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Ossa Carne
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(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
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-Seasons Provedore (Carlton)
20% discount off drinks at:
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(On the evenings "Aperitivo Italiano" every Friday evening from 6.30pm onwards)
A free glass of wine upon purchase of a meal at:
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2 for 1 gelatos at:
-Tutto Bene
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A free cup of coffee with a purchase of $3.00 or more at:
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IIC Language and Culture courses |
Term 4 starts from Monday
8 October 2012
Courses in term 4 include:
Standard
Private/Semi-Private
Conversation
Children
Dante
Italian Art History
NEW! Latin
NEW! Greek
NEW! Skype
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What's on in September 2012
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4.30-6.00pm, Saturday, September 1, 2012
at the IIC Melbourne
Ossa Carne by Dome Bulfaro translation into English by Cristina Viti (dot.Com Press - Le Voci della Luna, 2012) "(...)And so we find in these pages the body voyaging from death to life, a return journey towards a carnality understood with full awareness. Starting from the impossibile image of the skeletons of a man and a woman who during their lives have carved inscriptions into their own bones (signifying not sterile self-absorption but the acute awareness that every experience deeply marks bodily structure), we come face to face with a body living through various states: a body rebelling against itself, broken down into warring systems and tissues, sworn to self-destruction; but also a body of light, infused with love & compassion & thus able to restore the world, a body playing with its own form & shamanically dreaming itself free of male & female valency, finding the key to the integrity of the self in the voice & its song. (..)" from Translator's Note (Cristina Viti).
Born in Bordighera in 1971 and living in Monza, Dome Bulfaro is a poet, performer, artist and teacher.
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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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The mother-daughter relationship is a popular theme in contemporary Italian writing but has never before been analysed in a comprehensive book-lenght study. In Corporeal Bonds, Patrizia Sambuco analyses novels by authors such as Elsa Morante, Francesca Sanvitale, Mariateresa Di Lascia, and Elena Ferrante, each of which is narrated from the daughter's point of view and depicts the daughter's bond with the mother.
Highlighting the recurrent images throughout these works, Patrizia Sambuco traces these back to alternative forms of communication between mother and daughter, as well as to the female body. The author also explores the attempts of the daughter-narrators to define a female self that is outside the constrictions of patriarchal society. Through these investigations, Corporeal Bonds identifies a strong connection between the ideas of post-Lacanian critical theorists, Italian feminist thinkers, and the stories within the novels.
Patrizia Sambuco is a lecturer in Italian Studies in the School of Languages, Cultures, and Linguistics at Monash University. She joined Monash University in 2011 after having taught in UK at the University of St Andrews and previously at the University of Bristol On the occasion Associate Prof Rita Wilson, Head, School of Languages Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University will give a brief introduction.
Free Admission
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15 - 29 September 2012 at His Majesty's Theatre (825 Hay Street, Perth) Since it was first published in 1883, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio has captivated and influenced generations of young people with its moral tale about a little wooden puppet who is naughty, mischievous and daring, and faces many challenges along the road towards becoming human. Pinocchio is fashioned in the workshop of the craftsman Gepetto. He sets out on a journey and has many great adventures: he is suckered by a scheming fox and cat, led to a seductive toy land where boys are turned to donkeys, befriended by the blue fairy and swallowed by an enormous shark. When he lies, his nose grows. It takes an act of great courage and selflessness for Pinocchio to finally become a real boy. There is a strong tradition of artists giving Collodi's heartwarming story, with its universal themes and colourful characters, new life. It was a huge success in 1883 and this bold interpretation by Ivan Cavallari and Edoardo Sanchi will captivate a new generation of youngsters - and the not so young!
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19 Sept. - 9 Oct., 2012 in Melbourne, 11 -28 Oct., 2012 in Adelaide, 11-24 Oct., 2012 in Perth
The biggest Italian Film Festival in the world outside Italy screening at Palace Cinemas from September.
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2.00pm, 25 September - 6 October 2012 & 11.00am, 9 - 12 October at the IIC Melbourne
Pantalone's Inn is a hilariously entertaining show for kids (and big kids too) based on the Italian Comedy of the 16th Century, Commedia dell'arte. This performance is in English and features the traditional masked characters of the commedia.
Audiences will be transported to the Italian city of Bologna, the home of Bolognese sauce! Laugh-out-loud at loads of silly slapstick, misunderstandings and bad wigs! Pantalone's Inn is knee-slapping funny and molto delizioso - not to be missed!
Admission: $15
For booking, please call 9660 9666. |
 Contemporary Art Exhibition
- Enzo Mastrangelo, Howtan Re,
and Nicoletta Pucci
Until September 14, 2012
at the IIC Melbourne
The word Reale has two meanings in Italian. It refers to something that exist, that is real but can be read even as the Italian word for "royal". Enzo Mastrangelo presents eight contemporary artworks that he has made in the Royal Palace of Venaria, Turin. Eight lines produced on architectural elements of this International masterpiece of Baroque.
"Heads" by Howtan Re
Architect, born in Tehran in 1974, 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, visit www.howtanre.com
"Life & Poetry" by Nicolette Pucci
Inspired by the work of the contemporary Italian poet Alda Merini, "Life & poetry" is a collection of canvas painted by the Italian airbrush artist Nicoletta Pucci. Poetry as a filter to be used to look at reality from a different point of view. Poetry that gives new shades of color and shapes at the world surrounding us. Poetry as a way of living: this is the fil rouge that guides visitors in their encounter with this young emerging artist.
For further information, visit www.nicolettapucci.wordpress.com
Admission Free
Exhibition Opening hours:
Monday-Thursday 9.00-13.00 & 14.00-18.00
Friday 9.00-13.00
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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 Veneto, one of the most beautiful regions in North Italy.
IL FARO, Caorle (Venezia): 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of the course.
EUROSTUDI VENETO, Feltre (Belluno): 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on a 2 or 4 weeks course. Offer also available in Treviso.
BERTRAND RUSSELL, Padova: 1 scholarship for a 4 weeks course (80 hours).
ISTITUTO VENEZIA, Venezia: 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on an intensive course (min. 2 weeks-max 3 months). Offer also available for Trieste.
2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on a low budget intensive afternoon course (min. 2 weeks-max 3 months).
LINGUA IT, Verona: 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on standard courses (min. 1 week-max. 12 weeks).
Short term scholarships are available only to current members and students. To become a member please click here.
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