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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
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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:
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(In Italian with English subtitles for 45 minutes)
3.00pm, Sunday, August 12, 2012 at La Dolce Italia festival at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
The Betrothed is a theatrical interpretation based on the novel by Alessandro Manzoni. The readings are from chapters I, VI, VIII, XII, XXI, XXXIV and XXXVIII of Alessandro Manzoni's novel, The Betrothed. The challenge here is twofold: first, to allow figures such as Don Rodrigo, Padre Cristoforo, Lucia, the Unnamed, Renzo, and the people of Milan to take centre stage, each struggling primarily with themselves like characters in a Shakespearian drama; second, to show how the language of Manzoni, even without divine providence, to this day remains choral, controversial, poetic, theatrical, and astonishingly relevant - indeed, perhaps more so now than ever before.
This blend of words, dance and music teases out the golden thread running through the novel, which is the author's gaze - implacable, yet at the same time implicated -- through which mankind is observed in its transformation from individual to collective, showing the way in which the story of each of us, whether consciously or unconsciously, is the story of us all.
Directed & performed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory
Choreography Gilda Gelati (prima ballerina of Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, Milan)
Music from: Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni,
Vincenzo Bellini, Niccolò Paganini and Luciano Berio
Costumes by: Teatro alla Scala. Milan
Duration: 45 mins. (For the complete performance of 75 mins., please refer to the event on 29 Aug. 2012 at the Melbourne University)
Admission: free with entrance ticket to the Festival
For more information, visit the Dolce Italia's official website.
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Until Sunday, August 12, 2012 (Sun. 11am-5pm) at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton
The Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne is a taste of Italy and a source of up to date information regarding Italian language and culture outside Italy. The IIC Melbourne has become an essential point of reference for Italians living abroad as well as for all those who love Italy and its culture. It is an ideal meeting place for intellectuals, artists and cultural operators, it is a place where to commence or maintain a long lasting rapport with our country.
During the La Dolce Italia Festival visitors to the IIC Melbourne stand will be offered the opportunity to learn about Italian language and culture, and book a free lesson that will be conducted by qualified native speaker teachers at the Institute.
Information material will be available from more than 50 schools of Italian language and culture for foreigners in Italy which make available discounts to members and students of the Institute.
* Discounts up to 100% on a language course to study in Italy.
* Information about Italian schools organizing study trips to Italy.
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4.00-5.00pm, Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Architect, born in Tehran in 1974, Howtan and his two brothers were taken to Rome by their mother in 1978, when the Shah was overthrown. Since 1986 he has alternated between living in the United States and Italy.
Although deeply interested in photography since he was 12 years old, he did not consider becoming an artist until he met Professor Achille Bonito Oliva in 2003. Dr. Oliva, professor of contemporary art at the La Sapienza University in Rome, director of the 43rd Venice Bienniale and an important art critic, saw Howtan's photographs and urged him to exhibit them.
In 2011 Howtan produces a series of art installation made with recycled materials to support the environmental issue. Beside this Howtan offers three artworks belonging to "Hell and Paradise" collection to support the Italian annual Exhibition of Recycling and Renewable Energies, Ecomunica. Howtan supported by a staff of professionals opens Howtan Space, a laboratory open to host and develop ideas and projects coming from every sector related to creativity: art, design, architecture, fashion, cinema, media and communication, located in the heart of Rome.
For further information about the artist, please vitist Howtan Space.
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5.00pm-7.30pm, Wednesday, 15 & Thursday, 16 August, 2012 at Conference Centre, Coasit (189 Faraday St, Carlton)
As part of "La XII Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo" Co.As.It., Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Melbourne and VATI are sponsoring this professional development for Teachers of Italian that will be presented by Prof. Anthony Mollica, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, Brock University (Canada). This PD is open to all teachers of Italian-primary and secondary. The topic will be: "Teaching/Expanding the Student's language capacity through Recreational Linguistics" ( La Ludolinguistica) . The course will focus on techniques to motivate students in order to strengthen their listening, reading, writing and oral communication. The use of humour, audio and visual stimuli will also be examined as well as the use of advertising to expand the student's vocabulary and speech. These will be hands on workshops aimed at producing teaching resources for the classroom. Free Admission
Please confirm your participation by email to Ferdinando Colarossi: ferdinando@coasit.com.au stating your name, school and email address.
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11.am-12.30pm, Friday, August 17, 2012 at Clayton Campus, Room 8/R4 - Monash University
This seminar has been organized by the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics of Monash University in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture,Melbourne. Teachers of foreign languages will have the opportunity to work with the leading educationist and linguist Professor Emeritus Anthony Mollica (Brock University, Canada). The talk will focus on second language acquisition through recreational learning, with the aim of showing how to motivate and entartain the learners. Professor Mollica is an expert on methodology course for French, Italian and Spanish.
Free admission
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4.00-7.00pm, Friday, August 17, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Alma Edizioni, In collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Intext Book Company, invites you to this special event. You are invited to attend a free presentation by ALMA Edizioni of Italy, presenting their new course "Parla con me" for Secondary schools. This is an important time to choose your Italian course for 2013, so we are very happy to be able to hold this informative event for all Secondary School Italian teachers. "Parla con me" is designed in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society for teenage learners of Italian, and uses the latest methodology with fresh and engaging topics. This event is completly in italian.
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From the "Giorgio Mangiamele Collection" by Ronin Films and the NFSA of Australia
7.30pm-9.00pm, Friday, August 17, 2012
at the IIC
The post-war films of Giorgio Manigiamele, the Sicilian/Australian Carlton based filmmaker express a unique cinematic perspective, and four of his most important films have now been fully restored and re-mastered. These form part of the "Giorgio Mangiamele Collection" by Ronin Films and the National Film Sound Archive of Australia. On this occasion it will be shown one of the four films, "Ninety-nine per cent". Mrs Rosemary Mangiamele will provide a brief introduction on the film. Refreshments will be served.
Admission: $5 - TSAA and IIC, Melbourne members, $10 - non members
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7.00pm, August 18, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Birra & Sound takes you on a journey through Italian Aperitivo Style.
Taste Italian food and enjoy a Peroni beer surrounded by the artwork of Howtan Re while Melbourne Jazz Pianist, Nick Marks brings music to your ears.
Nick Marks has performed at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and The Food and Wine Festival.
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7.00pm, August 29, 2012
at University of Melbourne (Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A - Parkville)
The Betrothed is a theatrical interpretation based on the novel by Alessandro Manzoni. The readings are from chapters I, VI, VIII, XII, XXI, XXXIV and XXXVIII of Alessandro Manzoni's novel, The Betrothed. The challenge here is twofold: first, to allow figures such as Don Rodrigo, Padre Cristoforo, Lucia, the Unnamed, Renzo, and the people of Milan to take centre stage, each struggling primarily with themselves like characters in a Shakespearian drama; second, to show how the language of Manzoni, even without divine providence, to this day remains choral, controversial, poetic, theatrical, and astonishingly relevant - indeed, perhaps more so now than ever before.
This blend of words, dance and music teases out the golden thread running through the novel, which is the author's gaze - implacable, yet at the same time implicated -- through which mankind is observed in its transformation from individual to collective, showing the way in which the story of each of us, whether consciously or unconsciously, is the story of us all.
Directed & performed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory
Choreography Gilda Gelati (prima ballerina of Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, Milan)
Music from: Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni,
Vincenzo Bellini, Niccolò Paganini and Luciano Berio
Costumes by: Teatro alla Scala. Milan
Duration: 75 mins.
Free entrance.
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7.00-9.00pm, August 31, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
After last year's huge success, the Italian Institute of Culture (Melbourne) is once again honored to celebrate the XII Week of the Italian language in the world, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a Lectura Dantis organized by Dr. Adriana Diomedi.
The participants are: Dome Bulfaro, artist and poet, Ivano Ercole, broadcasting director of Radio Italia, Adriana Diomedi, Dante scholar, and a number of academics from the Universities of La Trobe and Monash.
Guests of honour: Dome Bulfaro, Marco Matacotta Cordella, consul general of Italy, and Miguel Gόmez de Aranda y Villén, consul general of Spain.
The chosen canti are: Inferno I and XXVIII, Purgatorio I, Paradiso XVIII. The impressive reading of the four canti, aided by video images of the relevant sceneries and spartiti of medieval music, played by Prof. John Griffiths (The University of Melbourne), is made more intelligible by an English introduction to the canti presented by the exceptional students of Dante's studies.
The presentation promises to be a most impressive and exhilarating experience for both the participants and the public alike.
Free entrance.
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4.30-6.00pm, Saturday, September 1, 2012
at the IIC Melbourne
Details are to be announced soon on our website.
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4.00-5.00pm, Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Federation Square
Carmenta is a unique project and the first of its kind. The project has taken on the themes from the annual global Italian cultural festival, La Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo. This annual festival is designed and promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to celebrate Italians and Italian language and culture throughout the world. The 2012 theme is L'Italia e i territori, l'Italia del futuro ( Italy and territories, Italy of the future).
Over 20 professional writers of Australian Italian background actively engaged in Australia's literature, theatre and arts environment have been invited to explore and expand for Carmenta on the theme of "La Settimana" with writing related to fragments, nets, centres, borders, provinces, lifestyles, nature, environment, space. Contributors to Carmenta include: Archimede Fusillo, Kavisha Mazzella, Venero Armanno, Joe Dolce, Elly Varrenti, Anna Maria dell'Oso, Rosanna Licari, Enza Gandolfo and many more.
Italian writer/performer Dome Bulfaro will launch Carmenta at the MWF next September 2 and on the occasion some of the authors will recite their own work. Carmenta is expected to be launched in Italy in 2013 in collaboration with Dome Bulfaro.
Free Admission
For more information, please visit the official MWF site.
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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. Take advantage of this month's offers:
Discover Sicily and Southern Italy. Explore the volcanoes of Sicily, see the spectacular Aeolian Islands, visit the charming fishing town of Cefalu` admire the magnificent beaches of Cagliari.
* Federico II, Catania: 2 scholarships at 100% and unlimited 50% reductions on the cost of a 2 week intensive course. Offer valid for the course Italian Experience or Summer School. Conditions apply.
* Solemar-Sicilia, Aspra(PA): 3 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 2 week standard course. Offer available in Aspra/Mongerbino or Cefalu`.
* Laboling, Milazzo(ME): 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 4 week intensive course (offer valid October-November) and 4 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 2 week intensive course. Offer valid all year.
* L'Accademia, Cagliari: 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction. Offer valid for the course General Italian or General & Conversation.
Short term scholarships are available only to current members and students. To become a member please click here.
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Phone:
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Fax: +61 3 9867 3696
Web:www.iicmelbourne.esteri.it
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Monday - Thursday: 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00-6.00pm
Friday: 9.00am-1.00pm
 
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