#ItalyRestArt: Cooking up an Italian summer
#ItalyRestArt: Cooking up an Italian summer On Wednesday 1 July at 6pm do not miss a cultural and gastronomic journey through Italy with chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Francesco Mazzei, in conversation with art historian and tv presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon. Join webinar on Webex: https://bit.ly/2N6xnjN (password: livecooking1)
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Estate all’Italiana Festival
The 21st June, Music Day/ Festa della Musica, marks the beginning of “Estate all’italiana Festival“, an online project to promote Italian culture, a Summer-long festival: in the course of 10 weeks more than 20 high quality musical and theatre events will be available to the international public. It is a showcase of the […]
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FARE CINEMA Season | 15-21 June 2020
Fare Cinema | Making Cinema is back and its third edition, from 15 to 21 June, will be entirely online on the RaiPlay platform and on our YouTube Channel. The season includes I Mestieri del Cinema | The Italian Movie Industry, a series of masterclasses with film critics, lecturers, screenwriters, cinematographers, set designers, composers, costume […]
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#StayTunedOnIt #12 | Masks and kinfolk in times of “viral” Commedia dell’Arte
Bottegavaga is a theatre company and association based in Venice, whose actors and members have a twenty-year experience in devising shows and teaching theatre techniques. Commedia dell’Arte is a seminal part of their poetics; the ancestral power of the mask digs into the deeper side of the actor who wears it, allowing the expression of […]
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#SalToEXTRA Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
For the first time in its long and celebrated history – after thirty-two years – Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino, one of the most important publishing events in the world, cannot take place in May, due to the Covid-19 emergency. While waiting for the right conditions to hold the regular edition whenever possible, the […]
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#WeAreItaly #StayTunedOnIt
Parte la campagna #WeAreItaly #StayTunedOnIt lanciata dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale per promuovere nel mondo l’Italia più creativa e vitale della cultura nei giorni del Coronavirus. Per maggiori informazioni visita #WeAreItaly – Stay tuned on IT
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Fresh Renaissance – Florence, Edinburgh, and the Art of Phoebe Traquair.
****This event has been postponed to a date tbc**** Italian Studies, University of Edinburgh, is organising an event celebrating the historical twinning between Edinburgh and Florence: Fresh Renaissance – Florence, Edinburgh, and the Art of Phoebe Traquair. Introducing his new book Rinascere: Storie e maestri di un’idea italiana (2019), Professor Nicola Gardini (University of Oxford) […]
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AIRITalks, Where Science Meets People | GMO or OMG?!! Debunking false myths around genetically modified organisms
****This event has been postponed to a date tbc**** AIRItalks is back! In 2020 the collaboration between AIRIcerca, the Italian Istitute of Culture and the Consulate General of Italy in Edinburgh will bring you a new series of informal and informative talks, which will focus on the social and ethical impact of scientific research. In […]
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James Lind: Why do we need evidence?
Aim: To honour James Lind, a Scottish physician (born in Edinburgh) who conducted a controlled clinical trial in 1747 (to treat scurvy) and to discuss why evidence matters in decisions about treatments, interventions, vaccinations, and prevention. Speakers: Mr. Iain Milne, Sibbald Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh: “James Lind’s biography – evidence […]
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Learning by Singing
The show “Learning by singing” is the result of several workshops realized by the young students of the Italian Club at the Fernhill School in Glasgow. Through sound and music, children improved and deepened their knowledge of the Italian language, learning new words and idioms. The students will stage their linguistic and musical talent through […]
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