HOTEL MEINA (2007) | International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018, screening of the movie directed by Carlo Lizzani, with Benjamin Sadler, Ursula Buschhorn, Danilo Nigrelli, Marta Bifano, Federico Costantini. How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This […]
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DON PASQUALE | Opera in Haifa
Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece on stage in Haifa, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute. Guest soloist: the Italian tenor Massimiliano Silvestri. The wealthy old bachelor, Don Pasquale, has decided to take a wife so that he may produce an heir, cutting out his insubordinate nephew, Ernesto, out of his inheritance. Refusing to enter into […]
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DON’T MOVE by Margaret Mazzantini | Book Club
For the series EMPATHY & LONELINESS IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE | Book club, fourth of six lectures by Shirley Finzi Loew concerning individuals & society in Contemporary Italian Literature. Premio Strega 2002. Called to the hospital when his fifteen-year-old daughter, Angela, is injured in a potentially fatal accident, a prominent surgeon sits and waits, silently confessing […]
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DON PASQUALE | Opera in Haifa
Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece on stage in Haifa, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute. Guest soloist: the Italian tenor Massimiliano Silvestri. The wealthy old bachelor, Don Pasquale, has decided to take a wife so that he may produce an heir, cutting out his insubordinate nephew, Ernesto, out of his inheritance. Refusing to enter into […]
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ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS DESIGN A “NEW” HOME FOR THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN HAIFA | Conserving & renovating Villa Ibrahim Halil Pasha, Wadi Salib
In the framework of the cultural program “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Villa Ibrahim Halil Pasha becomes the “new” home of the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa. The students of Arch. Eran Mordohovich at Technion (Faculty of Architecture) present their hypothesis of renovation: Villa Ibrahim Halil […]
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JONAH WHO LIVED IN THE WHALE (1993) | International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018, presentation of the movie directed by Roberto Faenza, with Juliet Aubrey, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jenner Del Vecchio, Francesca De Sapio. Maurizio Dessalvi, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa, will introduce the event. In this film, the holocaust is seen through the eyes of Jonah, […]
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BUILDERS OF DESIRES AND ENCHANTED CITIES | Free workshop for children
Event dedicated to our youngest friends: free reading workshops for Italian speaking children, by and with Maria Gavina Manca. Program: Let’s tell intricate stories Let’s get lost through imaginary roads Let’s play to build dreams Between houses, buildings and bridges The lab has four goals: To guide children to love and enjoy reading in Italian, […]
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PITIGLIANO. THE ORSINI PARK | Lecture
For the series “In the shade of gardens, in Italy and abroad”: A lecture by Dr. Ada V. Segre, Technion and WIZO School of Design. The Orsini park in Pitigliano can be considered a Sacred Wood of Bomarzo ante litteram.Today it appears as a wood on a slope, hiding statues carved in the tuff rocks, […]
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FROM FRESCOBALDI TO PUCCINI: ORGAN MUSIC according to maestro Liuwe Tamminga | Concert
For the series “The Organ Recitals of the University of Haifa – Season 2017/18”, a concert by maestro Liuwe Tamminga, Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna. The event is supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa. Program: Anonymous: Hatikvah Giovanni Ferrini (c. 1601-1674): Ballo di Mantova, 3 variations Girolamo Cavazzoni (c. 1490-1564): Hymnus Ave […]
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THE STORY OF A NEW NAME, by Elena Ferrante | Lecture
For the series “Pride and Prejudice”, a lecture by Sara Ostrov, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa. In 2012, Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the Neapolitan Novels. The Story of a New Name is the second book […]
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