From November 16, Dakar can enjoy the music and popular theater of southern Italy
The Italian Institute of Culture in Dakar has organized a series of events in collaboration with Bayaal 221, to introduce the music and popular theater of the Campania region and southern Italy, featuring the work of the artist Luca Rossi, considered one of the finest Italian interpreters of this sector and one of the most […]
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Webinar from Chicago: “A Brief history of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce”
“A Brief History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce” is the title of a webinar organised for Wednesday 17 November (10 am in the USA and Canada) by the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, in collaboration with the local Italian Cultural Institute. The lecture will be given by Massimo Montanari, who will present his essay […]
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From Kiev: a webinar with the writer Fabio Bacà
The Italian Embassy in Kiev and the Italian Cultural Institute of Kiev, together with ANILS [the National Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages], have organised a first reading workshop on the Zoom platform, curated by Lucia Massacesi. The webinar, entitled “La letteratura salva la vita” [“Literature saves lives”] was an opportunity to meet contemporary Italian […]
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Manama: the “Diva!” Exhibition, with more than 200 pieces of Italian jewellery
The Embassy of Italy in Manama, in collaboration with BACA, presents the exhibition “DIVA! Italian Glamour in Fashion Jewellery” which will be on show at the National Museum of the Kingdom of Bahrain from 17 November – when it will be inaugurated by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni – until 11 December […]
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Tirana: Italian productions on stage at the 16th Albania Dance Meeting-Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana collaborated on the organisation of two performances as part of the 16th “Albania Dance Meeting-Festival”. Both productions, by the Sosta Palmizi Association in Kosovo and Albania, were staged on Wednesday 10 November at the Experimental Theatre in Tirana. The first, entitled “Wabi-Sabi” (from the Japanese), was choreographed by Sofia […]
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“Start-up Africa Road Trip” in Kampala – training for 20 start-ups
The Italian Embassy in Kampala has supported the “Start-up Africa Road Trip” training project, aimed at 20 local start-ups, mainly in Uganda, but also open to participants from other East African Countries. This initiative, which ran from 1 to 5 November in the Ugandan capital, received a financial and logistics contribution not only from the […]
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Italy at Expoqueijo Brasil 2021
Italy participated in the Expoqueijo Brasil 2021 – International Cheese Awards, the most important cheese competition in Brazil, held a few days ago in Araxà, a city in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. The gold medal went to a cheese from the Piedmont region of Italy: Bra Duro DOP, and at the inaugural ceremony […]
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Montevideo: a conference on Anita Garibaldi
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of her birth, the Embassy of Italy in Montevideo, together with the Italian Cultural Institute, organised a conference on 4 November at the Museum of Visual Arts on the life and work of Anita Garibaldi, the famous wife of the Italian soldier, revolutionary and politician, Giuseppe Garibaldi. This celebration of […]
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A visit to the IILA projects by the Ambassador of Italy to the Dominican Republic
The Italian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Stefano Queirolo Palmas, recently visited the Technology Transfer and Vocational Training Project at the San Ignacio de Loyola Institute (ITESIL) in Dajabón (on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti), which is being implemented by the International Italo-Latin American Organisation (IILA) thanks to Italian funding from the […]
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Madrid, an exhibition of “Dantesque Illustrations in the World 1983-2021”
An exhibition entitled “Hyper modern Dante: Dantesque illustrations in the World 1983-2021” has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid, under the aegis of the Italian Embassy in Madrid, in collaboration with the Società Dantesca Italiana and the ADI (Italianists’ Association). The event, set up on the Institute’s premises, will run from 11 […]
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