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PROGRAMME OF CULTURAL EVENTS

Aquileia was founded by the Romans in the year 181 B.C. Due to its strategic position and its port, Aquileia soon became an important centre of cultural and commercial exchange between North Europe and the Mediterranean Sea and grew to become the ninth city in size and importance in the Roman Empire. This exhibition was created in 2009 and since then has travelled around Europe explaining the history and the role of Aquileia in the Roman Empire. In collaboration with Mitteleuropa Cultural Association and Fogolâr Furlan D’Irlanda.

Opening Tuesday 23rd August - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Aquileia: Crossroad of the Roman EmpireThe exhibition will be open to the public during office hours and on the occasion of cultural events

Thursday 25th August - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

The Never Ending Road and Walkabout ItaliaAn evening of travelling tales with Darinka Montico

Darinka is an Italian writer, photographer and blogger. In 2014 she decided to devote herself to her passions: travelling, writing, dreaming and photography. She walked 3,000 km from the bottom of Italy to its top collecting people’s dreams in a box. In her journey she carried a diary, a camera and no money. The project, called walkaboutitalia, became a blog and a book. She has just published her second book Mondonauta and she is ready to start her new project The never ending road which will see her sail the oceans and travel the world on a bike.

Thursday 1st September - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Close Encounters with Italian Science FictionWith Roberto Bertoni and Concetto La Malfa. Readings by Jessie Doyle (DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama)

A journey through Italian sci-fi from Calvino to Primo Levi and Stefano Benni. Fantastic planets, utopian or dystopian worlds, moon and sun, nature and human technology. Professor Roberto Bertoni (Trinity College Dublin) will talk about different Italian writers whose works will be read in Italian and English. During the event Concetto La Malfa will launch his latest novel Apocalypse Tomorrow. This thought provoking book, with a credible story line, prophesies what could happen to our world in the next 35 years, including an encounter with an alien civilization.

Thursday 8th September - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Music and Mathematics in J.S. Bachwith Benedetto Scimemi

Did you know that a melody can be represented as a plane graph where the heights of the notes are plotted as a function of time? If proper geometrical transformations (displacements, reflections etc.) are applied to the graph, a new melody is created, which a clever composer can over-impose to the original so that pleasant harmonies are produced. This art of “counterpoint” was masterly applied - with almost scientific methods - by J.S. Bach in his Goldberg Variations. Benedetto Scimemi will consider several examples by showing graphs and producing the corresponding sounds at the keyboard.

Incontri con la scienza The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to continue its series of lectures dedicated to science.

The speakers are Italian scientists with backgrounds in different disciplines like mathematics, neuroscience, music and conservation. All these lectures will deal with the surprising and exciting bridges between art and science and their impact on our culture.

Wednesday 14th September - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Stefano Benni!Event to be confirmed. Please check the website for updates

Stefano Benni is widely considered one of Italy’s foremost novelists. His trademark mix of biting social satire and magical realism has turned each of his books into a national best-seller. His many novels include: Bar Sport, The Company of Celestini, The Cafe Beneath the Sea, and the remarkably successful Margherita Dolce Vita. Benni is also the author of several volumes of essays and poetry and many collections of short stories. He lives in Bologna, Italy.

Lunedì al CinemaMonday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema that the Institute is promoting in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

All the films are shown at the IIC in Italian with English subtitles. Free Admission.

Monday 19th September - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema - Il vento fa il suo giro Director: Giorgio Diritti with Thierry Toscan, Alessandra Agosti, Dario Anghilante, 110’ In Italian with English subtitles

The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French teacher has settled there with his young wife and their three children to produce goat cheese, in order to escape the wrongs of civilization. At first they are suspicious of his unconventional ideas and lifestyle, then are conquered by the enthusiasm, kindness, helpfulness of the young family and start to see in them a possible rebirth of the place. But little by little misunderstandings, envy and conflicts take over. (IMDb)

On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including the National Cultural Institutions, extend their opening hours to allow access to the public. This year the Institute is pleased to present a series of animated short films, in collaboration with the associations OTTOmani and WCOMIX, promoting the diffusion of animation and the language of comics. This selection includes shorts by several talented artists whose creative vision is truly exceptional.

Friday 16th September - From 6.30 to 9pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission- RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Culture Night 2016 Animazioni / AnimationsOpening hours IIC: 6.30 to 9pm

Tuesday 27th September - 5pmRoyal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson StreetTickets: www.eventbrite.ie - €5 / 3 conc.

Translating Anne EnrightWith the participation of Sergio Claudio Perroni In collaboration with Eunic Ireland

To mark the European Day of Languages and the International Translation Day, the Irish writer Anne Enright will join four of her European translators in a conversation about the translation of her work in Europe. A former winner of the Booker Prize, Anne Enright is the current Irish Laureate for Fiction and one of her priorities is the translation of Irish works into other languages. The event will focus on issues such as cultural transfer, Irishness, untranslatables, markets and audiences.

Monday 26th September - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema - L’IndustrialeDirector: Giuliano Montaldo. With Pierfrancesco Favino, Carolina Crescentini, Eduard Gabia, 94’ In Italian with English subtitles

Giuliano Montaldo’s drama tells the story of factory owner Nicola Ranieri who is struggling both professionally and emotionally. The banks are foreclosing and pride has taken him to the brink of ruin as he refuses to use his wife’s wealth and family name as a guarantor against further loans. He is just days away from bankruptcy unless the German company Zenith confirms the 15 million Euro share option deal. Turin is a city paralysed by the financial crisis. Deserted factories, empty streets and the distant sound of protest provide the backdrop for this incisive film. (IMDb)

Omaggio a Gianni CelatiTranslation, Tradition, RewritingIn Italian with readings in Italian and English

Thursday 22nd September - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

A day dedicated to the Italian writer and to his work as a translator. Gianni Celati is one of the major figures of contemporary Italian literature and culture. His works intersect with some of the key moments and figures in recent history and have had a strong influence on successive generations of writers and intellectuals. The event will be divided into two moments: at 6.30pm the collection of works edited by Mondadori will be launched with the participation of Marco Belpoliti, Nunzia Palmieri and Michele Ronchi Stefanati; from 8pm a series of readings from Celati’s works.

Thursday 6th October - 6.30pm - IIC, Free Admission Friday 7th October - 1:05pm National Concert Hall, bookings: www.nch.ie Saturday 8th October - 8pm Unitarian Church, bookings: www.eventbrite.ie

The Puglia Music World Festival brings musical projects from Puglia to foreign countries to promote the culture and traditions of the region. Arcopu is the Regional association of choristers from Puglia. Coro Giovanile Pugliese is part of Arcopu and is made up of 35 young singers under the age of 35. Puglia.ie is an Ireland-based company founded in 2014 which promotes the tourism and culture of Puglia.

Musical Paths from Puglia to Ireland with Coro Giovanile Pugliese

A conversation (in Italian) with Maria Attanasio on her work, literature, theatre and poetry. Attanasio is the author of five collections of poetry and six works of historical narrative. An ironic, often visionary, intensely political poet, Attanasio sees her poetry as a form of “vertical writing” (scrittura verticale), a definition that well describes her dense, intellectually rigorous and demanding poetic style. Moderated by Giuliana Adamo, Trinity College Dublin.

Monday 3rd October - 6:30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Incontro con una biscrittora Maria Attanasio, storia e poesiaModerated by Giuliana Adamo. In Italian

Wednesday 28th September - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Award CeremonyInternational Composition Competition “Nino Iammarino”

The Mandolin Composition Competition – the Nino Iammarino Award – is a high profile music event with the objective of exploring the language of music for mandolin. Young musicians and composers have the opportunity to express themselves in a international and challenging contest. The event will feature musical performances by the winners. In collaboration with Flavour of Italy Group.

Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. She has translated works by, among others, Elena Ferrante, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giacomo Leopardi, and Alessandro Baricco, and is the editor of the Complete Works of Primo Levi in English. She has been the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and awards from the Italian Foreign Ministry and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She will talk about translating from Italian, with particular reference to Primo Levi.

A conversation with Ann GoldsteinIn collaboration with Europa Editions

Monday 10th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema - Signorina EffeDirector: Wilma Labate. With Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino, Sabrina Impacciatore, Fausto Paravidino, 95’ In Italian with English subtitles

The beginning of the twentieth century. Perched on the roof of the Turin factory, the pretty “Miss F” smiles at the latest models of the newborn car manufacturer. In 1980 another pretty “Miss F” (Valeria Solarino) slips easily through the long corridors of the same factory, unaware of the sad fate that awaits her along with a few thousand more Fiat workers. Wilma Labate’s drama portrays one of the darkest, complex and delicate chapters of recent Italian labour history.

Tuesday 11th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Gianrico Carofiglio is now a full time novelist. He was previously a member of the Senate in Italy and before that, an anti-Mafia prosecutor in Bari, a port on the coast of Puglia. He has been involved with trials concerning corruption, organized crime and the traffic of human beings. He is a best-selling author of crime novels and literary fiction. A fine line is the fifth Guerrieri novel in this best-selling series.Event in collaboration with Bitter Lemon Press.

A Fine Line -In conversation with Gianrico Carofiglio

Wednesday 12th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

XVI Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo 16th Week of the Italian Language in the World 17th - 23rd OctoberThe XVI edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World is dedicated to Italian creativity and brands, with particular emphasis on fashion, trends and design, as expressed in the title “L’Italiano e la creatività: marchi e costumi, moda e design”. In the upcoming months the IIC will dedicate several events to Italian creativity: architecture, design, and publishing.

Friday 14th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Leonardo da Vinci and the Unity of Knowledge with Pietro Marani

A unique opportunity to admire and understand Leonardo’s extraordinary complexity as an artist, painter and sketcher, and, in part, his work as a scientist and technologist. Pietro C. Marani is Full Professor in Modern Art History and teaches Modern Art History and Museology in the Politecnico of Milan. He has been Director of the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage, Vice-Director of the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, and co-Director of the restoration campaign of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper.

Can a best selling book about English grammar by an American copy editor (subeditor) be translated into Italian? Basic differences between the languages suggest that it would be difficult. For instance, the title, with its reference to a frequent blunder in English (“I” instead of “me” in the phrase “between you and me”), is meaningless in Italian. And yet Regina della Virgola has a nice ring to it. The Comma Queen will discuss the response to her book in Europe and will tell us about her relationship with the Italian language.

Tuesday 18th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Comma Queen invades ItalyIn conversation with Mary Norris, acclaimed author of “Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen”

Il coraggio del proprio tempoby Fondazione Franco Albini, in association with IrishArchitectural Archive - Theatrical performance inItalian with English subtitles

Conceived, written and directed by Paola Albini, Il coraggio del proprio tempo is the story of the Modern Movement and Design. The text is integrated with authentic videos and pictures of the time and is an overview of Italy between the two World Wars and of the intellectuals of the time. It is the story of Rationalism in Italy, the central role of the city of Milan and the life of the people who fought against a totalitarian regime in order to establish a Movement based on social redemption.

Wednesday 19th October - 8pmIrish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square East, D2, Free Admission

Friday 21st October - 4.30pm and 6pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

The colours of imaginationA theatrical performance to present the wonderful work of children’s author Gianni Rodari and designer Bruno Munari. In Italian. For kids and adults of any age!

What happens when a brave shrimp decides to walk forward instead of backwards? And when a cannon starts shooting bells instead of bombs? Join us for this creative event that will bring children and adults into the imaginative world of Gianni Rodari, one of the best-loved authors of Italian children’s literature. Simona Roveda and Debora Danti, experts in children’s theatre, will present some of the most amusing of Rodari’s stories through theatrical readings. The performances will play with words, sounds and images, using some of the beautiful illustrations of Bruno Munari.

Monday 24th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema - Si può fareDirector: Giulio Manfredonia. With Claudio Bisio, Anita Caprioli, Giuseppe Battiston, Giorgio Colangeli, 111’ In Italian with English subtitles

Set in Italy in the early 1980s the film follows Nello (Claudio Bisio), the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pay for pushing boundaries too quickly. “We can do that” maintains a sometimes troubled, but ultimately unwavering faith in human nature and human potential. (IMDb)

Opera Theatre Company, as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations in 2016, has commissioned Roddy Doyle to create a brand new translation of Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera Don Giovanni. Set in Dublin, the opera will be performed at the Gaiety Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival at the end of September and at Cork Opera House in early October. Join us at the IIC to hear Roddy Doyle’s experience of translating this iconic opera, his views on literature and much more. The event will be moderated by Selena Daly, Lecturer in Italian Studies at University College Dublin.

Tuesday 25th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of Culture Free Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

A conversation with Roddy Doyle: Translating Don GiovanniEvent organised in partnership with the UCD Foundation for Italian Studies

Wexford Opera Festival Maria de Rudenz, Gaetano DonizettiOpera in 3 acts. Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano. Sung in Italian

Maria de Rudenz has been described as ‘perhaps the darkest of Donizetti’s tragedies’, which is saying something and may account in part for the opera’s long-standing neglect. This Autumn’s Irish première is the latest in a series of important Donizetti revivals at Wexford. It is surely no coincidence that Wexford Festival Opera’s lifetime has overlapped with Donizetti’s reversal of fortune – the composer who 65 years ago was all but written off as intellectually disreputable has now regained his rightful place in the operatic canon.

28th & 31st October, 3rd & 6th November - O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford Box Office +353 53 912 2144 / 1850 4 OPERA

Objects in Italian Life and Culture. Fiction, Migration, and Artificialityby Paolo Bartoloni - Book launch

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Italian life and culture are filled with objects that cross, accompany, facilitate or disrupt experience, desires, and dreams. Yet in spite of their ubiquity, theoretical engagement in the Italian context is still underdeveloped. Paolo Bartoloni investigates four typologies—the fictional, migrant, multicultural/transnational, and the artificial—to hypothesise that the ability to treat things as partners of emotional and creative expression creates a sense of identity predicated on inclusivity, openness, care, and attention.

Thursday 27th October - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Tuesday 1st November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Italian presence in IrelandA documentary by Concetto La Malfa

Italian journalist and author Concetto La Malfa will give a brief talk on the history of the Italian Community in Ireland followed by the screening of his documentary Italian Presence in Ireland. The 26 minute documentary tells the tale of the many Italians who have left a mark on the history of Ireland and assesses the transformation of the Italian community in Ireland from the beginning of last century to the present day. Concetto La Malfa is the editor of the Italian online magazine italvideonewstv.net.

Giovedì all’Opera - L’Italiana in AlgeriDirector: Davide Livermore. Conductor: José Ramón Encinar with Anna Goryachova, Alex Esposito, Yijie Shi, Mario Cassi, 153’

Introduction by Deirdre O’Grady, film in Italian with English subtitles. Pirates, shipwreck, and the triumph of feminine guile and coquetry over male chauvinism all combined to make Rossini’s tenth opera. The protagonist Isabella is a sparkling reflection of eighteenth-century refinement, married to a new freedom of musical and dramatic expression. The new buffo style - ‘organized lunacy’ in the words of Stendhal, provides entertainment through a varied range of emotions. Operatic patriotism makes a discreet appearance.

Thursday 3rd November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

The Institute is delighted to start an exciting and prestigious collaboration with the celebrated Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro. The screenings of Gioachino Rossini’s wonderful works will be introduced by Deirdre O’Grady, UCD Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies and will start on November 3rd with L’Italiana in Algeri. All the films in programme are produced by the Rossini Opera Festival and are remarkable for their filmic qualities as well as for the importance and beauty of voices, music, and staging. The Institute is collaborating with the Festival on a Special Rossini Night featuring artists and protagonists of the Festival. For more information and updates, please check our website and Fb page!

Giovedì all’Opera - Programme launch - Tutto Rossini In collaboration with the Rossini Opera Festival

Renzo Bragantini: Incontri con la prosa italiana di invenzioneIntroduced by Paolo Bartoloni. In Italian

Born in Venice (Italy), 1945, Renzo Bragantini lives in Rome. Graduated at the University of Rome (“La Sapienza”). Full professor of Italian literature, he has taught at the universities of Macerata, Venezia, Potenza and Udine. He currently teaches Italian Literature at the University of Rome (“La Sapienza”). The event will be introduced by Paolo Bartoloni (National University of Ireland - Galway). More details to follow.

Tuesday 8th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

The Taking of ChristAdvanced Research into Caravaggio’s Practice and Process. With Simone Mancini

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary and analytical (non-invasive) research project carried out by the National Gallery of Ireland conservation department. A contribution, based on scientific elements, towards the understanding of the change of the professional profile of great artists, from pure craftsmanship to creative power of intellectual needs. Simone Mancini is Head of Conservation in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Wednesday 9th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Monday 7th November - 6.30pmIrish Film InstituteFree Admission. More details to follow

Short Shorts from Europe. Due piedi sinistriIn collaboration with Eunic Ireland

During a shared celebration of “European Short Films”, each member of the EUNIC Ireland cluster (European Union National Institutes for Culture) presents a short film from their country. The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present the short film Due piedi sinistri by Isabella Salvetti. Set in a neighbourhood of Rome, the short film pictures the first meeting of Mirko and Luana, both twelve, who hit it off until an awful surprise leaves Mirko breathless.

Monday 14th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al cinema - Corpo CelesteDirector: Alice Rohrwacher. With Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia, Drama, 100’, 2012. In Italian with English subtitles

In a dismal urban landscape a congregation of the faithful has gathered to honour the Madonna. The scene is contemporary Italy, apparent in the cheap clothes worn by the crowd, the frightful music spewing from the loudspeakers and the digital picture. Corpo Celeste is the first full-length film by Alice Rohrwacher. The story of Marta gradually unfolds, a teenager struggling to come to grips with her body and religion, with her family and the church, but ultimately this beautiful child becomes a real cinema heroine. (T. Sotinel, The Guardian)

The Neurobiology of Depression. How to beat the disease of the 20th century? With Max Bianchi

Depression has chased human history and evolution: the Greek physician Hippocrates used to call it “melancholia” and one thousand years later the English writer Samuel Johnson nicknamed it the “black dog”. What are the biological alterations linked to a depressed brain and body? Max Bianchi (Trinity College Dublin) will address these questions and present the discoveries of his team, with the aim of facilitating the understanding of depression.

Thursday 10th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

BandabardòEuropean Tour

Bandabardò is a Florentine folk/rock group whose name is a tribute to Brigitte Bardot. The Bardò’s way of performing fits both the street set and the roaring set of sport arenas with about 150 concerts a year. Rock’n roll on the road anytime and anywhere between Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Spain, Switzerland and Slovenia alternated with van crashes and physical exhaustion made them one of the busiest touring Italian bands ever. Produced by TIJ events in collaboration with the IIC.

Wednesday 9th November - 8pm doors Opium Rooms, €19.50 adv / €23 doorBookings: 1890 200 078

COVERS REVOLUTION! Gli illustratori e il nuovo volto dell'editoria italiana

Istituto italiano di cultura, New York settembre - ottobre 2016

L'Istituto italiano di cultura di New York, dopo il successo dell'esposizione “Una Storia Americana. Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli, two Italian Illustrators in New York”, sta organizzando una mostra dedicata agli illustratori italiani che hanno rinnovato con il loro lavoro l'immagine di alcune collane editoriali delle maggiori case editrici italiane. La mostra avrà luogo a New York nel settembre - ottobre 2016. L'Istituto italiano di cultura di New York auspicherebbe di poter condividere il progetto con un Istituto italiano con sede in Europa. Le tavole in mostra a New York saranno 42, per le altre sedi in caso di maggior ampiezza degli spazi si potrebbe aumentare il numero delle tavole a 60. Gli illustratori invitati a partecipare alla mostra saranno Lorenzo Mattotti, Franco Matticchio, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, Emiliano Ponzi, Olimpia Zagnoli e Alessandro Gottardo. La selezione degli autori comprenderà dunque illustratori molti diversi tra loro, per generazione e per stile, ofrendo così una panoramica esaustiva delle più interessanti espressioni contemporanee in questo ambito della creatività.Le case editrici coinvolte nel progetto saranno: Einaudi, Garzanti, Salani, Minimum Fax, Feltrinelli, Guanda e Fandango. Nel catalogo, pubblicato da Corraini editore, saranno pubblicate più tavole rispetto a quelle esposte in mostra. Le immagini verranno corredate da interventi di Melania Gazzotti (curatrice della mostra), Stefano Salis (Sole 24 ore), Riccardo Falcinelli (art director Minimum fax), intervistato da Anna Zylic, e Cristiano Guerri (art director Feltrinelli), intervistato da Ivan Canu (direttore MiMaster). Si è scelto come editore Corraini perché ha un'ottima distribuzione in Italia e all'estero e una grande esperienza nell'ambito dell'illustrazione. In occasione delle mostra in una sede europea può essere organizzata una conferenza con alcuni illustratori e gli autori del catalogo.Nella promozione della mostra di New York verranno già comunicate le tappe successive della mostra.

Friday 18th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

COVERS REVOLUTION!Illustrators and the new face of Italian publishing

Covers Revolution! is aimed at highlighting how Italian illustrators have reinvented the image of the major Italian publishers. The exhibition features book covers designed by authors such as Lorenzo Mattotti, Franco Matticchio, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli. The exhibition is curated by Melania Gazzotti and produced in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in New York and Laboratorio Formentini in Milan. A catalogue will be published for the occasion by Corraini Editions.

Giovedì all’Opera - Ciro in BabiloniaDirector: Davide Livermore. Conductor: Will Crutchfield with Ewa Podleś, Jessica Pratt, Michael Spyres, Mirco Palazzi, 165’

Introduction by Deirdre O’Grady, film in Italian with English subtitles. Aventi’s libretto reflects the eighteenth-century enlightenment conflict between freedom and tyranny. It treats of the threatening of a grieving woman, Amira wife of Ciro, by Baldassare King of Babylon, while using her son as a pawn. Ciro in disguise gains access to the court of the tyrant but on being discovered is condemned to death. He is freed when the Persian army conquers Babylon. A ‘semi-serious’ opera which combines heroic endurance, family values and a happy ending.

Thursday 17th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Tuesday 15th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Remembering Natalia Ginzburg 100 years onwith Ursula Fanning, Enrica Ferrara and Silvia Ross

Natalia Ginzburg is one of the best-known Italian writers of the twentieth century. What is most striking about her work, and what is still relevant for us today?Ursula Fanning (University College Dublin), Enrica Maria Ferrara (Trinity College Dublin) and Silvia Ross (University College Cork) will give short talks on various aspects of Ginzburg’s work; Paul Fanning (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra) will provide a musical counterpoint.

Monday 28th November - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema - Effedia, sulla mia cattiva stradaDocumentary on Italian artist Fabrizio De André in collaboration with Fondazione De André. TBC

Born into a rich Genoese family in 1940, De André quickly showed both musical talent and a rebellious streak. He dropped out of law school after receiving royalties from a song he sold to the famous Italian pop star Mina. This song was the first evidence of his lifelong fascination with the low-life characters populating Genoa’s back streets. De André famously sang: “Nothing grows on diamonds, flowers grow in the dung.”This documentary features songs and interviews with De André and other people related to the artist and his music.

99 Posse + Modena City RamblersResistenza Globale Tour

Resistenza Globale tour comes to Dublin! Two of the most engaging and popular Italian bands, 99 Posse and Modena City Ramblers, will perform in Dublin after a series of sold out gigs that consolidated their collaboration in 2015.Born as an experiment the Resistenza Globale tour has garnered critical acclaim and seen thousands of people dancing in London, Paris, Bruxelles and Amsterdam. Produced by TIJ events in collaboration with the IIC.

Tuesday 22nd November - 8pm doors Opium Rooms, €20 adv / €25 doorBookings: +353 1 526 7711

Settimana dell’Alta Cucina Italiana 21st - 25th NovemberThe IIC in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is pleased to present a week of Italian Haute Cuisine. Italian cuisine and its high-end food products are an integral part of Italian culture that speak of Italy to millions of consumers worldwide. More details on initiatives, workshops and events to follow.

Monday 5th December - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema:La Selva delle Lettere - Giorgio BassaniCelebrating Bassani’s 100th anniversary

Shot in Bassani’s Ferrara, near the Po’s delta and in Fassoli, the documentary is part of the Tv series La selva delle lettere produced by Pupi Avati and deals with Bassani’s relationship with his hometown. The film includes interviews to Paola Bassani, Valerio Bozzi, Umberto Caniatto, Claudio Cazzola, Antonella Guarnieri, Oreste “Gavino” Mondo, Silvana Onofri, Franco Varini and Gianni Venturi. Giorgio Bassani is an Italian writer whose novels - among them The Garden Of The Finzi-Contini - are among the most beautiful in 20th century Italian literature.

The Essential Brendan Kennelly moves to ItalyBook launch. More details TBA

A selection of Brendan Kennelly’s poems, chosen from the latest collection, The Essential Brendan Kennelly. Selected Poems (edited by Terence Brown & Michael Longley, Bloodaxe 2011), has been translated into Italian.The volume, published by Jaca Book, is edited by Giuliana Bendelli and contains poems translated by Rosangela Barone, Giuliana Bendelli and Melita Cataldi.

Friday 9th December - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Giovedì all’Opera - Il Turco in ItaliaDirector: Guido De Monticelli. Conductor: Antonello Allemandi with Marco Vinco, Alessandra Marianelli, Andrea Concetti, Filippo Adami, Bruno Taddia, 165’

Introduction by Deirdre O’Grady, film in Italian with English subtitles. A poet in search of a plot, a Turk in search of an Italian wife, and a spoiled Neapolitan wife who needs to be taught a lesson. This is the subject of Rossini’s charming comedy Il Turco in Italia. The opera humorously confronts Italian and Turkish customs, and parodies the Italian Cicisbeo / Cavalier Servente, the approved gallant of aristocratic married women in eighteenth and nineteenth century Italy. This traditional production highlights character interaction in colourful staging and costuming.

Thursday 1st December - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Monday 19th December - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema - Il papà di GiovannaDirector: Pupi Avati. With Silvio Orlando, Alba Rohrwacher, Francesca Neri, Ezio Greggio. Drama, 104 In Italian with English subtitles’

A father’s love for his troubled daughter may be the only thing that can save her in this drama from writer and director Pupi Avati. In Bologna in the late 1930s, Michele Casali (Silvio Orlando) teaches design at the same institute where his daughter Giovanna (Alba Rohrwacher) studies. Michele is a loving father but overprotective. He does not recognize the mental health problems of his daughter, and can not save her from a tragic fate (IMDb).

Giovedì all’Opera - La cambiale di matrimonioDirector: Gaetano Rossi. Conductor: Luigi Squarzina with Paolo Bordogna, Désirée Rancatore, Saimir Pirgu, 83’

Introduction by Deirdre O’Grady, film in Italian with English subtitles. Set in England in the house of the merchant Tobia Mill Rossini’s first opera contains many future Rossinian musical and dramatic devices. The plot, in true Commedia dell’Arte manner tells of an older suitor Slook, an American/Canadian merchant, who seeks the hand of the young Miss Fanny. Female independence is established as she insists she won’t be treated as a piece of merchandise. The delightful and entertaining production by Luigi Sguarzina highlights aspects of the English Pantomime.

Thursday 15th December - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Monday 12th December - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - RSVP iicdublino@esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema - Un ragazzo d’oroDirected by Pupi Avati. With Riccardo Scamarcio, Sharon Stone, Cristiana Capotondi, Giovanna Ralli, 102’ In Italian with English subtitles

Un ragazzo d’oro (A Golden Boy), tells the story of Davide Bias. In the past, Bias’s father, Ettore, was a writer of mediocre films. After the mysterious death of his father, which could have been a suicide, Davide returns to live with his mother in Rome. The greatest desire of the deceased Ettore was to be closer to Ludovica (Sharon Stone), a publisher who was planning to publish his autobiography. Seeking to better understand his father’s motives, and fascinated by the presence of this seductive woman, Davide decides to write the autobiography in secret, in the place of his father.

AUGUSTDAY TIME PLACE EVENTTue 23rd 6.30pm IIC Aquileia - Crossroad of the Roman EmpireThu 25th 6.30pm IIC The Never Ending Road and Walkabout Italia

SEPTEMBERDAY TIME PLACE EVENTThu 1st 6.30pm IIC Close Encounters with Italian Science Fiction

Thu 8th 6.30pm IIC Music and Mathematics in J.S. Bach with Benedetto Scimemi

Wed 14th 6.30pm IIC Stefano Benni - To be confirmed Fri 16th 6.30pm IIC Culture NightMon 19th 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema: Il vento fa il suo giroThu 22nd 6.30pm IIC Celati: Translation, Tradition, RewritingMon 26th 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema - L’Industriale

Tue 27th 5pmRoyal Irish Academy Translating Anne Enright

Wed 28th 6.30pm IIC International Composition Competition “Nino Iammarino” - Award Ceremony

OCTOBERDAY TIME PLACE EVENTMon 3rd 6.30pm IIC Maria Attanasio, storia e poesiaThu 6th 6.30pm IIC

Musical Paths from Puglia and Ireland with Coro Giovanile PuglieseFri 7th 1.05pm NCH

Sat 8th 8pm Unitarian ChurchMon 10th 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema - Signorina EffeTue 11th 6.30pm IIC In conversation with Ann GoldsteinWed 12th 6.30pm IIC Gianrico Carofiglio on “A Fine Line”

Fri 14th 6.30pm IIC Leonardo Da Vinci and the Unity of Knowledge with Pietro Marani

Mon 17st

to Fri 23rd

XVI Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo 16th Week of the Italian Language in the World

Tue 18th 6.30pm IIC Mary Norris - Comma Queen invades Italy

Wed 19th 8pmIrish Architectural

Archive Il coraggio del proprio tempo

Fri 21st 4.30pm & 6pm

IIC The Colours of Imagination. When playful words meet creative design

Mon 24th 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema - Si può fareTue 25th 6.30pm IIC Roddy Doyle on translating Don Giovanni

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NOVEMBERDAY TIME PLACE EVENT

Tue 1st 6.30pm IIC Italian presence in Ireland by Concetto La Malfa

Thu 3rd & Sun 6th

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Wexford Festival Opera Maria de Rudenz, Donizetti

Thu 3rd 6.30pm IIC Giovedì all’Opera - L’Italiana in Algeri

Mon 7th 6.30pmIrish Film Institute Short Shorts from Europe

Tue 8th 6.30pm IIC Renzo Bragantini - Narrativa Italiana d’invenzione

Wed 9th 6.30pm IIC Simone Mancini on Caravaggio’s Practice and Process

Wed 9th 8pm Opium Rooms BandabardòThu 10th 6.30pm IIC The Neurobiology of DepressionMon 14th 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema - Corpo CelesteTue 15th 6.30pm IIC Remembering Natalia Ginzburg 100 years onThu 17th 6.30pm IIC Giovedì all’Opera - Ciro in BabiloniaFri 18th 6.30pm IIC Covers Revolution! Exhibition opening nightMon 21st

to Fri 25th More details to follow Settimana dell’Alta Cucina Italiana

Tue 22nd 8pm Opium Rooms 99 Posse + Modena City Ramblers

Mon 28th 6.30pm IIC Effedia, sulla mia cattiva strada: a film on Fabrizio De André

DECEMBERDAY TIME PLACE EVENTThu 1st 6.30pm IIC Giovedì all’Opera - Il Turco in ItaliaMon 5th 6.30pm IIC Bassani, 100 years onFri 9th 6.30pm IIC Brendan Kennelly in ItalianMon 12th 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema - Un ragazzo d’oroThu 15th 6.30pm IIC Giovedì all’Opera - La cambiale di matrimonioMon 19th 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema - Il papà di Giovanna

OCTOBERDAY TIME PLACE EVENTThu 27th 6.30pm IIC Paolo Bartoloni on Italian Life and Culture. Fri 28th & Mon 31st

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