‘Leading Men,’ a novel by Chris Castellani (NEW DATE)
The writer, Chris Castellani, will be at the Institute, Wednesday, August 9th, at 7.00 pm, to read from his latest novel, Leading Men, about the relationship between playwright Tennessee Williams and his lover and muse Frank Merlo, in what may have taken place in Portofino, Italy in the early 1950s. The novel, for which Castellani […]
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Free outdoor screening EUNIC | ”Amours & Jeunesse“ | Tuesday August 8th
Tuesday August 8th take a seat under the stars at the Italian Cultural Institute to attend a free outdoor film screening on the theme ”Amours & Jeunesse”! Partir un jour by Amélie Bonin (France 2021 – 25m. – OVFST) Alice et les soleils by Théo Degen and Charlotte Muller (Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation 2022 – 24min. – OVFST) Albertine […]
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Sicilian Jazz Project with Daniela Spalletta and Giuseppe Di Bella
On the occasion of the festival ItalfestMTL (August 4 to August 20 2023), the Sicilian Jazz Project by Michael Occhipinti, thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal, will welcome Sicilian vocalists and composers to Canada for the first time Daniela Spalletta e Giuseppe Di Bella. Special guest Don Byron, Grammy-nominated clarinetist, saxophonist and composer. Saturday August 5th at […]
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Pier Paolo Pasolini’s trylogy of life
In the early 1970s, the great Italian poet, philosopher, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini brought to the screen a trio of masterpieces of medieval literature—Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, and The Thousand and One Nights (often known as The Arabian Nights)—and in doing so created his most uninhibited and extravagant work. In this brazen and bawdy […]
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“Woman of Porto Pim” by Teatro Gioco Vita at the Festival international des arts de la marionette Saguenay
Women of Porto Pim by Teatro Gioco Vita is a ballad for actors and shadows based on Antonio Tabucchi’s short story. It is a tribute to a writer for whom writing is “something that involves desires, dreams and imagination.” Here then, in the adaptation by Fabrizio Montecchi, who takes care of its direction and scenes, it is the […]
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Costantinople – Il ponte di Leonardo – Canadian tour
When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, an emblematic figure of the Renaissance, we think of the Mona Lisa and his inimitable smile, revolutionary inventions, and a personality out of the ordinary in every way. Less is known about his crazy, unrealized project to build a bridge in Istanbul connecting the two sides of the […]
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“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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