#iorestoacasa // Resources for kids
Schools are closed, access to outdoor activities is limited and our Cinema dei Piccoli is currently on a break: entertaining the little ones while self isolating can be hard! Here’s a list of online resources for children – some are fun, some are instructional, the majority of them are both! Piccolaradio – Radio3 Raiwww.raiplayradio.it/programmi/piccolaradio/ Radio […]
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#iorestoacasa // Online resources to improve your Italian
Here’s a list of web resources to improve your Italian while self-isolating, useful for both our current students and anyone with an interest in learning Italian. Accademia della Cruscawww.accademiadellacrusca.it Treccani – Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed artiwww.treccani.it La Lingua Batte – Rai Radio3www.raiplayradio.it/programmi/lalinguabatte/ Ad Alta Voce – Rai Radio 3www.raiplayradio.it/programmi/adaltavoce/ Speak Italianohttps://www.listennotes.com/it/podcasts/speak-italiano-pensieri-e-parole-linda-riolo-1J0p_2izabw/ Rai DOP […]
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#iorestoacasa // Online science for all
Updates from experts on the current Covid-19 pandemic, kid-friendly science experiments, lectures on physics and chemistry, intergalactic journeys: here are some captivating online resources on science and technology in Italian. Rai Cultura – Scienzawww.raicultura.it/scienza/ Radio3 Scienzawww.raiplayradio.it/programmi/radio3scienza/ Treccaniwww.treccani.it Le Scienzewww.lescienze.it Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo Da Vinci – #storieaportechiusewww.museoscienza.org MUSE – Museo delle Scienze di […]
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DIFF – Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival
The Dublin International Film Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media and currently ongoing, is Ireland’s premier event, taking place in February each year. DIFF curates and presents the best in emerging international and Irish film and moving image culture for a wide audience through its flagship annual festival, which aims to offer memorable experiences through audience […]
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Do Re Quack Gulp: How Cathy Berberian turned comic strips into music scores
In 1966 Cathy Berberian — called ‘Callas of the avant-garde’ by numerous contemporary composers — was in search of new vocal stimuli. With the support of Umberto Eco, her friend and admirer, she composed and performed a “Comics Opera” made of a series of comic-strip onomatopoeias. The painter Eugenio Carmi then joined in and illustrated […]
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Il Cinema dei Piccoli // Pinocchio
Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He calls him Pinocchio. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the puppet moves and is gifted with a life of its own. But the lively […]
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Il Cinema dei Piccoli // La freccia azzurra
Every year at Christmas time the good witch Befana flies on her broom delivering toys to all the well-behaved children of Italy. But this year Befana falls ill and is forced to hand her delivery duties over to the sneaky and conniving Scarafoni, her evil assistant, who only wants to please the children of the […]
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Lunedì al Cinema // Puccini e la fanciulla
In 1909, while famous opera composer Giacomo Puccini is totally engrossed with the writing of La fanciulla del West, a complex intrigue swirls around him, his step-daughter Fosca, the young maid Doria, Fosca’s mother Elvira, and Giulia, who works as a waitress in the “Chalet da Emilio” in front of Puccini’s villa in Torre del […]
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Lunedì al Cinema // L’uomo che non cambiò la storia
The “man who didn’t change history” was a university professor: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli, esteemed Italian scholar of Roman art, a founding father of modern archaeology and staunchly anti-fascist. Things came to a head over Hitler’s famous journey to Italy in 1938, when Bandinelli was invited to accompany Mussolini and the Führer, serving as tour guide […]
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Shaping Italian society – with Niamh Cullen, John Foot and Patrick McGauley
This event marks the publication of two new books exploring Italy’s recent history from different angles. Patrick McGauley’s Matera, 1945-1960: The History of a ‘National Disgrace’ is a case study of Italy’s ‘southern question’ and ideas of national shame, while Love, Honour and Jealousy: The Intimate history of the Italian Economic Miracle by Niamh Cullen […]
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