Lunedì al Cinema – Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue
Leo is 16. Everything he cannot stand is white: school, teachers, silence, fear. Everything he loves is red: music on his iPod, his soccer team, the blood in his veins – and the colour of Beatrice’s hair. She’s the most beautiful girl in school and he watches her from a distance. But the girl suffers […]
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CANCELLED – Rinascimento in progress. Florence: from museum to lab – with Sergio Risaliti and Paolo Bartoloni
Florence is known all over the world as the culla del rinascimento. Yet, in the past few years something has changed. No more just the cradle of the Renaissance nor a showcase for the contemporary, Florence is trying to function as a laboratory for the present. By clashing with the past, the city is breaking […]
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MUSIC WITH THE IIC – Sophie Pardatscher & Barbara Panzarella
Born in Merano in 1998, the young clarinetist Sophie Pardatscher, winner of the International Competition “Saverio Mercadante”, played as a soloist with different orchestras, inter alia with the orchestra of the Conservatoire Claudio Monteverdi in autumn 2016.Barbara Panzarella, born in Lamezia Terme in 1990, started studying piano at the age of 5. She regularly performs […]
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EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe
EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe lands in Dublin after the summer date at Galway Film Fleadh! Action, animation, drama – expect this and more from Short Shorts – a selection of European short films from the home countries of seven members of EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture).Let Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, […]
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Homage to Dario Fo – with Mario Pirovano and Joseph Farrell
Although once denounced by the Vatican for supposed blasphemy, Dario Fo came to admire both Pope Francis and Francis of Assisi. His monologue Francis the Holy Jester is an act of homage to the saint, deftly translated into English by Mario Pirovano, actor and long-time collaborator with Fo, who will perform his own version of […]
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18th Week of the Italian Language in the World – “Digital Graals” with Roberto Casati
Technologies have fascinated artists, educators, writers, communicators. Do they deliver on their promises? Is the new digital age an age of empowerment or of diminution? There is no uniform answer to these questions. But after a quarter of a century of fast changing landscapes, we can start looking at effective strategies for negotiating the technological […]
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Max Gazzè – La Favola di Adamo ed Eva 20th anniversary
In 1998 Max Gazzè, one of the most popular Italian storytellers, shared with the world his reimagined ironic fairytale about Adam and Eve, accompanied by a timeless sound marked by his bass as a perfect metronome. 20 years later, the artists wants to celebreate this milestone with all his fans across Europe and bring back […]
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18th Week of the Italian Language in the World – Surfing in Hell: Dante’s Social Media and Online Presence(s) – with Daragh O’ Connell
What if Dante had a Facebook account? Or a Twitter feed? What would be the nature of his WhatsApp chats? All this and more, will be explored in an investigation of Dante’s ubiquitous online presence, both real and imagined. Daragh O’Connell is a lecturer in the Department of Italian in UCC. Head of Research in […]
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Italian opera at Wexford Festival Opera
Join us at the Wexford Festival Opera to enjoy a series of classic Italian masterpieces. With a unique vision, outstanding production values and spectacular setting in a beautiful small town, Wexford Festival Opera is a remarkable success story that looks set to continue for many years to come. This year’s festival offers you a unique […]
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I colori della ragione – performance on architect Franca Helg
I colori della ragione (“The colours of reason”) is a theatrical performance dedicated to the architect Franca Helg, a great example of a free and empowered woman who made her way in a male-dominated field. Throughout the play, music, words and movement shape a dimensional space gradually framed by the actress with a red thread. […]
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