norma received its first performance at the celebrated Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1831, and will be...

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"Death of a Happy Man": novelist Giorgio Fontana (Premio Campiello 2014) in conversation with Armando Maggi (University of Chicago)   Italian author Giorgio Fontana will discuss his literary journey from his debut novel to the breakthrough in his literary career, which established him as one of the strongest voices in contemporary Italian fi...

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Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611   Four women in the same family make ends meet in a small town in Salento during the crippling economic crisis of our times. The failure of a family business and the foreclosure of their house seems t...

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Date: Tuesday, July 07, 2015. Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. In collaboration with: Co-presented by the Italian Cultural Institute and the University of Chicago Press, with the support of ItalCultura.   "Siena, City of Secrets" (University of Chicago Press, 20...

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The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago and the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, will present the documentary "L'orologio di Monaco," by Mauro Caputo on Wednesday, Jan. 27th at 6p.m. Holocaust survivor Dov Boros, born in Budapest, will speak briefly before the screening....

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Friday, January 20 - Sunday, January 22. Beverly Art Center, Blair Thomas & co., Istituto Italiano di Cultura/Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in association with Instituto Cervantes de Chicago present: Sonata for 4 feet   Part mime, part contortion, Italy's Teatro dei Piedi (Theatre of Feet) stages characters whose stori...

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January 28th - February 24th. Times vary. Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N Wacker Dr., Chicago (IL)   If you're drawn to vocal acrobatics, Bellini's Druid priestess Norma will thrill and astonish you. The absolute pinnacle for any prima donna with the technical prowess, sumptuous voice, and dramatic fire to master its perilous cha...

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