“The Long Road of Sand” – Exhibition
The photo exhibition “The Long Road of Sand,” curated by Silvia Di Paolo, began as a reportage made in 1959 by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Paolo Di Paolo, published in the magazine “Successo”. The purpose of the reportage is to recount the Italy of the new economic miracle, through the summer vacations of Italians. Pasolini […]
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Screening of the film ” I cacciatori del cielo “
On the occasion of the centenary of the establishment of the Italian Air Force, the Institute presents “I cacciatori del cielo,” a docu-film that tells the compelling story of the birth of Italian aviation through the exploits of three men: Major Francesco Baracca (who would become the main ace of Italian aviation), Captain Ruggero Piccio […]
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“Giordano” Theatrical reading
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), heretic philosopher and visionary traveler, complex character, champion of truth and martyr. In truth he saw a value in itself, to be defended beyond any principle of reward; this led him to refuse invitations from the Inquisition to retract his doctrines, and finally to the stake. Thursday June 22 2023 – 6:30pm Free […]
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“Italian Excellence. Figures for Italo Calvino” – Exhibition
Reading the works of Italo Calvino without resorting to words: this is what the exhibition Italian Excellence. Figures for Italo Calvino, organized on the occasion of the centenary of the writer’s birth, thanks to the collaboration with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Bologna. The exhibition, consisting of 31 illustrations, is a unique opportunity to […]
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Screening of the film “Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens” at the Cinéma Public
At the beginning of the 20th century, in the north of Italy, in Ughettera, the cradle of the Ughetto family. Life in this region having become very difficult, the Ughetto dream of starting over abroad. According to legend, Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps and began a new life in France, changing forever the destiny of […]
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”Mezzotono” in concert a Montréal
Sunday May 28th at 7pm at Le Ministère, 4521 Boul. St. Laurent, the vocal group that perfectly mixes humor and a capella music will perform. TICKETOFFICE A small orchestra without musical instruments, a show performed with only the voices imitating the sound of the instruments. From jazz to Italian pop, from bossa nova to folklore […]
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12th edition of BD Montréal Festival
The Montréal BD Festival presents a packed program for its 12th edition with more than 60 free activities offered around its theme “Creation: From Imagination to Reality”. For the second consecutive year, the FBDM will take place on the territory of the SDC Rue Saint-Denis from Friday May 26 to Sunday May 28 2023. Rue […]
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Screening of the documentary film “Gramsci 44” by Emiliano Barbucci
At the beginning of the 1900s in Ustica, a marginalized island north of Palermo, the arrival of the vaporetto was an event that attracted the islanders to the pier, intrigued by the news arriving from the “continent”. From 1926, however, the steamboat also began to carry men in chains. The island of Ustica was destined […]
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“Rethinking Gramsci – Hegemonic Trajectories, Subalternity, Emergent Political Agencies and the Decline of the Intellectual” Cycle of conferences and screenings
Few thinkers enjoy as much posthumous notoriety as Antonio Gramsci. Thanks to their originality and versatility, his concepts have had an extraordinary afterlife, exerting a profound influence in fields as diverse as late critical theory, post-Marxism, subaltern studies, cultural studies, postcolonialism, and intellectual history. The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of McGill University, Université de […]
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Screening of “Dans la ville blanche” by Alain Tanner
Paul, a mechanic on board a freighter, arrives in Lisbon for no particular reason. Installed in a hotel room, he experiences this stay as a parenthesis in his life, an interlude during which he experiences a great existential void. He strolls for days in the city, filming with his Super-8 camera images that he sends […]
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