Annually the Nobel Prize is awarded to those brilliant minds who distinguish themselves in this sector: physics, chemistry, economics, medicine, literature and brotherhood among Nations. In 2021 Giorgio Parisi win the physics prize: he is an italian who joins the distinguished group of 20 enlightened men and women who have brought prestige to Ital...
READ MOREMarch 11 (Wednesday) 6:00 pm. The John D. Calandra Italan American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan, NY. Admission: free; open to the public. Contact: 212-642-2094 [email protected] Co-sponsored by the Società Dante Alighieri di NYC, Inc. Through a presentation of two recent books by Giuseppe Faustini, Professo...
READ MOREA group of Torrington middle and high school students and participants in the Connecticut Academy for the Arts’ Italian fine arts outreach program will be recognized for winning a literary contest on Nov. 20. Superintendent of Schools Sue Lubomski is expected to honor the group during the Board of Education meeting, starting at 6 p.m. The students...
READ MORELeaving home is never easy. When that journey means saying goodbye to your "terra madre" — or loosely translated, motherland — crossing the Atlantic and settling into an area that is just as foreign to you as the language, “difficult” doesn't even begin to cover it. Take it from Vita Maria Mesnick. With her Italian heritage and love of teaching per...
READ MORETuesday, December 12, 2017 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Italian Cultural Institute - 601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F - San Francisco. Free Admission | RSVP One and No-one: A Pirandello Extravaganza. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Pirandello's birthJoin us for an evening of revelry to celebrate 150 years from the birth of Nobel laureate Luigi Pirandello...
READ MOREJoin us at the ICCC as we celebrate the 17th Week of Italian Language in the World, “l’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema (Italian in the movies and at the movies)” by showcasing Luigi Pirandello and his writing legacy as an Italian novelist, playwright, poet, shorty story writer, and winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his alm...
READ MOREWhen:Wednesday, October 04, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 - Total runtime: 110 minutes - Screenings in Italian with English subtitles REGISTRATION & PHOTO ID REQUIRED - DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR EVENT START-TIME To mark the 150th birth of Luigi Pirandello, the Italian Cultu...
READ MORESaturday September 16, 8 Am - 6 PM. Hunter College, 695 Park Ave, New York 10065. This one-day conference, sponsored by the Pirandello Society of America and generously hosted by Hunter College, brings together scholars and performers to celebrate the continuing legacy of Luigi Pirandello's work 150 years after his birth. The conference includes ac...
READ MORETo the people of physically and spiritually impoverished Gagliano in the Basilicata, it seemed that Christ Stopped at Eboli, Carlo Levi wrote in his classic eponymous memoir, and it can feel the same for those seeking Italian culture outside of New York City. Italian-American social and cultural associations abound in the Tri-State area, to be sure...
READ MOREFu il 20 luglio 1935 che Luigi Pirandello sbarcò al faro di Ambrose a New York dal transatlantico Conte di Savoia, varato appena quattro anni prima, il 1931, per mano di Maria José. Il piroscafo non ottenne mai il nastro azzurro dell’Atlantico (Blue Riband), come il maestoso Rex (traversata 4 giorni, 12 ore e 53 minuti alla media di 29 nodi), ma in...
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