streaming > Embassy Jazz Series – International Jazz Day
The 10th Anniversary of International Jazz Day, the world’s largest annual celebration of jazz, will take place on April 30th. To mark this special occasion, The Blues Alley, the historic jazz club in Washington, DC founded in 1965, will present “Embassy Jazz Series”, a free streaming event. “Embassy Jazz Series” is a muli-cultural, colorfully creative […]
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webinar > Botticelli and Dante: The Drawings for The Divine Comedy (IIC San Francisco)
A Zoom webinar with Dr. Dagmar Korbacher, Director, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin State Museums and Dr. Furio Rinaldi, Curator, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. To mark the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration with the IICs of North America, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C., celebrates the master […]
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streaming > Ma l’amore mio non muore (Love Everlasting) by Mario Caserini
Our series of silent movies, in collaboration with the Film Programs of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, continues with a screening of Ma L’Amore Mio Non Muore (Love Everlasting), the classic 1913 film by Mario Caserini, restored in its full glory by the Cineteca di Bologna. Dealing with a story of espionage and love, […]
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webinar > Montage on Dante con Alessandro Marianantoni
Alessandro Marianantoni, Direttore di Mediars e M Accelerator, illustrerà l’influenza di Dante nel cinema e nella televisione attraverso intriganti collage di immagini, video e musica, in conversazione con Massimo Ciavolella, Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies, UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies e già direttore dell’UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. L’iniziativa fa parte […]
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available online > DANTEDÌ: A Day with Dante
Our series of commemorative events to celebrate the 700th Anniversary of Dante Alighieri continued on a very special day: Dantedì. Established in 2020, Dantedì is the national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri. March 25th was chosen as it is recognized by scholars as the day the poet started his journey in the afterlife in the […]
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webinar > Protecting Oceans and Marine Life
On March 23rd, join us for a special conversation highlighting the collaboration and cooperation between Italy and the United States in their commitment to protect oceans, marine life and habitats. Inspired by two recent National Geographic documentary productions, “Ocean’s Breath” by Michele Melani and “Sea of Shadows” by Richard Ladkani, the panel will feature […]
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streaming > Cenere – Film Screening and Panel Discussion
To conclude our celebrations for Women’s History Month, join us for a special screening of Cenere (Ashes). The 1916 silent film by Febo Mari, based on the eponymous book by Nobel Prize-winning writer Grazia Deledda, features theatre icon Eleonora Duse in her only film performance. Set in Sardinia, Cenere tells the melodramatic story of Rosalia […]
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available online > Dego-Leonardi Duo: Violin and Piano Recital
Among the best Italian musicians of their generation, with a repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary music, Francesca Dego (violin) and Francesca Leonardi (piano) have been performing together worldwide for more than ten years. To continue our celebrations for Women’s History Month, the virtuoso duo delighted us with a special concert (scroll down to enjoy its […]
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available online > Roma: Travel Tales for Beauty Lovers
The Eternal City has been a source of inspiration for artists of all times. On March 11th, we had a one-of-a-kind historical, artistic, and emotional virtual tour of Rome as seen through the creations of Bvlgari. During this webinar, art historian and curator Costantino D’Orazio guided us through the city’s most iconic landmarks, from Piazza […]
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available online > Dante’s Ulysses Today: A Presentation by Lino Pertile
Our series of commemorative events for the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, master poet and Father of the Italian language, continued with “Dante’s Ulysses Today”, a special presentation by Prof. Lino Pertile. Dante’s Ulysses personifies the fundamental moral issue of the use and abuse of human intelligence: What can we do with […]
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