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         November 2016


 

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Antonio Talarico
 

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Cari italiani e cari amici dell'Italia,

vi trasmetto l'edizione di novembre della Newsletter Consolare.
Tra i vari eventi di questo mese, vi segnalo in particolare l'incontro su Etica e sostenibilità organizzato dal PIB (Professionisti italiani a Boston) che si terrà domani presso questo Consolato Generale. Prende il via questo mese anche un programma di visite guidate delle principali opere italiane esposte presso i maggiori musei qui presenti. Il 12 novembre inizieremo con gli Harvard Art Museums. Il tour è gratuito e vi aspettiamo numerosi!
 
Nell'ambito degli eventi organizzati nell'ambito della Prima Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo vi segnalo, il 15 novembre, un interessante Conferenza sulla dieta mediterranea che si terrà presso IBM Watson Health a Cambridge, una nuova edizione del serie "Duello ai Fornelli" organizzato dalla NISA (New England Italian Students Association) il 18 novembre e la quinta edizione della raccolta fondi per la lingua e la cultura italiana "italianissimo! 2016" che avrà luogo presso il nuovo negozio di Eataly il 19 novembre!
 
Ricordo infine che sono stati convocati per domenica 4 dicembre 2016 i comizi elettorali per il Referendum costituzionale. Gli aventi diritto al voto riceveranno, come in passato, il plico elettorale direttamente al loro indirizzo di residenza. Chi non avesse ricevuto il plico elettorale entro il 20 novembre 2016 potrà recarsi di persona presso questo Consolato Generale per verificare la sua posizione elettorale e richiedere eventualmente un duplicato. Troverete maggiori informazioni qui sotto oppure potete contattare direttamente questo Consolato Generale all'indirizzo elettorale.boston@esteri.it.
 
Buona Lettura a tutti!
 
Nicola De Santis


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Dear Italians and dear friends of Italy,
 
Here is our Consular newsletter,  November edition. Among the many events I wish to point out in particular the meeting on Ethics and Sustainability organized by PIB (Professional Italians in Boston) which will be held here at the Consulate tomorrow night. This month will also begin a series of guided tours for the main Italian works of art showing at the major Boston museums. On November 12 we will begin with the Harvard Art Museums. The tour is free and we hope to see many of you!!
 
There will be some events organized for the First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. I wish to bring to your attention the Conference on the Mediterranean diet on November 15th to be held at the IBM Watson Heath offices in Cambridge; a new edition of the "Duello ai Fornelli" Series organized by NISA (New England Italian Students Association) on November 18th  and the fifth edition of the fundraising gala for the Italian Language and Culture "italianissimo 2016!" to be held on November 19th at the new store of Eataly in Boston.
 
I would also like to remind you that on December 4th Italians will be called to vote on the Constitutional Referendum. The voters in the US will receive, as in the past, the electoral ballot directly at their residence. Should you not receive the ballot by November 20th 2016 you can come in person at this Consulate General to verify your electoral status and request a duplicate in case. You will find more information here below or you can contact directly this Consulate at the email  elettorale.boston@esteri.it.
 
Happy reading to all!

Nicola De Santis




For more information visit -  www.usicboston.it


The Italian Language at ACTFL Annual Convention a
nd World Language Expo 2016


The ACTFL Annual Convention and World Language Expo 2016, this year will be held in Boston (November 18-20, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ) . The Annual Convention is an international event that brings together more than 6,000 language educators from all languages and levels. Representatives from many consulates from the United States will be present at the Convention. Our consulate in Boston will attend along with the Italian Embassy in Washington, and many Teachers  and experts (from AATI, Mita, Riti, Universities, College and schools). Casit will be present with materials and proposal for teachers of Italian. Also other Schools and Publishers from Italy will attend the Convention.  The goal of the this great event is to provide a comprehensive professional development experience that will have an impact on language educators at all levels of teaching, helping their students to succeed in their language learning process. The program, which will feature more than 700 educational sessions in a variety of formats ( with more than 60 presentations about the Italian Language), will focus on innovative programs, emerging trends that impact the language profession, and research-informed practices. More than 250 companies  will be exhibiting their latest products and services.

 
Sei un ITALIAN EXCHANGE STUDENT in una Scuola del New England?
 
Contattaci al piu' presto per avere maggiori informazioni riguardo alle pratiche che dovrai fare per riconoscere il tuo titolo in Italia, per scoprire le opportunita' che ci sono ed entrare in contatto con altri studenti come te, nella comunita' italiana del New England. 
Scrivici a: ufficioscuole.boston@esteri.it
 

Tuesday, November 8| 6:30pm | Consolato Generale d'Italia | 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston 
Etica e sostenibilita' economica dell'accoglienza ai migranti e dell'aiuto ai terremotati italiani
 
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Wednesday, November 9 | 7:30-9:30pm| MIT - Center for International Studies
Building E40-496 (Muckley Building) 4th floor | 
1 Amherst Street Cambridge
Il Circolo Italiano di Boston presenta: TERRAFERMA un film di Emanuele Crialese

Terraferma è un film del 2011 diretto da Emanuele Crialese con Beppe Fiorello, Donatella Finocchiaro, Filippo Pucillo, Francesco Casisa, Martina Codecasa e Mimmo Cuticchio. Nello stesso anno ha vinto il "Premio Speciale della Giuria" alla Mostra del Cinema di Venezia e nel 2012 e' stato scelto rappresentante italiano nel concorso
Oscar per il "Miglior Film Straniero."
TrovaCinema racconta la trama: "Un'isola siciliana di pescatori, quasi intatta, è appena lambita dal turismo che pure comincia a modificare comportamenti e mentalità dei suoi abitanti. Al tempo stesso, è investita dagli arrivi dei clandestini e dalla regola nuova del respingimento: la negazione stessa della cultura del mare che obbliga al soccorso. Proprio in questo ambiente vive una famiglia di pescatori composta da un vecchio di grande autorità, una giovane donna che non vuole rinunciare a vivere una vita migliore ed un ragazzo che, nella confusione, cerca la sua strada morale. Vengono tutti messi di fronte ad una decisione da prendere che segnerà la loro esistenza."


Friday, November 11 | 7:00pm | 
Pastoral Restaurant | 345 Congress Street, Boston

Cena: the authentic Italian dinner

It's easy to find Italian food in any restaurant, but it's almost impossible to find someone that can serve you an authentic dinner prepared as it should be done at home in Italy.  Cena brings you flavor, atmosphere and style-directly from Italy in a one night show.
 



Saturday, November 12 | 10:30m | I AM Books | 189 North Street, Boston

Join I AM Books for its Italian reading group for little ones! Children (0-4) and their parents will engage in multiple readings and games for a fun morning of Italian language and learning.  




Saturday, November 12 | 2-3:00pm| Harvard Museums | 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
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Monday, November 14 | 12:00pm | Umass Boston Campus Center | 2nd Floor Alumni Lounge
International Education week - Kick off event Monday November 14 


Tuesday, November 15th |6:00pm|IBM | 75 Binney Street, Cambridge

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Tuesday, November 15 | 6:00pm | I AM Books |Boston University | Room 505, College of General Studies | 871 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
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Join the College of General Studies and the BU Arts Initiative as we welcome Victoria Surliuga, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Italian at Texas Tech University to lead a discussion on - Italian Artist Ezio Gribaudo: From Typographical Industry to Pinocchio which will include a screening of  The White Magic of Ezio Gribaudo (directed by Marco Agostinelli and Andrea Liuzza, 2015).

Trained at the Accademia di Brera and as an architect, Turin-based Ezio Gribaudo brings to his visionary art a distinctive sense of chromatic precision and historical determination that derive from his work as a painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. Gribaudo is also one of the most established art publishers of his generation, having promoted many of the greatest figures in modern art since the 1950s including: Francis Bacon, Giorgio de Chirico, Willem De Kooning, Marcel Duchamp, Peggy Guggenheim, Joan Miró, and Henry Moore. In his art, he has introduced innovative ideas, such as the use of tools from the typographical industry and the elaboration of literary texts including those of Ludovico Ariosto and Carlo Collodi.


Friday, November 18 |7:00pm| Dante Alighieri Society | 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge
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Saturday, November 19 | 6-11:00pm |Eataly Boston
 |  800 Boylston Street, Boston
Many of you have already received an invitation to attend italianissimo!, the annual fundraising gala for the Friends of the Italian Cultural Center in Boston (FICCB).  FICCB is a public not for profit charity founded in 2012 to create a novel Italian cultural center, preserve Greater Boston's rich Italian heritage, and promote the identity of the Italian-American community, with a forward looking, fresh take on that identity.  While firmly rooted in history, FICCB seeks to create a 21st-century cultural institution which celebrates all of the contributions Italians have made and will make in science, academia, enterprise, art and culture, innovation, philanthropy and community service.  Among FICCB's goals are support for the teaching of the Italian language and innovative programs to serve the different segments of the Italian-American community in Greater Boston and New England.
 

Thursday December 1, 2016 | 5:30-6:00pm | Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery (Gallery 184)| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
New England Vatican Patrons present: Guided tour "Celebrate the beauty and liveliness of Della Robbia sculptures with us at the MFA"
 
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Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence" presents his works of powerful, expressive examples of the best of Italian Renaissance art. The exhibition features about 50 objects, mostly from American collections but including six important loans from Italy, never seen in the US before.

The Visitation (about 1445) from the church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas in Pistoia and the Brooklyn Museum's newly restored Resurrection of Christ (about 1520-24) travel to Boston along with a trio of nearly life-size works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and a private collection. 

The exhibition of glazed terracotta Renaissance works by the Della Robbia and rival workshops spans a variety of formats-Madonna and Child reliefs, small- and large-scale figures, narrative reliefs, coats-of-arms, and still-life compositions-that demonstrate the range and visual impact of the groundbreaking Della Robbia glazing technique.
Do join us for this social and wonderful tour guided by Marietta Cambareri, Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture and Jetskalina H. Phillips Curator of Judaica, Art of Europe.
Date: Thursday December 1st
Time:5:30pm - 6pm: Check In 6pm - 7pm: Social (Hors d'oeuvres & Drinks)
7pm - 8pm: Curated Tour
Location: 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
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Every Saturday starting, October 22  | 2:00pm | C.A.S.IT. | 37 Water Street, Wakefield
C.A.S.IT. Gioca con me
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The PIB Italian Saturday School for Boston Children | Scuola Italiana del Sabato PIB per Bambini dell'Area di Boston
Available fellowships for selected families available

The first and only full-immersion Saturday Italian classes in New England. School textbooks for optional homework. Professionally designed programs alternating comprehension, speaking, grammar, writing exercises and games. Mother tongue committed teachers. A Saturday joy for children and parents! Click for the PDF

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Through December 4, 2016 | Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery (Gallery 184)| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Della Robbia  - Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence
 
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Above: Andrea della Robbia, Prudence (detail), about 1475. Glazed terracotta. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1921.

Celebrate the beauty and liveliness of Della Robbia sculptures.

In the 15th century, Luca della Robbia (1399/1400-1482) invented a glazing technique for sculpture characterized by brilliant opaque whites and deep cerulean blues. Luca shared the secrets of his technique with his nephew and principal collaborator Andrea della Robbia, who in turn passed them on to his sons Giovanni, Luca the Younger, Marco, Francesco, and Girolamo. The Della Robbia family workshop flourished in Florence for about a century, producing expressive artworks for all spheres of life. Portraying both sacred and secular themes, it gained a strong presence in public spaces-from street corners to churches-and private homes. Production of sculpture using this technique lasted only about a century before its secrets were lost. Some of the most familiar images today of Renaissance Italy, Della Robbia sculptures have retained their original color and shine over the centuries.
 
"Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence" presents these works as powerful, expressive examples of the best of Italian Renaissance art. The exhibition features about 50 objects, mostly from American collections but including six important loans from Italy, never seen in the US before. The Visitation (about 1445) from the church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas in Pistoia and the Brooklyn Museum's newly restored Resurrection of Christ (about 1520-24) travel to Boston along with a trio of nearly life-size works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and a private collection. The exhibition of glazed terracotta Renaissance works by the Della Robbia and rival workshops spans a variety of formats-Madonna and Child reliefs, small- and large-scale figures, narrative reliefs, coats-of-arms, and still-life compositions-that demonstrate the range and visual impact of the groundbreaking Della Robbia glazing technique.


Through January 9, 2017  |  Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade| 25 Evans Way, Boston
Maurizio Cannavacciuolo - A lecture on Martian History
 
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Maurizio Cannavacciuolo is the eighth Artist-in-Residence to create a temporary site-specific work for the Museum's Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade. A native of Naples, he has lived and traveled extensively in Asia, especially India and Thailand. His art explores the many ways cultural influences overlap and diverge in contemporary society.

Through January 16, 2017  |  Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | 25 Evans Way, Boston
Beyond Words: Italian Renaissance Books 

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Rarely seen, exquisite Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books make this a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. Beyond Words: Italian Renaissance Books showcases over 65 Renaissance paintings hidden between the covers of rare books in Boston's libraries and museums. The works-remarkable for their beauty and jewel-like colors-will be on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston from Sept. 22 through Jan. 16, 2017.
At the heart of the show is a remarkable trove of illuminated manuscripts from celebrated Renaissance libraries. Written, illustrated, and bound by the hands of leading artists for popes, princes, and scions of Italian dynasties, they were produced as one-of-a-kind luxury items. Complementing the painted manuscripts are books from the dawn of printing including Isabella Stewart Gardner's own rare, first Florentine edition of Dante's Divine Comedy illustrated by Botticelli and the first copy of this edition to enter an American collection. All of the books in the exhibition shed new light on Renaissance patrons, artists, scribes, and printers from an era when the art of bookmaking reached its pinnacle.
The Gardner's show is part of an ambitious city-wide collaborative project entitledBeyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections, which is the largest ever exhibition of medieval and Renaissance books held in North America. The Gardner joins Harvard University's Houghton Library and Boston College's McMullen Museum as one of three venues which will simultaneously display 260 outstanding painted and printed books selected by a team of local experts from 18 Boston-area institutions. Read more here


Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies (JICMS)

Founded and edited by Professor Flavia Laviosa (Wellesley College, USA) in 2012 and published by Intellect (UK), JICMS is the only English-language academic journal representing a forum for theoretical, methodological and critical debate on Italian film and media production, distribution, and reception. The journal enters the international publishing world as a platform for dialogue between academics, filmmakers, and cinema and media professionals. The journal includes critical articles, book and film reviews, notes on Italian film festivals, and a special section on independent filmmakers.

The journal dedicates a special issue  (Volume 4:2, 2016), edited in collaboration with Massimo Mascolo, to the historic and artistic celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of the David di Donatello Awards (1956-2016) with testimonials, reflections, and interviews with the following professionals in the Italian film industry: Gian Luigi Rondi, Giuliano Montaldo, Nicola Piovani, Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, Giuseppe Tornatore, Ennio Morricone, Emilia De Sica, Carlo Verdone, Giuseppe Battiston, Aldo Signoretti, Dino Trappetti, Luca Bigazzi, Francesca Calvelli and Paola Cortellesi. This special issue also includes several articles and the reviews of the films: Gian Luigi Rondi: Vita, Cinema, Passione di (Giorgio Treves, 2014); 50 Anni di David, 1956-2006, La storia per immagini (Massimo Mascolo, 2006); e La Grande Bellezza (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013).
 
This publication was made possible thanks to the collaboration with the Accademia del Cinema Italiano and generous support of Wellesley College

Accademia della Cucina Italiana
Commitment and Research for the protection of the traditions of Italian cuisine

Goethe disse "dimmi con chi vai e ti diro chi sei, e se so di cosa ti occupi sapro che cosa vuoi diventare".
 
L'Accademia Italiana della Cucina, ha lo scopo di identificare ristoranti italiani e di accertarne la qualita.
La qualita del cibo non puo essere isolata dalla qualita dell'ambiente, dal servizio, dalla conoscenza e gentilezza del personale. In sintesi, la vera esperienza italiana a tavola composta da tutti quegli elementi che contribuiscono a rendere la colazione un evento culturale e non una attivita mangiereccia, lo scopo non e' di sfamarsi bensi di ricordare odori e sapori autentici di una storia millenaria se pure in evoluzione. Gli Accademici condividono l'amore per la buona tavola e per la sana conversazione, l'Accademia riprende il pensiero di Goethe almeno nella sua prima parte tanto da celebrare lo stare insieme e nutrirne insegnamento. Al ristoratore, dedichiamo la seconda parte del pensiero di Goethe pertanto ci poniamo la domanda - di cosa si occupa principalmente il cuoco? Se si occupa della cucina allora l'amore per gli ingredienti e come innovarli rispettando la storia e la classicita della cucina Italiana, diventa l'attivita primaria. Tutto il resto e' business o peggio fuffa. I cuochi nel Medioevo erano organizzati e rappresentavano la propria gerarchia, con Enrico IV di Francia la gerarchia era stata suddivisa in aree di competenza con i "maestri chef, cuochi e porte chapes" dedicati a organizzare pranzi di nozze. Questi chef, alla fine del loro apprendistato avevano il compito di offrire 6 libbre di carne o pesce a ciascun membro della Confraternita e riceverne la critica. 

Let's Learn Italian-Impariamo L'italiano! - 
Are You Interested In Studying Italian?


Welcome to our Italian classes. Are you ready for an exciting and rewarding ten weeks studying the most beautiful language in the world? Our Italian  Level 1 classes are designed for beginners and Level 2 for more experienced speakers and readers of Italian. Classes are taught by native Italian speakers and will include a variety of communicative activities, short readings and and written exercises. During the ten weeks of study, participants will also study cultural aspects of Italy and its people.

ScheduleClasses are conducted in the evening from 6:30 -8:00 PM. Day classes and private lessons can be arranged.
Tuition: $250 for ten session (Total 150 Hours).
Location: C.A.S.IT., Inc., 37 Water St., Unit 4, Wakefield, MA 01880
Information and Registration: Call Steve (781) 640-3637; smaio@casit.org

C.A.S.IT Inc. (Centro Attivita scholastiche Italiane) is under the auspices of   the Consul General of  Italy, Boston.
37 Water St-Unit #4
Wakefield, MA 01880
Office Phone (781) 224-0532
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Consulate General of Italy in Boston

Tel. 617-722-9201 - Fax 617-722-9407

urp.boston@esteri.it 

 

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