Italian Program at MiraCosta College

This evening there is an interesting talk at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Eugenia Paulicelli presents on Federico Fellini: Film, Fashion, Costume. The event is free but registration is required here: https://uark.zoom.us/web/register/WN_kXVrBwScTLisiOfyuZEVWQ... At 6:30PM (CST)!

In celebration of International United Nations Day, experience a virtual concert at Teatro alla Scala with special guest Roberto Bolle! Let's come together to reimagine, rebalance, and restart this Thursday at 12:00 PM EDT https://www.onuitalia.it//giornata-internazionale-delle-n/

Enjoy "Drawing Stories. The Evolution of the Italian Language in Comics", an exclusive digital exhibit and a series of webinars organized by the Italian Cult...ural Institutes of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, and Toronto, in cooperation with Romics Official- International Comics, Animation, Cinema and Game Festival. The #exhibition centers around the works of Tito Faraci and features 30 art works by famous Italian authors creating a journey through the profound changes that the ninth art has experienced in Italy in recent years. Visit it here https://www.romics.it/en/content/storie-disegnate Three #webinars, featuring Tito Faraci, Alex Bertani, Barbara Baldi, Sergio Brancato, Igort, Mario Gomboli, Giuseppe Palumbo and other Italian authors, will focus on the changes taking place in Italian and international comics and graphic novels. Streaming live on Oct 21, 23 and 28 at https://www.romics.it and on our FaceBook page at 10 AM PDT. #SLIM2020 #ItalianLanguageWeek #drawingstories #comics #graphicnovel #italiancomics Consulate General of Italy in Houston

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU has an outstanding list of events coming up. Check it out: http://www.casaitaliananyu.org/events

Vivo per questo / This is What I live For On October 14 (11:00 am - 12:30 pm), Italian Hip-Hop Artist, rapper, writer, and producer, Amir Issaa will present a lecture on immigration, racism, and the role of music in social justice. Issaa's 2017 book, Vivo per questo, was met with international success and propelled him on a tour of American colleges and universities to discuss growing up in Italy with an Italian mother and Egyptian father. Issaa will speak candidly about the ...racism and prejudices he experienced, as well as how he uses hip hop and rap as tools for change. Issaa's most recent single, Non Respiro / I Can't Breathe was written as a direct response to the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. During this lecture, Issaa will discuss this single, as well as the Black Live Matter movement in Italy. This event is free, online, and open to the public. The discussion will be given in English with a brief Q & A to follow. A link will be provided next week. All attendees are encouraged to watch the video for Non respiro and read through the lyrics in English located below the video. The event will be moderated by Dr. Sydney Conrad of Virginia Commonwealth University and co-founding member of the Diversity, Transformation, & Italian Studies Collective. Registration is required: http://bit.ly/30LtNT8 This event is made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, the African Diaspora Studies Program, Marist Abroad, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, and the School of Liberal Arts. For more information: [email protected]

Original and visually daring, Normal is a genre-bending documentary that reflects on how female and male identities are performed in everyday interactions, through a collage of immersive scenes filmed all over Italy. Streaming this Thursday Tix at bit.ly/sdiff-normal

Neorealismo screenwriter Cesare Zavattini famous for Bicycle Thieves also influenced Mexican, Cuban, and Argentinian cinema in the 1950's and 1960's. This week...s Tutti a Casa explores Zavattini's accomplishments in Latin America with NYU Department of Italian Studies Ph.D. Candidate Alfonso G. Aguado and Professor David Brancaleone, author of Zavattini. Il neo-realismo e il nuovo cinema latino-americano. See more

Sorry for the last minute post but I just learned about this great lecture: https://www.facebook.com/events/266634411027790

Alcune iniziative interessanti che arrivano dal Consolato Generale di San Francisco: - CINEDAY II: 10 Italian Contemporary Films In Your Home, organizzato dall'Istituto di Cultura Italiana di San Francisco http://www.weloveitalian.org/cineday-ii/ - #RAFFAELLO500: The Story Of Raphael And Sebastiano Del Piombo, Thursday, October 1st, 2020 | 12:00pm PST, organizzato dall'Istituto di Cultura Italiana di Toronto... http://www.weloveitalian.org/raffaello500-wivel/ Inoltre, la prof.ssa Angela Zagarella (Portland State University) parlerà di - Multiculturalismo nella Letteratura Italiana il prossimo 3 Ottobre http://www.weloveitalian.org/multiculturalism-in-italian-l/ e - del complesso panorama linguistico regionale in "Italy’s Many Voices: 50 Shades Of Latin" il prossimo 6 ottobre http://www.weloveitalian.org/italys-many-voices-50-shades-/