30 + 1: Italo Calvino
A commemoration of Italo Calvino (who died in 1985), seen as an influentially international writer, deeply intercultural, linked intertextually to traditions such as the Renaissance and Modernism, and open to the future to the point of anticipating post-human concerns. Some presentations on Calvino’s work will be followed by readings in English, Chinese and Italian from […]
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Lunedì al cinema – Effedia, sulla mia cattiva strada
Lunedì al cinema Effedia, sulla mia cattiva strada Duration: 109’ | In Italian with English subtitles Documentary on Italian artist Fabrizio De André in collaboration with Fondazione De André. 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 […]
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99 Posse + Modena City Ramblers – Resistenza Globale Tour
99 Posse + Modena City Ramblers – Resistenza Globale Tour Opium Rooms, Wexford Street, Dublin2 Tickets: €20 presales / €25 doors – Doors: 19:30 For further information and tickets: 1890 200 078 or click HERE Resistenza Globale tour comes to Dublin! Two of the most engaging and popular Italian bands, 99 Posse and Modena City Ramblers, will […]
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Exclusive Balsamic vinegar tasting with Acetaia Giusti, the world’s most prestigious producer of Balsamic Vinegar
Acetaia Giusti and Italicatessen will be your guide for an evening dedicated to the world of balsamic vinegar.Michele Sartori from Acetaia Giusti will recount the compelling story of his company, which is one of the oldest businesses in the world. Michele will also share his expertise on the product and explain how to recognise a […]
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Our Italy, Itinerari Gastronomici – Book Launch
Flavour of Italy has always been synonymous with great Italian food & wine.So the time has come to invite you to join us and visit some very special Italian places where we source our artisan products. Come and meet the mothers and grandmothers whose recipes we use at our Italian School of Cooking. Take a […]
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Cover Revolution! Illustrators and the New Face of Italian Publishing
Cover Revolution! Illustrators and the New Face of Italian Publishing Franco Matticchio, Lorenzo Mattotti, Emiliano Ponzi, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, and Olimpia Zagnoli. A revolution is taking place on Italian bookstores shelves: more and more often illustrators are being asked to use their color palettes and distinctive marks to update publishers’ visual identities or redefine […]
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Thursday at the Opera – Ciro in Babilonia
Introduction by Deirdre O’Grady, UCD Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies. Film in Italian with English subtitles. Rossini/Aventi, Ciro in Babilonia/Cyrus in Babylon Ferrara 1812 Amira: ‘È di madre il pianto mio/È di sposa il mio dolor’ ‘My tears are that of a mother/My sorrow that of a spouse’. The plot is […]
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Remembering Natalia Ginzburg 100 years on
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 […]
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Monday at the Cinema – Corpo Celeste
Lunedì al cinema – Corpo Celeste Director: 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, […]
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The Neurobiology of Depression. How to beat the disease of the 21st century? With Max Bianchi
The Neurobiology of depression: How to beat the disease of the 21st century? 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”. The musician Nick Drake described his depression in the song “Black […]
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