L’io lirico e l’altro | A conversation with Alessandro Lutman
Poetry and travel intertwine in Alessandro Lutman‘s presentation, as the young Italian poet introduces his work, and talk about the different cultures that influenced his lyrics. Born in Trieste, Alessandro Lutman graduated in foreign languages and currently studies history at the University of Udine. In 2015 Lutman published the collection Autumn Poems. He presented his work […]
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Abstract Memories & Visions
Join Sofia Carmi and Robert La Rocca for their Opening Reception & Artists’ Talk at the Italian Cultural Institute! In the exhibit Abstract Memories & Visions, artist Sofia Carmi shares with us her investigations of memories of Florence, Rome and Venice through painting. In Matthew Steen words, “for Carmi, abstract art is a mix of […]
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New Italian Migrations to the United States
Authors Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra present New Italian Migrations to the United States, a two-volume collection that explores Italian immigration to the United States from 1945 to the present day. The books offer a radical rethinking of the history of Italian Americans by focusing on immigration to the United States over the last […]
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Festival Verdi | Teatro Regio di Parma
Festival Verdi is the first international festival dedicated exclusively to the study and production of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, the most represented opera composer and celebrated ambassador of the Italian culture. The festival takes place every year around October 10th, Verdi’s birthday, in Parma and Busseto, the land where the Maestro was born and […]
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Oro Nero | Black Gold
Join Todd Spanier, the King of Mushrooms, for a fantastic presentation on truffles, one of the most exotic and esteemed delicacies on earth! Todd will tell us the history of truffle hunting in Europe and its current developments in the rest of the world, with a focus on California, where he’s been truffle & mushroom […]
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Blaxploitalian | 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema
“Blaxploitalian 100 Years of Blackness” is a diasporic, hybrid, critical documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: African-American and African descent actors in Italian cinema. Blaxploitalian cleverly discloses the personal struggles classic Afro-Italian and African diasporic actors faced, correlating it with the contemporary actors who work diligently to […]
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JUMP
In an exhibition recently presented in the beautiful Palazzo Ducale in Sabbioneta, artist Silvia Caimi focuses on the theme “JUMP,” the physical effort to transcend human nature. Caimi’s artistic research is strongly influenced by her classical studies, in particular by Plotino’s Neoplatonic philosophical theories suggesting that phenomena and forms are a pale image or imitation […]
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Quantum Computing For Non-Physicists
Quantum Computing For Non-Physicists is a gentle introduction to Quantum Computing, focusing on operational semantics, rather than physics. The goal is to convey some of the basic ideas behind Quantum Computing in a way that is accessible to people with a programming background: quantum data types, quantum gates, probabilistic nature of quantum programs, observation and […]
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I Only Wanted to Live
In commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute invite you to the screening of the documentary I Only Wanted to Live (Volevo solo vivere). Nine Italian citizens survive deportation and internment in the Auschwitz death camps. Nine stories through which we follow […]
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The Era of the New Heroes
“Everyone of us can become a New Hero. We all live in a time in history defined by an ongoing change of era. In a time of uncertainty, new possibilities open up to make this world a better place. It happens every time we welcome positive values in our lives and let them drive our […]
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