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Earthquake in Italy
Emilia Romagna suffers a second fatal earthquake in 10 days. The magnitude 5.8 quake hit the Emilia Romagna region on Wednesday 30 May, damaging buildings and causing panic among residents living in tents after the earthquake on 20 May.These devastating quakes killed more than 20 people and left thousands homeless.
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Conference on 21 May 2012
"SOPRAVVIVERÀ L'EURO? IL FUTURO DELL'ITALIA NELLA CRISI ECONOMICA GLOBALE
with Loretta Napoleoni"
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IIC Library News
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Check the latest arrivals: books and DVDs now available at the IIC Melbourne.
Click here for the latest Biblionews
Visit our library page to use our on-line catalogue.
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ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2012-2013
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Deadline to apply online: 11 June 2012
For more information
click here.
To apply online
click here.
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IIC Membership
Benefits
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to become a member.
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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Coming soon
at the IIC
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MARCO POLO
Mandarin
Chinese
for Kids
(Age 6 - 9 yrs)
Starts
in July, 2012
Click here
to download
the flyer.
For more information and enrolments,
please visit
the official website of MarcoPolo4Kids.
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 IIC Language and Culture Courses
Term 3:
Monday 16 July - Saturday 22 September
We are pleased to inform you that enrolment for the Term 3, 2012 is now open. The IIC Melbourne offers a wide range of courses, from standard to tailored ones which are designed to suit all level of competencies and needs. In addition to our general, conversation, intensive, culture and children's courses, our special course for this term is the Italian History Art Course by Petra Cipriani, former Professor Assistant at San Diego University, California.
The early re-enrolments will be entitled to the discount as stated in the flyer. New students can also enjoy a special discount if presenting the voucher when enroling.
For further information visit our website or call 03 9866 4729.
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Luca Ciarla Quartet with Luca Ciarla, violin; Vince Abbracciante, accordion; Nicola Di Camillo, double bass and Francesco Savoretti, percussionsolitics of Corruption: Francesco Rosi's Engaged Cinema
8.00pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Upper Yarra Arts Centre (3409 Warburton Hwy, Warburton) and 8.00pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club (Bennetts Lane, Melbourne)
Ever since its debut in Asia and the United States, the Luca Ciarla Quartet has been appreciated by audience and critics for the highly original tunes and arrangements, in which contemporary jazz and ethnic music happily blend together, creating an irresistible Mediterranean jazz sound with a gypsy touch. "Open your mind to a musical journey and get on board on Luca Ciarla's gypsy express train to the discovery of a wonderful world of interesting sounds and new melodies." Elretha Britz, Volksblad (South Africa)
June 2, 2012 at Upper Yarra Arts Centre
Admission: $22 / $18 |
 Il principio di perfezione nel pensiero dantesco (The principle of perfection in Dante's thought) by Adriana Diomedi7.00pm on Friday, June 8, 2012 at the IIC, Melbourne
In this book, Dr. Adriana Diomedi studies Dante's perception of knowledge and its relationship with the moral and spiritual perfection of humankind. Behind this perception is the assumption that knowledge, the key to perfection, is actualised by love, and that behind all love and desire there is a need for self-identification with God: purest essence of perfection from which the soul originates and to which it would ideally return.
The study attempts to examine the kinds of knowledge that, in Dante's view, either facilitate or preclude the search for truth.Previous scholars have all dealt, in one way or another, with Dante's vision of knowledge, rather than with his perception of the need for perfection, which instead constitutes the main focus here...(click here to read more).
Booking is essential on bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it or call us on 03 9866 5931.
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 Cantatas of the Arcadian Academy: A Dialogue of Love and Power Accademia Arcadia with Max Gillies and Barry Jones, directed by Jacqueline Ogeil
4.00pm-5.05pm on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10, 2012 at St Ambrose Church in Woodend
Settecento Italy is thrown into a furore when the Pope bans the carbivals and opera as public displays of licentiousness and depravity. The cudgels are taken up on behalf of opera by Cardinal Ottoboni. Eventually opera is restored to the stage, provided castrated men sing the female parts and not women! Meanwhile such talented young sparks as George Frideric Handel and Domenico Scarlatti take to writing secular cantatas as a vehicle of exploring the pangs of love and the swooning grievances of broken hearts. In this production of Cantatas of the Arcadian Academy: A Dialogue of Love and Power, the music is exquisitely performed by Accademia Arcadia, directed by Jacqueline Ogeil. Rodney Hall has written the script for a witty dispute between Pope Innocent XI (played by Max Gillies) and Cardinal Ottoboni (played by Barry Jones). Sixty five minutes not to be missed.
For more information, visit the official website of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival.
Admission: $40 / $32(Concession) For bookings: email info@wwaf.org.au or telephone 0428 271 272 during business hours |
 Vivaldi's Four Seasons Davide Monti & Accademia Arcadia
1.30-2.30pm & 3.00-4.00pm on Monday, June 11, 2012 at St Ambrose Church in Woodend
The popularity of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in recent decades makes it difficult to accept that the work was virtually unknown half a century ago. Davide Monti's incomparable recording of the work has led to the Woodend Winter Arts Festival's invitation for him to perform it with Accademia Arcadia.
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 Voddiu Parrari U Sicilianu! (I want to speak Sicilian) by The Sicilian Association of Australia
7.30-8.30pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the IIC, Melbourne
Join us for a casual conversational class in Sicilian dialect for all people interested in Sicily. This is a fun class for people of all linguistic levels.
Come along and have some fun learning the language some of us grew up with. Language lovers of all ages welcome. Places are limited.
Admission:Free for TSAA members and students of the IIC Melbourne/$10 for non members
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 Free Yoga Class and Talk with Julie Gargano10.30-11.30am on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne Julie Gargano is an international yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer & holistic wellbeing therapist with over 20 years of
experience in the wellbeing industry. Julie is dedicated in helping uplift people's lives through the understanding that we are powerful beyond all knowing and that we have choice in our thinking and the way we live our lives.
Julie Gargano was the founding director of Australia's most stunningly beautiful yoga & wellbeing sanctuary, Prana House, Melbourne, which is widely recognised both nationally & internationally as a unique centre of healing & personal growth and carrying with it enormous integrity in serving humanity. She currently teaches between Europe & Australia.
This is a great opportunity to explore what Julie offers in her YOGA RETREAT IN TUSCANY, ITALY (15th September- 22nd September 2012) and her Yoga courses.
Timetable10.30am-11am: FREE YOGA CLASS Drop in and try, everyone welcome
11am-11.30am: FREE YOGA TALK with Julie Gargano Tea & yummy cake provided- don't miss out Admission: Free Booking is essential on corsi.iicmelbourne@esteri.it or call us on 03 9866 4729.
For more information, please visit Julie's website or contact her directly at 0425 746 209 or info@juliegargano.com
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 Pantalone's Inn Make A Scene 6.30 pm and 8.00pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Pantalone's Inn is an hilarious and original Commedia dell'Arte show written and produced by Rosa Campagnaro (Director, Make A Scene) and also starring commedia trained actors Fabio Motta and Rosa Campagnaro. This piece has been created true to the tradition of this 16th Century style of Italian Renaissance theatre and it is highly recommended for primary and secondary students of Italian and/or Drama. The performance clearly demonstrates the conventions of commedia including improvisation, slapstick and masked characters. Pantalone's Inn is a must for all teachers of Italian and Drama! Timetable 6.30pm for primary teacher 8.00pm f0r upper primary & second Admission: $15/Free for Teachers Booking is essential on bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it or call us on 03 9866 5931.
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 Roman sites Paintings by Alex Zubryn 3.00pm-4.30pm,Saturday, June 30 , 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Roman Sites is a series of paintings depicting the architecture of Rome in relation to contemporary life. The inspiration for the series comes from time spent by the artist at the British School in Rome on an Australia Council residency in 2000-2001. Living in Rome presented the opportunity to explore and appreciate this monumental urban space and to begin the journey of discovery through Rome's historical layers. This motivated Alex to split up the imagery of urban scenes. Sections of the views are sorted and stacked in the way of an archaeological dig. The exhibition includes depictions of the Pantheon, Largo Argentina, The Esposizione Universale di Roma as well as painterly descriptions of Roman brick formations gleaned from outer sites such as Ostia Antica and Hadrian's Villa. The picture shown is a detail of the work "Largo Argentina", 2003, oil on canvas, 79 x 300cm by A.Zubryn. Exhibition Monday, July 2 - Friday, August 3, 2012 (Opening hours: Monday -Thursday 9.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00, Friday 9.00-13.00) Free Admission Booking is essential on bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it or call us on 03 9866 5931. |
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Until Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Marcello D'Amico trained and graduated at the National Gallery Art School (Now Victorian College of the Arts). He trained at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in sculpture and participated in over 60 Group and Solo Exhibitions and won major prizes and scholarships. His work is represented in private and public collections in Australia, Canada and Europe. He has worked as an art teacher in Australia, Italy and Canada.
"My love affair with art started even before I went to primary school in Malfa, a small village in the Island of Salina, one of seven islands forming the Aeolian Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, being an artist I wanted to pay proper homage to my native land and all its natural and human beauty. This latest exhibition represents a very important stage of my life. All the works were created especially for this exhibition in the past eight months. In these new colored and black drawings I try to bring out the essence, femininity and sensuality of the figure, by focusing on the female bodies of all ages. .... My appreciation of all women is demonstrated through the use of models varying in ages ( this inspired the title of the Exhibition), yet all of them remain anonymous. .... This anonymity and poses are influenced by the sirens in Homer's epic Odyssey, who sang from the rocks of these magnetic islands to allure for ever passing sailors. .... The sirens represent the sensuality of women, which is embraced in my colored drawings where they feel and are free".
Exhibition Opening hours:
Monday-Thursday 9.00-13.00 & 14.00-18.00
Friday 9.00-13.00
Free Admission
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 Bell'Italia - Italy and the Italian 'Tricolore' in Paolo Simonazzi's photos
Untill 30 June 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
The photographic exhibition Bell'Italia is part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Italian Unification and comprises photos taken by Paolo Simonazzi over the last decade throughout the whole Italian peninsula. Leitmotiv of the exhibition are the Italian flag and its three colours: red, white and green.
In Simonazzi's photos the Italian flag and its colours are intersected with photos depicting a daily, at times banal reality: a little town square, a family reunion, the inside of a house, the Italian countryside characterised as it is by a strong human presence. Immediately after, however, the eye runs over the picture to find out where the Tricolore lies and ends up discovering it in the colours of murals, umbrellas, on a wall, a plant and a brush, in an little red van parked in front of a half green, half white wall, in the clothes of the people that are seated at the tables covered with green table cloths, in a vase of flowers, in a shrine and so forth. Finally, other photos depict the flags themselves, waving every now and then, but more frequently just hanging from their flagpoles. These flags appear everywhere, in towns and on the beaches, before the presidential palace and on the balcony of a provincial house, becoming in Simonazzi's photos the truly unifying motif of the countryside(....click here to read more)
Free Entrance
Mon-Thu 9.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00, Fri 9.00-13.00
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 Tandem Language Learning
Every Friday at the IIC, Melbourne
Language exchange is a method of language learning based on mutual language practicing by learning partners who are speakers of different languages. Language exchange is sometimes called Tandem language learning. Language exchanges are generally considered helpful for developing language proficiency, especially in speaking fluency and listening comprehension.(Cit.)
One intensive hour of conversation, 30 minutes in Italian and 30 minutes in English.
TANDEM is available only to current members. To become a member, click here.Booking is essential. For bookings please contact 03 9866 4729 or corsi.iicmelbourne@esteri.it
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5 Free Passes for the Dolce Italia Festival - Give Away for IIC Members
This year La Dolce Italia, proudly supported by the IIC, Melbourne will showcase the best of Italian food, wine, fashion, tourism, sport and art all together under the one roof transforming the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton into 'Little Italy'. There will be so many things to see and do, from fashion parades to food and wine masterclasses, from sport to arts and crafts.
The IIC, Melbourne will be giving away 5 free passes to La Dolce Italia festival (General admittance ticket $35) - to the first five IIC, Melbourne members/students to respond to this e-newsletter.
To receive your pass to La Dolce Italia Festival, please e-mail us at bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it with your details (Name, address and contact number). 5 passes available for this MEMBER/STUDENT'S ONLY give-away. Only winners will be notified via email. Winners will be notified via email.
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25% Discount for Yoga Retreat in Tuscany, Italy - Give Away for
5 IIC Members
E N L I V E N E D L I V I N G with Julie Gargano entices you to the magic & beauty of the stunning Tuscan hills overlooking olive groves, fruit tress and vineyards. This truly beautiful & peaceful place is where you can experience deep rejuvenation, connection & nurturing through yoga & meditation classes held daily, all delicious meals including fresh local organic produce, nature walks, massages, holistic treatments and optional cooking classes, Italian classes & day trips to local villages where you can absorb the exquisite Italian food & culture.
All levels of yoga experience are welcomed from beginners to advanced. Julie's high level of experienced teaching caters to each student's individual needs & abilities and is delivered in a friendly, encouraging and supportive environment.
For more details of this tour, click here to download the brochure.
The IIC, Melbourne will be giving away 20% discount to the first five IIC, Melbourne members/students to respond to this e-newsletter.
To receive the discount, please e-mail us at info@juliegargano.com with your details (Name, address and contact number). 5 passes available for this MEMBER/STUDENT'S ONLY give-away. Only winners will be notified via email. Winners will be notified via email.
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WANT TO STUDY ITALIAN IN ITALY?
Every year the Italian Institute of Culture is offered a certain number of short term scholarships from the various Italian educational institutions. These scholarships range in duration from 2 to 12 weeks and are exclusively reserved for current members and students enrolled in any Italian language course at the Italian Institute of Culture. Take advantage of this month's offers:
Discover the beauty of one of the most beautiful regions of Italy. Discover the pleasure of visiting the marvels of art and landscape of Umbria.
Accademia Lingua Italiana, Assisi: 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 4 week standard course. Offer valid March - October 2012.
Lingua Si, Orvieto: 4 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 2 or 4 week standard course. Offer valid March - October 2012.
La Lingua La Vita, Todi: 2 scholarships at 100% and 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction. *Conditions apply.
To see the full list of our scholarships and for further information click here.
Short term scholarships are available only to current members and students. To become a member please click here.
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Italian Institute of Culture, Melbounre
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 233 Domain Road, South Yarra VIC 3141, Australia
Phone:
General enquiries, events information & bookings
+61 3 9866 5931
Language courses & membership enquiries
+61 3 9866 4729
Fax: +61 3 9867 3696
Web:www.iicmelbourne.esteri.it
Office opening hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00-6.00pm
Friday: 9.00am-1.00pm
  
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