“Mesa Expo 2015: Food production and healthy eating in public sector schools”. That’s the title of a seminar that will take place on 10 April 2015 at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). The event is organised by UERJ in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, as part of the Year of Italy in Latin […]
Read more“The development of the Italian economy and society as told by ISTAT: challenges and outlook”. That is the title of the conference that will take place on 13 April 2015 at the Italian cultural Institute in Buenos Aires. The initiative is part of the programme of the Year of Italy in Latin America and of […]
Read moreItalian cinema was well represented at the 11th Pantalla Pinamar International Film Festival, with screenings of “Italo” by Alessia Scarso, “Il Pretore” by Giulio Base, “Mai Stati Uniti” by Carlo Vanzina, and “Il Giovane Favoloso” by Mario Martone. Italy’s participation was illustrated at a press conference attended by our Ambassador in Buenos Aires, Teresa Castaldo. […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo is paying homage to Italian film director and screenwriter Carlo Mazzacurati, who died in January 2015 aged 57. The Institute will be screening his last work, “La sedia della felicità”, at 19.00 on Wednesday 15 April at its premises in Av. Higienópolis, 436, with a presentation by Prof. […]
Read moreUruguay’s International Film Festival, now in its 33rd edition, begins today, 1 April and runs until 12 April 2015. Italy will be taking part with a number of films including “L’intervallo”, by Leonardo Di Costanzo (2012) and “Gli equilibristi” by Ivano De Matteo (2012). Also featured will be “Il gesto delle mani” (2015) by Francesco […]
Read moreAutumn 2015 will see the first edition of the Festival of Italian Song in La Plata, an event that will run from 7 to 8 October at the Teatro Coliseo Podestá. The official presentation was attended by festival coordinator Nicolás Moretti; the Italian Consul General, Iacopo Foti; the Director General of Entidades y Colectividades, Mauricio […]
Read moreThe Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film (BAFICI), which runs from 15 to 25 April 2015, will celebrate Mario Monicelli with a retrospective featuring the great Italian director. The event will also include an exhibition entitled “Rap per Mario”, the work of Monicelli’s widow, Chiara Rapaccini. The retrospective, part of the Year of Italy […]
Read moreThe Teatro Pirandello, adjacent to the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima, will host the second edition of the “Istituto Italiano in Concerto” from March to August 2015. The review is a special edition designed for the Year of Italy in Latin America, and will include chamber, pop and jazz music selections intended to give voice […]
Read moreNew prospects and challenges for Italy-Brazil tourism are the subject of collaboration between the Istituto de Geografia da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Rome’s Tor Vergata University on the publication of book that analyses ongoing developments in cultural tourism in Italy and Brazil. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreA tender is to be published over the next 60 days for project manager of the fourth Panama Canal Bridge project. The announcement came from Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, who explained that the winner would also manage the three metro line project. This fourth bridge is to be built on north side of the […]
Read moreAt 39 days from the opening of the 2015 Milan EXPO, the Italian Consulate General organised an evening dedicated to the themes of Italian and Brazilian foods and sustainability. Special guest Helena Rizzo, winner of world’s best chef 2014, did honours along with Michelin-starred Roy Caceres of Rome’s Metamorphosi restaurant, who designed a special menu […]
Read moreThe Teresa Carreno theatre of Caracas inaugurates its opera season on 27 March with Neapolitan composer Ruggero Leoncavallo’s most famous work, “I Pagliacci” (scheduled also for 29 March). The national philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Angelo Pagliuca and the chorus of the Teresa Carreno theatre will perform the two-act opera composed in 1892. Read more, in […]
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