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Radioavela and the thousand sailors
The Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne,
on the occasion of the official date of the 150th anniversary
of Italian Unification,
supports the overland trip of Emiliano Grasso from Melbourne
to Rome
in the footsteps of Raffaello Carboni and Tiziano Terzani.
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What's on in October 2011
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 Language and Culture Courses at the IIC
Term 4:
10 October
- 16 December
Great news in Term 4 at the IIC, Melbourne
Free introduction to Yoga Seminar (Click here for more information)
For those who want to know Italian culture better and its unique lifestyle LEARN Italian, SPEAK Italian FEEL Italian: all levels offered in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference. Enroll now in the right seminar for you: YOGA if you need to improve your breathing or PHOTOGRAPHY if you want to give your shots a personal touch or FASHION MAKE-OVER if you are definitely after a new "look"! For further information visit our website or call 03 9866 5931 Click here to download the brochure.
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 MELMI Exchange Project - Fund raising evening Art, solo performance, arias and more
7.00pm, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at the IIC
Presented by the Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, in collaboration with the Melmi Exchange Project, this special event will give you the opportunity to enjoy art, performance, projections and arias from the Italian melodrama to motivate a successful fundraising evening for the Melmi Exchange Project.
The Melmi Exchange Project is a programme between the cities of Melbourne and Milan whose aim is to facilitate learning and cultural exchanges involving young people with disabilities in Australia and Italy together with their families as well as volunteers and staff members of participating agencies.
MELMI has been organizing exchange visits on an annual basis (alternating delegation visits in Melbourne and Milan) since February 2010.
The highlight of the evening will be Cinzia Ciaramicoli's solo performance in English, "La nascita del tempo" (Birth of Time). It is a free adaptation of the Greek mythos of Chaos based on the book by Franco Lorenzoni "Con il cielo negli occhi" (With the sky in the eyes).
Admission: By donation(Minimum $15)
For bookings please contact 03 9866 5931 or bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it
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Freeform Thinking Sculptural works by Sante Monachesi (1910-1991)
From Friday, October 14 to Saturday October 29, 2011 at GAD (Gallery of Australian Design) in Canberra
The Perspex and foam works by Monachesi originally curated by Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli and Marina Gargiulo at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, will be shown for the first time in Australia at the Gallery of Australian Design in conjunction with the Italian Embassy, Canberra.
Monachesi worked as both painter and sculptor and was ahead of his time when it came to working with industrial materials in the 1950's and 60's. These extraordinary sculptural forms embody lightness, rigidity, absorption and reflection while hinting at Monachesi's non conformist attitude to making art. A must see exhibition for 2011.
Free admission
For more inforamtion, visit the gallery's website www.gad.org.au
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6.00 p.m. Friday, October 14 to Saturday October 29, 2011 at 501 Receptions, Barkly Street, Footscray
In its nineteenth year of operation, the Literary Academy of Italo-Australian Writers (A.L.I.A.S.) continues to offer writers, poets, artists, actors, musicians and singers the opportunity to present their work in a welcoming atmosphere. Meetings take place at the Nancye Kirchner Neighbourhood Centre on the first Thursday of each month from 7.00pm-11.00pm.
Each year a competition is held with prizes being awarded within the categories of poetry, narrative, art and 'first steps' for children. On this occasion proceedings will be opened by the Consul General of Italy, Dott. Marco Matacotta Cordella. Presenters for the evening will include Frank Di Blasi and Sabrina Goria. The evening will also feature performances by the singer Aurora Bruno and the A.L.I.A.S. Choir directed by Nicodemo La Rosa.
Admission:$40.00 For further information and bookings please contact Giovanna Guzzardi on: T. (03) 9337 1680 E. giovanna@alias.org.au |
 The Euro Crisis, Causes and Possible Solutions with Loretta Napoleoni
(In English) 10.00a.m.-1.00pp.m, Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Monash University (Caulfield Campus), 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East On this occasion renowned Italian economist and author Loretta Napoleoni will be giving a highly topical keynote speech entitled 'The Euro Crisis, Causes and Possible Solutions'. Following some light refreshments a panel discussion regarding the future of the Euro will take place. Panelists to be confirmed shortly. Please check our website for more details.
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 Focus on Bertolucci
Thursday, October 20 - Tuesday, November 08, 2011 at ACMI Born in Italy in 1941, Bernardo Bertolucci is one of the most acclaimed auteurs in the history of cinema, fusing stylistic lyricism with provocative explorations of sexuality and ideology. Bertolucci moved confidently beyond the influence of his early mentors, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jean-Luc Godard, to develop a distinctive voice, often best elaborated in partnership with his long-time cinematographer, Vittorio Storaro.
This retrospective offers a rare opportunity to view Bertolucci's work as it deserves to be seen, on magnificent new 35mm prints. Concession priced tickets are available to IIC Members.
For tickets and timetables, please check the ACMI website . |
(In English)
4.15pm - 5.15pm, Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Duneira, Officer Lane, Mt Macedon
In this lecture Loretta Napoleoni will discuss her latest book Maonomics, a personal interpretation of the Chinese economic miracle.
Loretta Napoleoni is the best selling author of Terror Incorporated and Insurgent Iraq. She is an expert on financing of terrorism and advises several governments on counter-terrorism. As Chairman of the countering terrorism financing group for the Club de Madrid, Napoleoni brought heads of state from around the world together to create a new strategy for combating the financing of terror networks. Napoleoni is a regular media commentator for CNN, Sky and the BBC. She lectures regularly around the world on economics, terrorism and money laundering. Napoleoni has written two novels and several non-fiction books, including Modern Jihad: tracing the dollars behind the terror networks; Rogue Economics and Terror and the Economy. Her books are translated into 18 languages including Chinese and Arabic.
Tickets: $25.00 full - $20.00 concession.
For bookings please contact 5426 1490 or www.duneira.com.au
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Music from the Risorgimento
3.00pm on Sunday, October 30, 2011at Norwood Concert Hall, George Street, Norwood, SA
Concert to celebrate the Unification of Italy.Concert to celebrate the Unification of Italy.
Tickets and information available from the Italian Cultural Association Inc/ Patronato Epasa/Cesare Lastella: T. 8231 9446 or 0412 390 256 - E. Epasaaus@chariot.net.au
Sponsored by: the Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, Cibo Espresso, Patronato Epasa/Cna; IGA Supermarket; Payneham Mausoleum, Croydon Foodland; Italian Benelonent Foundation; Festival City wine & Spirit; John Davis Music; Romeo Foodland; Get Gresh Fruit & Veg; Nick Scali; Multicultural SA.
Admission: $30.00 - $25.00 (concession)
Tickets and information available from the Italian Cultural Association Inc/ Patronato Epasa/Cesare Lastella: T. 8231 9446 or 0412 390 256 - E. Epasaaus@chariot.net.au
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 Lavazza Italian Film Festival
Adelaide
Wed 12 Oct - Sun 30 Oct,
Perth
Thu 13 Oct - Wed 26 Oct, Brisbane
Wed 5 Oct - Sun 23 Oct
The Italian organist Mario Duella returns to the Melbourne Town Hall to perform with Melbourne keyboard favourite Anthony Halliday at the piano.
These two exeptional performers will play a diverse repertoire of enjoyable classical music including marches by Guilmant and Widor, a rhapsody by Liszt and Italian treats from Verdi and Halliday.
There will also be a new composition: Theme and Variations on Fratelli d'Italia by Anthony Halliday, commissioned by the City of Melbourne.
In celebration of the Melbourne Milan Sister City relationship, Melbourne composer and keyboard maestro Anthony Halliday has written a new work based on the Italian National Anthem. Anthony's compositions vary from solo motets to large-scale masses and have been performed across Europe and Australasia.
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Between sea and sky: Songs of a voyage -
Paintings by Billy Doolan
Until Friday December 30, 2011 at the IIC
An absolute world first, this unique exhibition presents a series of paintings depicting the island of Sicily through the eyes of the Queensland indigenous artist Billy Doolan. The paintings, created using the indigenous iconography of the artists' homeland - far north Qld and Palm Island - express, with stunning lyricism, the impact that Sicily, its people, traditions and history have had on the artist...(Click here for further information)
Monday to Thursday: 9.00am-1.00pm and 2.00pm -6.00pm, Friday: 9.00am-1.00pm
Free Admission
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