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IIC Membership
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IIC Melbourne
Membership Benefits
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Discounts on events organised by the Institute
*Discounts on some of the events with which the Institute is involved in either a supporting or collaborative capacity such as the Italian Film Festival and Melbourne City Opera
*Frequent give aways such as cinema and concert tickets
*Information regarding over 100 scholarships to Italy exclusively available to Institute members
*Access and borrowing rights to the Institute library and resources including over 11,000 volumes, magazines, DVDs, CDs and videocassettes
*$10.00 discount off
NGV membership
*10% discount of
Italian Villa Vacation
*10% discount off
*Restaurant Partners
(Please note that benefits at partner restaurants may only be redeemed upon presentation of Member's non-transferable Card. Offers are valid once only per day at any given restaurant.)
10% discounts at:
- Café Latte (Toorak)
- Ecco Restaurant (South Yarra)
- Fleischer Cakes (Malvern)
- Pizzette (South Yarra)
- San Luca (South Yarra)
- Sotto e Sopra
(Melbourne)
-Seasons Provedore (Carlton)
20% discount off drinks at:
-The Italian Corner
(Fitzroy)
(On the evenings "Aperitivo Italiano" every Friday evening from 6.30pm onwards)
A free glass of wine upon purchase of a meal at:
-La Notte
(Carlton)
2 for 1 gelatos at:
-Tutto Bene
(Southgate)
A free cup of coffee with a purchase of $3.00 or more at:
-Brunetti
(Camberwell)
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What's on in January 2012
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 Summer Intensive Course - Italian for Travellers
7-14-21-28 January 2012
"Mi scusi, vorrei un biglietto", "A che ora parte il treno per Venezia?"....... are you ready for your next trip to Italy?
This is an intensive course offering the best preparation for a full immersion into Italian life. Lessons will take place in a relaxed and enjoyable environment, providing the students with the basics of grammar and vocabulary in order to communicate in simple everyday situations. The course is suitable for complete beginners.
Course Fee: $325/ $305 concession (Textbook included) Textbook: Italian phrasebook by Lonely Planet with 2 CDs and handouts provided by the teacher during the classes.
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 IIC Language and Culture Courses: 2012 Term 1
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.
Our courses consists of general Italian courses, conversation courses and culture courses. We also offer private tuition which can be arranged upon request.
Advanced students can enjoy a new conversation course in this term: Riviste e quotidiani. This course, which has a focus on Italian language in the media, such as TV, radio and the internet, is suitable for students that have already reached an advanced level of competence in Italian and would like to further their knowledge of Italian culture.
For general courses click here to download the brochure.
For private tuition click here to download the brochure.
For further information check our website or call 03 9866 5931.
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 New Additions to the Library
From 11 January 2012 The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to announce the addition of 5 new Lavazza Italian Film Festival DVD Box Sets to its library. Relive the highlights of the 2004-2010 Film Festivals with these collective box sets.
DVDs available for loan from 11 January 2012.
The IIC library loans service is available only to current members and students. To become a member please click here. |
 Big Mamma's Boy - DVD Give Away
5 Copies for IIC Members
(In English)
Madman Entertainment is proud to release 'Big Mamma's Boy' on DVD on 21 December. An hilarious Italian-Australian movie, 'Big Mamma's Boy' is about the trials and tribulations of Rocco (Frank Lotito) as he struggles to choose between the two loves of his life - his girlfriend Katie (Holly Valance) and his doting, over-protective Italian mother (Carmelina Di Guglielmo).
Madman Entertainment and the Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, will be giving away five copies of the DVD (valued at $34.95 each) to the first five IIC members to respond to this e-newsletter.
To receive a copy of Big Mamma's Boy DVD, please e-mail us at bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it with your details (Name, address and contact number). We have only 5 copies available for this MEMBER'S ONLY give-away. Only winners will be notified and will be mailed a copy of the DVD. |
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IIC Membership Benefits
Students and paying member enjoy membership benefits including:
- access to the IIC multimedia library (Italian books, magazines, newspapers, CDs and DVDs)
- discounts to selected ticketed cultural events ( music, cinema, lectures and live performances)
- $10.00 discount off NGV membership
- discounts and free offers at a number of Italian restaurants in Melbourne: view the latest offers
 Italian Corners (Fitzroy)- Seasons Provedore (Carlton)
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 Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields - A Festival of Fine Music in Historic Venues
Friday, January 13, 2012 - Sunday, January 22, 2012 in Ballarat, Castlemaine, Daylesfold and Melbourne
For ten days each January, the Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields winds its way through the Ballarat goldfields region, holding 25 one hour recitals in heritage churches and halls built following the discovery of gold.
Founded by Italian musician Sergio de Pieri, who comes each year from Venice in his role as director, it is not surprising that the festival always celebrates Italy's rich musical culture. Since 1996 when the festival began, not only has Sergio de Pieri has persuaded many Italian musicians to make the long journey to Australia to perform: he has also inspired some of Australia's finest musicians to give recitals of the Italian composers including Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Verdi, the music of the Italian Rennaissance - often bringing this wonderful music to new audiences.
In January 2012, special guests from Italy will be the renowned ensemble the Interpreti Veneziani, Massimo Scattolin and Roberto Fabbriciani.
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 Interpreti Veneziani
8.00 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at St Michael's Church (cnr Collins St and Russell St, Melbourne)
Following their performance at the Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival the world renowned Interpreti Veneziani will perform a post-festival recital at St Michael's Church in Melbourne. Please see programme in attachment.
The talent of the members of this group, their expertise as soloists and ensemble musicians and the high level of their performances have earned the Interpreti an enthusiastic welcome from both audiences and critics.
Their important achievements include appearances in the Melbourne Festival, in the Bayruth Festival and concerts at Stockholm's Royal Palace, participation in the World Vision telemarathon at the Kirov Theatre to mark the "reinstatement of the name St. Petersburg", a concert at the Osaka "Symphony Hall" in live broadcast for Japanese radio, concerts at the Tokyo "Suntory Hall" and "Kjoi Hall" and appearances in glamorous seasonal concert such as those of Sapporo and Yokohama during six tours in Japan.
The Interpreti Veneziani have had several tours in Australia and have been invited many times in America (Bahamas, Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia. In January 2007 they had their first tour in the United States where they have continued to perform every year. In October the will be performing in South America, playing in the main cities.
The Interpreti Veneziani's recording activity includes production of a first compact disc with the music publishers Musikstrasse with music by Giuseppe Tartini and 18 compact discs recorded with Rivo Alto.
For the last 24 years, the Interpreti Veneziani have performed over 200 seasonal concerts at San Vidal Church in Venice.
Admission: $35/$20(Concession)
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 The Image and the Memory
Until Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The exhibition 'The Image and the Memory' by Giuseppe Leone includes approximately 40 images of Sicily today and yesterday, represented through its most beautiful piazzas during special moments such as parties, games and meetings.
Giuseppe Leone was born in Ragusa where he currently lives and works, and has a gallery and photographic studio. His works developed at 360° and he has had publications regarding landscapes, architecture, popular festivals, anthropology and fashion. He works for both national and international magazines in color as well as in his preferred black and white.
Free Admission
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday: 9.00am-1.00pm and 2.00pm -6.00pm, Friday: 9.00am-1.00pm
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Between sea and sky: Songs of a voyage -
Paintings by Billy Doolan
Until Wednesday February 29, 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)
Free Admission
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday: 9.00am-1.00pm and 2.00pm -6.00pm, Friday: 9.00am-1.00pm
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RENAISSANCE
Raphael - Botticelli - Bellini - Titian 15th and 16th Century Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
Until Monday, April 09, 2012 at National Gallery of Australia (Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra)
This unique exhibition offers audiences an unparalleled chance to see Early and High Renaissance paintings by some of the greatest European artists. Raphael, Botticelli, Bellini and Titian are represented among an amazing gamut of talent and creative splendour. More than 70 works on canvas and panel will be on display, made between 1400 and 1600 by painters in northern and central Italy.
Of extraordinary quality, the paintings come from Venice, Florence, Padua, Ferrara, Bergamo and Siena. Subjects range from touching depictions of the Madonna and Child, the lives of the Saints and moving renditions of the Crucifixion to insightful portraits of nobles. The genius of Raphael and Titian is known to all, but lesser known painters such as Tura, Crivelli, Lotto, Carpaccio, Perugino and Moroni will also announce their prodigious talents.
Click here to read our introduction to this exhibition.
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