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Passaporti:
Si avvisano tutti i connazionali che dal 26 giugno 2012 tutti i bambini che viaggiano dovranno essere muniti del proprio passaporto.
Si invitano pertanto tutti i genitori che hanno i minori iscritti sul proprio passaporto di contattare il Consolato
(passaporti.boston@esteri.it;
617.722.9223).
Cittadinanza:
Si informa che sul sito del Consolato e' disponibile il manuale pratico sulla doppia cittadinanza "To be or not to be an Italian citizen? That is the questionnaire!". Nel manuale sono disponibili tutte le informazioni utili per comprendere le modalita' di acquisto, riacquisto e la documentazione necessaria per ottenere la doppia cittadinanza.
Contatti utili:
AIRE/ELETTORALE:
anagrafe.boston@esteri.it
617 722 9220
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passaporti.boston@esteri.it
617 722 9223
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FRIENDS OF THE ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTER OF BOSTON
The Public Charity "Friends of the Italian Cultural Center of Boston/FICCB" was founded in December 2012 with the aim of creating a Center of Italian Culture in Boston and, further, to ensure its management and operation. The non-profit organization is registered
in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has the objective of promoting Italian language and culture as well as preserving Italian heritage in Boston.
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The Italian Home is a residential and day treatment facility for emotionally and behaviorally challenged children between the ages of 4 and 13. With state of the art therapies and around the clock nurturing, we help them to rebuilt their lives. Our goal is to reintegrate the children back into their schools, families, and comunities by giving them the tools to cope with their emotional scars. To learn more about Italian Home for Children visit www.italianhome.org or contact Dee Mullen at dmullen@italianhome.org
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NEW IN BOSTON
Piccola Italia Preschool
Piccola Italia Preschool (PIP) è un asilo nido di famiglia situato a Newton, MA. PIP è speciale grazie all'enfasi sulla cultura e lingua italiana. Gli insegnanti utilizzano l'approccio di "immersione" dove l'italiano è il metodo d'istruzione. PIP accetta iscrizioni per bambini da 2.9 a 5 anni con opzioni di due, tre, e cinque giorni alla settimana.
Clicca qui per ulteriori informazioni
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Cari Amici dell'Italia,
marzo e' un mese ricco di eventi. Cominciamo con la PRESENTAZIONE DELL' ULTIMO LIBRO DI MARCO MAGNANI (il 3 marzo al MIT ed il 4 marzo a Harvard) e proseguiamo con la programmazione - il 4 marzo al MIT - de LA GRANDE BELLEZZA di Paolo Sorrentino: un'occasione unica per chi non ha avuto ancora l'occasione di vedere il film!
Il 7 marzo - DA NON PERDERE - il TERZO CONCERTO DEL FESTIVAL SOUNDS OF ITALY, che si tiene dalle 21 al Ryles Jazz Club a Cambridge. Il 18 marzo, poi, la ricerca spaziale sara' protagonista con il seminario organizzato dal Consolato, PIB e MIT-Italy Program con due relatori d'eccezione: gli astronauti Roberto Vittori e Jeffrey Hoffman. Accorrete numerosi!
Segnalo poi ai nostri INSEGNANTI DI ITALIANO il seminario organizzato da MITA l'8 marzo e la Conferenza NECTFL, che si terra' dal 27 al 29 marzo.
Due anticipazioni per aprile: il 12 apre la mostra di CARAVAGGIO al Museum of Fine Arts, mentre il 18 ZUCCHERO si esibira' in concerto al Berklee Performance Center.
Prendeta per favore nota dei NUOVI ORARI DI APERTURA DEGLI UFFICI DEL CONSOLATO - necessari per far fronte alla temporanea riduzione dell'organico del Consolato - e seguiteci su FACEBOOK e su TWITTER.
Buona lettura!
Giuseppe Pastorelli
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Dear Friends of Italy:
March is a month rich of events. We start with the PRESENTATION OF MARCO MAGNANI'S LATEST BOOK ( at MIT on March 3 and at Harvard on the 4), and we continue on March 4 with the screening of the "GREAT BEAUTY" directed by Paolo Sorrentino: a unique occasion if you haven't yet seen the movie!
Do not miss the THE THIRD SOUNDS OF ITALY FESTIVAL'S CONCERT taking place on March 7 at 9:00pm at the Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge. THE SPACE DAY CONFERENCE will be on March 18 organized by the Italian Consulate, PIB and MIT-Italy Program. It will feature two exceptional speakers: austronats Roberto Vittori and Jeffrey Hoffman. Do not miss it!
For all ITALIAN TEACHERS please remind the seminar organized by MITA on March 8 and the NECTFL conference from March 27 through the 29.
Save these dates for April: on the 12 the Museum of Fine Arts will inaugurate CARAVAGGIO'S exhibition; on the 18 ZUCCHERO will hold a concert at Berklee Performance Center.
Please take note of our NEW CONSULAR OFFICE'S HOURS - needed to cope with the temporary reduction in staff of the Consulate - and continue to follow us on FACEBOOK and TWITTER.
Happy reading to All!
Giuseppe Pastorelli
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AVVISO - NUOVI ORARI UFFICI CONSOLARI:
L'Ufficio Passaporti, l'Ufficio AIRE e l'Ufficio Stato Civile sono aperti il Lunedì, il Mercoledì ed il Venerdì dalle 9 alle 12:30.
L'Ufficio Notarile e l'Ufficio Cittadinanza sono aperti il Martedì ed il Giovedì e ricevono esclusivamente per appuntamento (prego scrivere a: passaporti.boston@esteri.it per il notarile; statocivile.boston@esteri.it per la cittadinanza)
NOTICE - NEW CONSULAR OFFICE HOURS:
The Passport Office, the Registry Office and the Vital Records Office are open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00am to 12:30pm.
The Notary Office and the Citizenship Office are open Tuesday and Thursday by appointment only (please write to: passaporti.boston@esteri.it for notary; statocivile.boston@esteri.it for citizenship)
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Sunday, March 2 | 7:00pm | Dante Alighieri Society | 41 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA
"A Killing in the Name of Love: Representations of Violence against Women
in RAI Films" - Lecture by Flavia Laviosa
 Since 2007, RAI 3 (Radiotelevisione Italiana) has broadcast Amore criminale (Criminal Love), a weekly series featuring over 100 cases of women who have been killed or severely injured by their husbands or partners. In addition, RAI 1 produced the miniseries Mai per amore (Never for Love).
Four films:
Troppo amore (Too Much Love) directed by Liliana Cavani;
Ragazze in web (Girls in Web) and Helena & Glory by Marco Pontecorvo; and La fuga di Teresa (Theresa's Escape) by Margarethe von Trotta, were presented to raise awareness on the escalating phenomenon of murdered women.
Prof. Laviosa will examine how RAI addresses the cultural and sociological factors causing the sexual, psychological, physical, and domestic violence against women in Italy and then analyze and discuss Cavani's, Pontecorvo's and van Trotta's visually dramatic narratives.
Flavia Laviosa is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies and in the Cinema and Media Studies Program at Wellesley College, United States. She is the founder and Editor of the Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies (Intellect, 2012-). She edited the volume Visions of Struggle in Women's Filmmaking in the Mediterranean (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and was guest editor of the special issue 'Cinematic Journeys of Italian Women Directors' of Studies in European Cinema (8:2, 2011). She is currently working on the book Framed Lives and Screened Deaths: Honour Killings in World Cinema.
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Monday, March 3 | 7:30pm-9:30pm | Center for International Studies | Building E40-496 (Muckley Building), 4th Floor, MIT | 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
Sette anni di vacche sobrie. Come sara' l'Italia del 2020. Sei sfide e opportunita' di crescita per superare la crisi
Marco Magnani: Senior Fellow J.F.Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Parking (free after 5 pm): parking lot on Hayward Street, to the right, coming from Main Street and going to Amherst Street. MBTA Red Line Kendall Square stop.
Donations at the door $5 per lecture, $25 for membership through the year with six lectures scheduled. The seminar will be in Italian and light refreshments will be served after the seminar.
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March 3-4-7 | 7:00pm | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
Harvard Italian Society: Italy Today/Second Edition
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Tuesday, March 4 |7:00pm | Room 26-100 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Foreign Film Night: The Great Beauty Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
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March 5 - 27 | Dante Alighieri Society | 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA
The Art of Italian Cuisine
Discover your inner chef and Italy's incredibly diverse culinary landscape to create your own 3 course masterpiece! Six classes introduce the distinct and exciting cuisines of 6 Italian regions. Each class lasts 4 hours. You will cook in a newly equipped kitchen at the Dante Alighieri Society in Kendall Square, Cambridge, and enjoy your meal in intimate and beautiful surroundings. Each 1 day class is $85 for individual students. Couples Discount at 50% for second couple member! All menus include an appetizer, one or two entrées, and/or dessert. For more information, contact Chef Guida on his website at www.angelochef.com.
For additional information please click here. Offered by UMass Boston, College of Advancing and Professional Studies, in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts.
Classes meet on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 5:30pm to 9:30pm on the following days:
Sardegna - March 5 or March 6, 2014
Gnocchetti sardi al tonno fresco e pomodoro (Baby gnocchi with fresh tuna)
Insalata di polpo alla sarda con sedano (Sardinian octopus salad with celery)
Seadas (Sardinian fritters)
Piemonte - March 12 or March 13, 2014
Agnolotti di manzo burro e salvia (Beef ravioli with sage and butter sauce)
Vitel tonne' (Beef filets in tuna sauce)
Pere madernasse al vino (Pears in a red wine reduction)
Campania - March 26 or March 27, 2014
La pizza napoletana (Traditional pizza from scratch)
Melanzane alla parmigiana (Eggplant Parmesan)
Pastiera (Easter ricotta cake)
Register here
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Friday, March 7 | 9:00pm - 11:30pm | Ryles Jazz Club | 212 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA
Sounds of Italy - Young Italian Talents
Sounds of Italy is a musical festival celebrating the Italian excellence in music. The first edition of the festival will see the best Italian musicians in the Boston area perform over the course of four special shows, all at the Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge.
Please click on the calendar for a larger version, or browse through our website for more information about this initiative.
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Saturday, March 8 | 9:00am-2:30pm | Wellesley College | Clapp Library Lecture Room | 106 Central St, Wellesley,MA
AP workshop: How to write a personal syllabus/ analysis of test components
Syllabus Design: Core Requirements of a World Language and Culture Curriculum
Presenter: Patricia DiSilvio
From Italian I to Italian AP: Raise the rigor and maintain the comfort
Presenter: Maria Procopio
Both presenters are members of the Italian AP Committee and have served on the reading team
FREE for MITA members in good standing / $25 for all friends of MITA
Coffee and lunch will be served
http://massitalianteachers.weebly.com
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Sunday, March 9 | 5:00pm- 8:00pm| The Regent Theater (underground room) | 7 Medford St, Arlington, MA
WOMEN IN MUSICA: Spajazzy celebrates INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DAY
 Feat. ANDREA CAPOZZOLI (Berklee College Faculty), GIO MORETTI (Ny) SISSY CASTROGIOVANNI (Recording Artist)
Spajazzy, founded in 1998 by Sergio Bellotti and Tino D'Agostino, has decided to feature some of the very finest female vocalists to celebrate international Women Day.
(Maxim Lubarski will Join on Piano).
The Regent Theater (underground room) will host, on Sunday March 9th from 5Pm to 8pm, a concert featuring the group playing songs from its " electric jazz with an Italian flare" repertoire which has been showcased at music festivals worldwide. (2 Cds feat. Mike Stern on Guitar and part of the Stan Getz library at Berklee College of Music)
In addition, each featured female vocalist will perform a set of their own, accompanied by the group or in a solo setting, to celebrate this historic date through the noble art form of singing and playing an instrument.
Light snacks and Soft beverages will be provided.
Open to All Ages. Come and Fall in love with Jazz: the Spajazzy Way!
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Saturday, March 15 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | North Bennet Street School | 150 North Street, Boston, MA
"O Sole Mio" An Exploration of Neapolitan Song
 NEMPAC is collaborating with the North Bennet Street School to create a truly unique performance as the kick off to our Spring Series. O Sole Mio is a creative blend of performance and presentation that will become a celebration of the North End's traditional Italian heritage. The event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Italian Cultural Center (FICCB). The afternoon will consist of performances by three classical singers led by Adrian Sahlean, an Italian professor, musician and writer from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Sahlean's goal is to take the audience on a musical tour through culture and history that exemplifies the significance of Neapolitan Melodies and their impact on popular culture today. The program will conclude with a lite reception and a chance to meet the performers.
This is a ticketed event:
$20 Adult $15 Early Online Purchase by Feb. 20th North Bennet Students FREE Seating is limited, please reserve and purchase in advance at www.nempacboston.org. Please follow link to eventbrite for purchase. To learn more visit www.nempacboston.org or contact us
directly at (617) 227-2270 or info@nempacboston.org
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March 14, 16m, 19, 21, 23m |Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre | 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA
New BLO production. Sung in Italian with projected English translation.
 The Duke of Mantua is always in pursuit of his next romantic conquest. His jester Rigoletto is obsessed with protecting his innocent daughter Gilda from the corruption which has become a way of life in the Duke's court. Rigoletto can lock his daughter away, but he cannot contain the passion stirring in her young heart. When a betrayed husband places a curse on the Duke and Rigoletto, a thirst for revenge leads to tragic results.
This Verdi favorite and new production is set in a rich and decadent Renaissance Italy and features some of opera's most famous arias including "La Donna e' Mobile" and "Caro Nome." Bruce Sledge, Morris Robinson, Nadine Sierra star with Michael Mayes singing the title role.
http://blo.org/this-season/rigoletto/
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Tuesday, March 18 |6:00pm-8:00pm | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Space day conference: Two human exploration experiences and innovative challenges
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March 27-29 | Marriott Hotel |47 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
The 61st Annual Northeast Conference
The NECTFL Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that its annual conference will move to New England for 2014! Plan now to be with us for a wide range of outstanding professional development opportunities and also for the experience of a true learning community. There will be special events to sustain you and your colleagues as all of us weather these challenging times. You'll discover new ways of sustaining your language program, your students, and the newest teachers in our field. The topics of greatest interest to you will be sustained before and after the conference using social media, webinar
s, and the tried-and-true F2F encounter!
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Sunday March 30 | 12:00pm and 3:00pm | Symphony Hall | 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA
Federico Cortese conducting Mozart The Magic Flute
Boston Youth Symphony
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Federico Cortese, Conductor
Bill Barclay, Director and Narrator
Kathleen Doyle, Costume and Puppetry Designer
Norman Shankle, Tamino
Anya Matanovic, Pamina
Kyle Albertson, Papageno
Sylvia Lee, Queen of the Night
Grigory Soloviov, Sarastro
Sara Heaton, Papagena
Peter Tantsits, Monostatos
Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 6-18.
Call Symphony Hall Box Office at 617.266.1200 or online here
This performance is not suitable for children younger than six years old.
Mozart's fantastical opera, The Magic Flute is newly adapted with dialogue, puppetry, and plenty of surprises for the whole family. Prince Tamino has wandered too far from home, and becomes ensnared by the Queen of the Night who sends him on a journey to rescue her kidnapped daughter, Pamina. Tamino is joined by Papageno, a funny birdcatcher who, like Tamino, longs for a love of his own. With nothing but a magic flute to protect them, Papageno and Tamino step into the kingdom of Sarastro and discover that the reasons for Pamina's capture are far more complicated than anyone could have imagined. Featuring some of the most famous and glorius music Mozart ever wrote, this comedic opera is his last and arguably his finest work for the stage.
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SAVE THE DATE: April 12 - June 15 | Lee Gallery (Gallery 154) | Museum of Fine Arts | 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
Visiting Masterpieces: Caravaggio
Take sides in an intense debate among leading authorities on Italian art and learn the possible answers to the question: What makes a Caravaggio?
This exhibition provides the chance to study two nearly identical paintings ofSaint Francis in Meditation attributed to Caravaggio (1571-1610). Which one of these beautiful paintings is the original? Could they both be by the great Caravaggio? Both were rediscovered in the 20th century, one in Rome's Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, and the other in the Church of San Pietro in Carpineto Romano. Both show Saint Francis contemplating a skull. The composition is so compelling that numerous copies were made, even during the artist's lifetime. Scholars are divided as to which of the two is the original, and this presentation permits examination of the paintings side by side, brushstroke by brushstroke.
An additional loan, the Capitoline Museums' famous Fortune Teller (1594), provides an undisputed example by Caravaggio's hand for comparison. Organized by the Muscarelle Museum of Art, the exhibition includes new scientific and archival research as well as enlarged details of the paintings and other technical images-allowing visitors to employ the same techniques as experts and decide for themselves. Together, these three paintings offer clues to an intriguing art historical mystery.
Above, left: Attributed to Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio, Saint Francis in Meditation. Oil on canvas. The Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome.
Above, right: Attributed to Caravaggio, Saint Francis in Meditation. Oil on canvas. Museo Civico, formerly the Church of San Pietro, Carpineto Romano.
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SAVE THE DATE: Friday, April 18 |8:30pm | Berklee Performance Center | 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA
Zucchero "Sugar" Fornaciari Concert
One of Italy's biggest pop exports, Zucchero is influenced by American blues, soul, and rock and he has recorded or toured with Eric Clapton, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Sting, and Solomon Burke, among others. Zucchero (who was born Adelmo Fornaciari) began his singing career in the '70s but first became known in Italy through other artists' versions of his songs. In the '80s, he became a star in his own right and he crossed over to the U.K. market in the early '90s via a duet with Paul Young. Over the course of his career, Zucchero has sold more than 40 million records, been nominated for a Grammy, and won numerous awards, including two World Music Awards and six IFPI Europe Platinum Awards.
For more information click here
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Register Now: Summer 2014 (June 24 - July 8)
Musica Vesuviana - Italian Music Camp
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Register Now: ART OF THE MASK IN THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE WORKSHOP (June 23 - July 19)
29th International Workshop
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The work of the Sartori dates back to the post-war period (1945-47) when the Italian intellectual world renewed its desire to recover the origins of its cultural history. So the Italian sculptor Amleto Sartori started a long period of experimental research on the masks of the Italian Commedia, its characters and the construction techniques forgotten for more than two centuries, which was to bring him to the re-discovery, though it would be more precise to say the re-invention, not only of the ancient manufacturing technique for the leather masks but also of its artistic significance. Amleto died at the height of his activity, but he left his son Donato a heritage of cultural and technical knowledge which, keeping up the tradition of the ancient "bottega dell'arte", is carried out and perfected by adapting it to the needs of contemporary society. Donato started an intense collaboration with Barrault, Eduardo de Filipo, Strehler, Lecoq, Dario Fo and Peter Oskarson, creating masks for their performances. He dealt with experimental research in the field of sculpture and the graphic arts: his works can be found in various Modern Art Museums in Venice, New York, Tokyo, Mexico City, Paris and took active part in international cultural events with cultural activities.
In 1979, together with the scenographer Paolo Trombetta and the architect Paola Piizzi, he founded the CENTRO MASCHERE E STRUTTURE GESTUALI. Set up as a multi-disciplinary research group, it studies the various ethnological, anthropological and spectacular aspects which involve the reality of the masks as a whole and, in a progressive evolution, it stretches beyond the creation of body masks and gestural structures and brings us right up to the environmental masking or urban masking. The Centre has held exhibitions, workshops and performances in the United States, South America, Canada, Japan, China, Russia, Africa, Indonesia and throughout Europe.
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SAVE THE DATE: July 1-14, 2014 Rieti, Italy
Composit - a new music festival
Davide Ianni, Italian composer in Boston and Professor at the New England Conservatory, is presenting the 3rd edition of Composit. Composit is an international summer festival for composers and conductors of contemporary music. Internationally renown faculty guide and instruct participants through lessons and masterclasses on specialized topics. Composit is an opportunity for composers and conductors from around the world to engage with contemporary music, foster their personal artistic path and realize each musical endeavors with the Composit New Music Ensemble.
Composit offers three programs:
COMPOSITION PROGRAM
CONDUCTING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
COMPOSITION WITH LIVE ELECTRONICS
Applications for Composit 2014 are now open. Click here to sign up online and for more information
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Consulate General of Italy in Boston
Tel. 617-722-9201
Fax 617-722-9407
consolatogenerale.boston@esteri.it
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