The Village Numérique : A New Project by MUTEK
From August 15th to 29th, experience the Village Numérique, a unique urban circuit where cutting-edge technology meets artistic brilliance. As night falls, the Quartier des Spectacles transforms into a giant art gallery. In the 23 free installations, in iconic locations throughout the Quartier des Spectacles, Laser Symphony is an interactive sound and architectural installation, that […]
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Violet Hour: Here & Now
In collaboration with ItalfestMTL and Fierté Montréal, an evening with interviews and readings by queer writers of Italian origin organized by Violet Hour. Speakers Matthew Fox (autor of This Is It), who will read excerpts from his new text coming out this fall with Great Plains Press, Liana Cusmano (Catch and Release, Guernica Editions 2022), Anthony Portulese, and […]
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Opera « La Bohème » – ItalfestMTL
For the 31st edition, ItalfestMTL, thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, he brings “La Bohème” to the stage with the Italian tenor Carlo Augusto Raffaelli, in the role of Rodolfo. Sunday August 4th at 9pm Little Italy Stage Mastro & San Daniele – Boulevard St. Laurent corner Jean Talon – Montreal La […]
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“Save the last dance for me”, by Alessandro Sciarroni on tour in Quebec
In “Save the last dance for me”, Alessandro Sciarroni collaborates with the dancers Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini, following the steps of a Bolognese dance called Polka Chinata. It is a courtship dance originally performed only by men and dating back to the early twentieth century: physically demanding, almost acrobatic, it requires the dancers to […]
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“Isole nere” – ”Rencontres Photo Gaspésie”
Thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, the ”Rencontres Photo Gaspésie” presents an extraordinary photographic exhibition: “Isole nere” by Luana Rigolli. Volcanic islands are solidified lava. ”I like to think that under each of them there is a kind of conduit that goes straight to the mantle, the layer of our planet made […]
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Screening of the film “Shoeshine” by the director Vittorio De Sica
One of the greatest achievements in the cinematic revolution known as Italian neorealism, Vittorio De Sica’s Shoeshine stands as a timeless masterpiece of trenchant social observation and stirring emotional humanism. In postwar Rome, street kids Giuseppe (Rinaldo Smordoni) and Pasquale (Franco Interlenghi) shine the shoes of American servicemen in hopes of saving enough money to […]
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Regards italiens de Montréal – Screening of the film “Trois camarades de Montréal” by Bruno Ramirez and Giovanni Princigalli at the Cinéma Public
Giovanni, Francesco and Salvatore have passed the age of 80 and are proud to still consider themselves communist or socialist comrades. All three left their impoverished villages in southern Italy during the post-war years and, once settled in Montreal, maintained close links with parties of the Italian left, while militating in progressive Canadian unions and […]
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Cinema turns to sport – Outdoor screening
For this last session of the #Eurosport cycle, you will have the pleasure of discovering a selection of four short films from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Presented in collaboration with the festival Courts d’un Soir, the screening will be held in the gardens of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal (screening moved indoors in case of […]
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Luca Ciarla solOrkestra – Canada tour
Italian violin alchemist Luca Ciarla creates his music with a loop pedal, his voice and several toy instruments. He performs in solo and strictly live all his orchestra score, playing the violin also like a guitar, a cello or a percussion instrument. In this imaginative musical landscape Luca sings, whistles, plays other instruments or adds […]
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The violinist Luca Ciarla in concert
On the occasion of the 30th edition of the Festa della Musica Italiana, the violinist and composer Luca Ciarla will perform on Friday June 21, at 6.00 pm, at our Institute. Luca Ciarla is a creative and surprising musician who crosses the boundaries between musical genres, between jazz, classical and folk sounds, without ever losing […]
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