Jews between Legend, Arts and Theater in Renaissance Italy
Lecture by Gianni Cicali, Dept. of Italian, Georgetown University – Musical Intermission by Tina Chancey and Priscilla Smith INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012 From the age of emperor Constantine the Great to the Renaissance, the Italian Jews were represented in legends, paintings, and theater based on the Legend of the Discovery of the True Cross. […]
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CINEFORUM WITH ITALIANS IN DC 2012 AN EVENT SERIES JANUARY 18 BASILICATA COAST TO COAST Italy, Rocco Papaleo, 2010, 93 minutes, Italian with Italian subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. A group of musicians walk across Basilicata from the Tyrhennian to the Ionian Sea. Their leader is Nicola, a math professor played by Papaleo, and […]
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Basilicata Coast to Coast
Cineforum con Italians in DC Movie Screening A group of musicians walk across Basilicata from the Tyrhennian to the Ionian Sea. Their leader is Nicola, a math professor played by Papaleo, and their destination is the festival at Scanzano Jonico. The musicians are joined by a reluctant journalist played by Giovanna Mezzogiorno. Alessandro Gassman, Paolo […]
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CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO
At The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FREE PERFORMANCE Italy’s top World Music group Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, after their unprecedented Fall 2011 eleven-city debut tour in North American, will perform a free concert at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, an Italian folk-music group from the Salento […]
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