PROGRAMME OF CULTURAL EVENTS

J A N U A R Y - A P R I L 2 0 1 8

GIOVEDÌ ALL’OPERA - THURSDAY AT THE OPERA A series of illustrated lectures presented by Deirdre O’Grady“In the company of Puccini and his contemporars

Deirdre O’Grady is Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies of University College Dublin. The illustrated lectures she presents will consider Puccini’s works and their sources, influences, great performers in specific roles in which they triumphed, and famous stage productions. The lectures will begin on February 15th

and end on March 29th. Lectures will be given in English and will last about one hour.

LUNEDÌ AL CINEMAMonday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. All the films are shown at the IIC in Italian with English or Italian subtitles. Free Admission.

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ITALIAN NOIR SERIESFor more than twenty years a number of Italian writers have been digging deep into the dirt of society. In their crime novels, authors such as Massimo Carlotto, Carlo Lucarelli and Giancarlo De Cataldo do not hesitate to paint a dark portrait of the Belpaese, one in which the conventional divisions between good and evil, fiction and reality are blurred. These are the writers of Italian Noir, whose stories aim at exploring the black heart of Italy. Between April and June 2018 the IIC will host the three mentioned noir writers.

READING DANTE AT THE IICIn January we will kick off our new season of the series “Reading Dante at the IIC”.Several times throughout the Commedia Dante addresses the lettore with the belief that he will be read by the futura gente – ourselves, and this we shall do with Prof. Corinna Salvadori Lonergan and Prof. Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin. We shall conclude our readings of the Inferno, with more drama and poetry, and after emerging from hell and seeing le stelle, we shall enjoy the first half of Purgatorio. The remaining part and 10 readings of Paradiso will follow. It was not intended, but the total number of readings will be 33, very Dantean.The encounters will take place in the Pavilion at the Italian Institute of Culture on Tuesdays at 6.30pm, ending about 8.00. The explanation will be in English and the reading of the text in Italian. We look forward to welcoming all who want to enjoy the wonder of the Commedia, readers old and new, without worries about your knowledge of the language. Dante will improve it.

CINEMA DEI PICCOLIA treat for the little ones, whether they want to polish up their Italian or just lose themselves in a great story on the big screen. The IIC presents a series of classic animation films from February to April 2018. From the magic of Pinocchio to children’s rights to the playful world of Gianni Rodari, children will get a taste of the best of contemporary Italian animation. The films will be screened on Fridays at 5 pm at the Institute. Bring your bambini to the cinema!

Tuesday 23rd January - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Italian Women’s Autobiographical Writing in the XX Century - By Ursula Fanning In English

Dr Ursula Fanning is Associate Professor in Italian Studies at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics in University College Dublin. She is a member of the Boards of Doctoral Studies for Italian and for Comparative Romance Literatures at the Istituto Orientale, Naples, as well as of the editorial board of the “Women and Gender in Italy” book series, published by Classiques Garnier. She has published extensively in the areas of nineteenth and twentieth-century women’s writing, as well as on the theatre and narrative of Luigi Pirandello.

Thursday 25th January - 7.00pmRobert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCDFree admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

International Holocaust Remembrance DayIn English

For Holocaust Memorial Day 2018, the IIC, in collaboration with the Herzog Centre and the Centre for Literary Translation (Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin), will organise a reading of Primo Levi’s ‘Canto of Ulysses’ (Il Canto di Ulisse) from If This Is a Man and of the first chapter of The Truce. The readers will be: Sebastian Barry, author, Catherine Punch, arts consultant and Oliver Sears, second Generation. Primo Levi (31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor.

Reading Dante at the IICAll readings take place on Tuesday and begin at 6.30pm. With Corinna Salvadori Lonergan and Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin The calendar for the upcoming months is the following: 16/01: Inferno: The Violent: Piero, a Florentine, Capaneo (XII-XIV) 30/01: Inferno: Brunetto, worthy Florentines, journey by air (XV-XVIII) 06/02: Inferno: Fraud in Church and State, black comedy (XIX-XXII) 13/02: Inferno: More fraud: Vanni Fucci, Ulisse (XXIII-XXVI) 20/02: Inferno: Guido da Montefeltro, Maestro Adamo (XXVII-XXXI) 06/03: Inferno: Traitors: Bocca, Ugolino, Frate Alberigo (XXXII-XXXIV) 13/03: Purgatorio: Arrivals on the shore of Purgatory, Casella, Manfredi (I-III)

20/03: Purgatorio: A tough climb, Belacqua, Buonconte, Pia, Sordello (IV-VI) 27/03: Purgatorio: Negligent rulers, Nino Visconti, Gate of Purgatory proper (VII-IX) 10/04: Purgatorio: The Proud: Oderisi, the Humble, Angel of Humility (X-XII) 24/04: Purgatorio: The Envious: Sapia, Corruption in Tuscany, Meekness (XIII-XV)

Lithograph by Liam Ó Broin

This documentary is centered around narration of excerpts from the diary that Vincenzo Rabito, a semi-literate man from Sicily born in 1899, wrote during his life. His memoir, written partly in the Sicilian dialect with semicolon instead of spacing, is an amazing and unique description of life in Italy and Sicily during the years of the two world wars and the economic growth. The documentary is a collection of historical footage of the Istituto Luce, original pages of the diary of Vincenzo Rabito and other private footage.

Monday 29th January - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al cinemaTerramattaDirector: Costanza Quatriglio In Italian with English subtitles

From Thursday 1st February until 27th April - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Comics, what a passion!Exhibition about the Masters of the Italian comic strip from the 1950s to today

This exhibition shows how, over the years, Italy has become one of the finest schools of comic strip production in the world - American comics appeared in our Mediterranean country at the beginning of the 20th century but Italy today exports talents who work for Marvel and DC Comics, the two big names of the US comic-book industry. The exhibition is organised by Davide Sandrini and is curated by the art historian Maurizio Scudiero. They will be present at the opening night.

Friday 2nd February - 9:30am - 6.30pmLong Room Hub, Trinity College DublinFree Admission - Limited seating. Booking essential. Rsvp gadamo@tcd.ie (by 25th January) or www.eventbrite.ie

Performative Arts Today

A cross-meeting with poets, translators, art critics, land art creators, film makers, composers, musicians and singers. Special guests : Antonio Presti, president, arts promoter and creator of Fiumara d’Arte Foundation; Giuseppe Sterparelli, film-maker and arts scholar; Eiléan Nì Chuillenáin, Irish poet and Professor of Poetry; Antonella Anedda Angioy, Italian scholar and poet; Maurizio Boldrini, theatre expert; Giorgio M. Cornelio and Luca M. Rossi, film makers; Cosimo L. Colazzo, music composer and orchestra director and Patrizia Zanardi, soprano.

Magdalena Mussio “Labirinto e le Spirali”

Monday 12th February - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al CinemaLa città idealeDirector Luigi Lo CascioIn Italian with English subtitles

La città ideale tells the story of the architect and firm environmentalist Michele Grassadonia, who moved from his birth city Palermo to Siena. The Tuscan city is the ideal environment for a new house, far from all modern comforts, starting from electricity up to running water. However, because of his isolation, Michele will be involved in a mysterious affair.

Thursday 8th February- 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Conduct Literature for and about Women in Italy 1470-1900 Edited by Helena Sanson and Francesco Lucioli In English

This volume offers a fascinating insight into the changing role of women across the centuries, and aims at tracing some of the main features of conduct texts in the Italian tradition, from the fifteenth century to the post-unification period.Dr Helena Sanson is Reader in Italian Language, Literature, and Culture, and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. Dr Francesco Lucioli is Assistant Professor at UCD, and his research focuses on Italian linguistics and literature.

Monday 5th February - 7.00pmThe Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ie

Carmen Consoli in concert Eco di Sirene European Tour 2018For info: press@tijevents.com

The popular Italian singer-songwriter will bring on stage the same “Eco di sirene” show she successfully performed in Italy in 2017. The artistic set up of this concert is really powerful: just three musicians on stage - a violist, a cello player and Carmen with her acoustic guitar. Carmen’s music is as charming and seductive as the singing of sirene (mermaids). Her lyrics are sharp as the sound of an alarm breaking the silence. Carmen Consoli was born in Catania in 1974 and has released 11 studio albums.

Thursday 22ndFebruary - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Giovedì all’operaLecture II - Beginnings: Introduction to Puccini’s earliest works: Le Villi (Milan 1884) and Edgar (Milan 1889)

Puccini’s first opera Le Villi is based on the story of Adam’s ballet Giselle and tells how betrayed maidens, transformed to Villi, exact revenge on their unfaithful lovers. Voice, dance, visual perceptions and poetry all combine to create a highly original composition. As in the case of his first opera, Puccini’s second work Edgar (Milan 1889) tells the tale of a medieval Everyman torn between two lovers and between sin and virtue. His dissipated existence reflects the strong influence of Bizet’s Carmen.

Monday 19th February - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al cinemaLe cose belleDirector: Agostino Ferrente e Giovanni PipernoIn Italian with English subtitles

A ‘film of the real’ shot over 13 years, recounting the hardship – and the beauty – of growing up in Southern Italy. Adele, Enzo, Fabio and Silvana are shown in two crucial periods of their lives: as youngsters in a Naples full of hope in 1999 and then on the cusp of adulthood ten years later- disenchanted in a paralyzed city, where good and evil are always so, so close, shaping the complex course of human lives.

Thursday 15th February - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Giovedì all’operaLecture I - Introduction to Verismo and Puccini’s Contemporaries - From the Factory to the Café, Theatre within Theatre, From Primitive to Exotic

The series will start with an introduction to Puccini’s historical context. From the final quarter of the XIX century until Puccini’s death in 1924 Italy witnessed the emergence of a new professional bourgeoisie. All the workers answering to the needs of new social structures soon occupied the pages of a new literature providing objective reality and logical progression. There soon was born a variety of reading material to satisfy the interests of a newly educated class. Innovation in opera was provided by La Giovane Scuola, a group of young composers with new ideas.

Monday 26th February - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Another factory in Turin is being shut down and workers are being fired. Salvatore, a worker, climbs up the factory tower out of protest. Giorgio, a trade unionist, gets there to save him from falling. A third one, a keeper, joins them to keep them company. During the night, these very different characters reflect on the last thirty years of their country: years of wasted occasions, betrayed hopes, crimes and massacres, sudden reversals of majority in Parliament and power games.

Friday 23rd February - 5.00pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Cinema dei PiccoliPinocchioDirector: Enzo D’Alò - Running time: 81’In Italian with English subtitiles

Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He will call him Pinocchio. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the puppet moves, as if by magic, and is gifted with a life on its own. Based on the classic The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and with original music by Lucio Dalla.

Lunedì al CinemaPatriaDirector Felice FarinaIn Italian with English subtitles

From Thursday 22nd February until Sunday 4th MarchDifferent venues in DublinTickets and full programme: www.diff.ie

Audi Dublin International Film Festival Italian films will be shown with English subtitles

Established in 2003, this festival is the largest film festival in Ireland. It has built a formidable reputation for delivering the very best in international film and film talent to enthusiastic Dublin audiences each year. The Italian films that will be shown this year are: Hannah, The Ciambra, A Sicilian Ghost Story. The director of Hanna, Andrea Pallaoro, will attend the festival. Special guests will be Giovanni Brancaccio and Gianvincenzo Nastasi, members of the Giffoni Experience team, one of the top family festivals in the world.

It may be argued that in his third opera Manon Lescaut Puccini found his true verismo style. Love, luxury, frivolity and despair provide a complete portrait of the heroine. La Bohème is Puccini’s most successful work. It contains some of the composer’s most memorable tunes: Che gelida manina, Mi chiamano Mimì and Musetta’s waltz song to mention but a few. Opening with impressionistic delicacy and musical refinement it tells of the adventures of four bohemians: a painter, a poet a musician and a philosopher.

Thursday 1st March - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Friday 2nd March - 5.00pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Edhel is a young girl born with an ear malformation that makes her ears look pointy. She faces her discomfort avoiding relationships with people. School and her classmates are a nightmare. The only place where she feels happy are the stables where her horse Caronte awaits her every afternoon, just like Edhel’s father used to wait for her before he passed away in a strange accident during a competition. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Gianvincenzo Nastasi, member of the Giffoni Experience team who will participate in ADIFF festival.

Giovedì all’operaLecture III: Manon Lescaut (Turin 1893), La Bohème (1896). Success and International Fame

Cinema dei Piccoli - GEX in Dublin!Edhel - presented by Giffoni ExperienceDirector: Marco Renda - Running time: 84’ In Italian with English subtitles

in Dublin!

The Giffoni Experience (GEX) was born in 1971 from an idea of Claudio Gubitosi. The event, initially known as the Giffoni Film Festival, was created to promote and develop a cinema experience for young people, elevating it from the marginal position it had back in those days, and leading it where it belongs, to a high quality genre capable of penetrating the market. The Giffoni Experience is characterized by a jury solely composed of over 4600 children and teenagers from over 50 countries embracing all the continents of the world. In 2001 Giffoni launched a festival network, Giffoni Voyager, which uses the Giffoni format to distribute quality films for young people in the world.

Giovedì all’operaLecture IV: Tosca (Rome 1900) and back - stage at the Opera- Leoncavallo and Cilea. Love and Music/ Politics and Painting

Puccini’s Tosca derived from the play La Tosca (1887) by Victorien Sardou written for Sarah Bernhardt. This opera provides a vehicle for the emerging ‘singing actress’ of the verismo opera. The plot centres around a French Painter Cavaradossi, a Roman Singer Floria Tosca and Baron Scarpia the Chief of Roman Police. It tells of the thwarted attempts of the revolutionary Mario Cavaradossi and Cesare Angelotti to establish a Roman Republic at a time when Rome was without a Pope (Sede Vacante).

Thursday 15th March - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Santa Claus’ anointed helper Befana falls ill and turns her toy delivery duties over to the sneaky and conniving profiteer Mr. Grimm. When the toys discover Grimm’s plans to sell them off come Christmas morning, they band together to foil his plan and reach their intended homes on time. In the meanwhile, a young boy named Francesco tries to find his true Christmas present: a special friend. The film is based on a story by Gianni Rodari with original music by Paolo Conte.

Friday 9th March - 5.00pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Cinema dei PiccoliLa freccia azzurraDirector: Enzo D’Alò - Running time: 90’ In Italian

Monday 12th March - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

This film, based on a 19th century novel by Giovanni Verga, tells the torrid history of three generations of a Sicilian family. The Malavoglia are fishermen, they own a boat named “Providence” and a house that everybody calls “The Medlar’s House”. The film starts on a day of any year at the dawn of the third millennium. ‘Ntoni Malavoglia witnesses the arrival of illegal immigrants from the Mediterranean. Alef is on the boat and, taking advantage of the confusion, manages to escape. ‘Ntoni will find him a job and a shelter.

Lunedì al CinemaMalavogliaDirector: Pasquale ScimecaIn Italian with English subtitles

Thursday 29th March - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Giovedì all’operaLecture VI: La Rondine (Monte Carlo 1817) and Turandot (Milan 1926). Love and Money and Love and Death

It may be argued that La Rondine owes much to Puccini’s American experience. Although in many aspects a highly ‘modern’ opera it was intended as a ‘Viennese Operetta’. The innovative dance rhythms as accompaniment for Magda’s performance of Il bel sogno di Doretta carries this ‘Operetta’ towards the world of the American Musical. In his final incomplete Opera Turandot Puccini adapted a Persian fairy tale dramatized by the Venetian writer Carlo Gozzi creating the magnification of a myth.

Monday 26thMarch - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al CinemaUn giorno specialeDirector: Francesca ComenciniIn Italian with English subtitles

Gina and Marco are both very young and determined to be “someone.” They meet on a special day: their first day at work. Gina is about to realize her dream of becoming an actress, Marco is the driver who has to take her to the meeting. Because of a delay, they have to spend the whole day together. A subtle and amusing love story, the film also takes the audience on a grand tour of magnificent Rome.

Thursday 22nd March - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Giovedì all’operaLecture V: Madama Butterfly (1904) and La fanciulla del West (1910). Puccini and America: two diverse visions.

By the twentieth century Puccini was extending his horizons both stylistically and geographically. For Madama Butterfly and La fanciulla del West the composer adapted dramas by the American playwright David Belasco. Madama Butterfly was the first opera cast in a contemporary setting. It triumphed in Brescia and continues to dominate stages all over the world. Six years passed before Puccini’s next opera had its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 1910.

Thursday 12th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Staged Narratives/Narrative Stages Essays on Italian Prose, Narrative and TheatreIn English - Edited by Enrica Maria Ferrara and Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin

We know that plays can tell gripping stories, while fiction often turns on vivid dramatic scenes. How does this work? What is gained, what is lost as we switch between page and stage? In this challenging book, eleven international scholars debate the dynamic relationship between narrative and performance, using many examples from Italian authors: from Boccaccio to Fo, Pirandello to Gadda, Biblical tragedy to singers of tales on Sicilian streets and piazzas. More info on the book launch available soon on our website.

POSTPONED TO FUTURE DATE

Cover Revolution!Illustrators of the new face of Italian publishing - POSTPONED

COVER REVOLUTION! is an exhibition, now touring Ireland, whose aim is to highlight how the work of Italian illustrators managed to reinvent the image of the major Italian publishers. The exhibition will feature figures by internationally acclaimed authors such as Lorenzo Mattotti, Franco Matticchio, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli. These artists stand out for their style and offer an example of the most interesting trends in contemporary publishing. The exhibition is curated by Melania Gazzotti.

Monday 9th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema9x10 novantaDirector: 9 young Italian filmakersIn Italian with English subtitles

For the 90th anniversary of the Istituto Luce, nine up-and-coming directors were given access to archival footage from WW1 to the late 20th century. Each presents a ten-minute short film aiming to build up a composite image of Italy. The result is an album full of different narratives which speaks of the outbreak of war, pleas for peace; building collapses and reconstruction; recollections of lost landscapes, and (possibly) lost realities; miracles, superstitions and dreams.

Monday 16th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al cinemaL’accabadoraDirector: Enrico Pau In Italian with English subtitles

An Italian-Irish co-production set in rural Sardinia and its largest city Cagliari during the Second World War, L’Accabadora tells the story of Annetta, a woman whose fate has been written in stone since her birth. After a tragic event, when she is called upon to give her sister a ‘good death’, Annetta must confront her own fate in order to help her sister’s troubled daughter.

Friday 13th April - 5.00pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Cinema dei PiccoliIqbal - Bambini senza pauraDirectors: M. Fuzellier and B. Payami - Running time: 86’ In Italian with English subtitiles

The plot of the film is based on Francesco D’Adamo’s bestseller “Iqbal” about the life of a Pakistani boy who has become a symbol of the fight against slavery and child labour. A generous and smart boy with an innate sense of justice, Iqbal, falls victim of a cynical smuggler who recognizes Iqbal’s skills in weaving. The boy will find himself in the hands of a slave trader who forces him to work in his factory of carpets along with other children. But Iqbal is resourceful and brave and soon realizes he has to plan to escape with his new found friends.

Tuesday 17th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Italian Noir Series: A conversation with Massimo Carlotto - presented and moderated by Marco Amici (UCC)In English and Italian

Massimo Carlotto is one of the major figures of Italian noir. He was born in Padua in 1957. He began his literary activity with Il fuggiasco (The Fugitive, 1995) but his most famous character is the Alligator, alias Marco Buratti, an original private detective. His books have been translated into many languages and his novels, challenging the conventional divisions between fiction and reality, depict a world in which injustice is a given fact and the Belpaese shows its black heart.

Monday 30th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al cinemaTerra di transitoDirector: Paolo MartinoIn Italian with English subtitles

After a dangerous journey from the Middle East, Rahell arrives in Italy. From there he plans to reach Sweden, the country where his family obtained political asylum years before and lives happily. But Rahell finds out very soon that, according to the European asylum regulations, his destiny will always be bound to the country where his finger prints were first taken. Rahell finds himself stuck in a “land of transit” without means to start a decent life.

Monday 23rd April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al cinemaPadroni di casaDirector: Edoardo GabbrielliniIn Italian with English subtitles

Cosimo and Elia are brothers and work as tilers in Rome. They accept a job for the terrace of famous singer Fausto Mieli’s house. Mieli has decided to abandon his career due to his wife’s serious illness. Cosimo and Elia are really different from each other and while tensions grow between them it happens the same to the singer and his wife, and in the entire nation. When Cosimo accidentally witnesses something he should not have seen, the two brothers will have to deal with the reactions of the homeowners.

Among the seventeenth century Italian music genres, the secular chamber cantata is the least well known. Discover it with us on this music night! The typical cantata begins with a recitative and the appearance on stage of a pastoral character who alternates between the role of the narrator and his own character by switching between recitatives and arias. These are at times separated by instrumental ritornelli. The concert will be performed by Chant 21 which is composed of three artists: Roisin O’Grady (soprano), Jacek Wisłocki (tenor) and Jerzy Żak (theorbo).

Aspettate, adesso canto!The sweetest Italian vocal duets of the 17th century presented by Chant 21

Thursday 19th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureFree Admission - To book: www.iicdublino.esteri.it

CALENDAR OF EVENTSDAY TIME PLACE EVENT

23/01 6.30pm IIC Book launch by Ursula Fanning

25/01 6:30pm IIC Holocaust Remembrance Day

29/01 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema

01/02 6.30pm IIC Comics, what a passion! Exhibition02/02 all day TCD Performative Arts Today05/02 7.00pm The Academy Carmen Consoli in concert08/02 6.30pm IIC Book launch by H. Sanson and F. Lucioli12/02 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema15/02 6.30pm IIC Thursday at the Opera

19/02 6:30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema

22/02 - 04/03 Audi International Dublin Film Festival

22/02 6.30pm IIC Thursday at the opera23/02 5.00pm IIC Cinema dei Piccoli26/02 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema

01/03 6:30pm IIC Thursday at the Opera

02/03 5.00pm IIC Cinema dei Piccoli

09/03 5.00pm IIC Cinema dei Piccoli12/03 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema13/03 6.30pm IIC Reading Dante at the IIC15/03 6.30pm IIC Thursday at the Opera22/03 6.30pm IIC Thursday at the Opera26/03 6:30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema29/03 6.30pm IIC Thursday at the Opera09/04 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema11/04 TBC Galway Cover Revolution! Exhibition12/04 6.30pm IIC Staged Narratives / Narrative Stages13/04 5.00pm IIC Cinema dei Piccoli16/04 6.30pm IIC Lunedì al cinema17/04 6.30pm IIC Italian Noir Series - Massimo Carlotto19/04 6:30pm IIC Aspettate, adesso canto!23/04 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema30/04 6.30pm IIC Monday at the Cinema

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Conversation Classes

SPRING TERM From March to May.Each course consists of 10 lessons/20 hours. Each class lasts 2 hours, including a 10 minute break. Classes will have a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 15 students. More information about timetables in mid-February on our website.

FEES & DISCOUNTS € 200 New students € 180 Returning students € 180 OAP (on presentation of valid documentation)

Standard Language Courses

Level Code. DAYS Morning Evening

A1.1700 TUESDAY 10:30-12:30 701 THURSDAY 10:45-12:45 702 TUESDAY 18:45-20:45703 WEDNESDAY 18:15-20:15

A1.2

705 TUESDAY 10:45-12:45704 WEDNESDAY 10:30-12:30706 MONDAY 18:45-20:45707 TUESDAY 18:15-20:15708 TUESDAY 18:15-20:15

A1.3711 MONDAY 10:30-12:30709 TUESDAY 10:30-12:30710 TUESDAY 18:30-20:30

A2.1714 FRIDAY 10:30-12:30712 MONDAY 18:15-20:15713 WEDNESDAY 18:45-20:45

A2.2 715 THURSDAY 18:15-20:15

B1.1717 FRIDAY 10:30-12:30716 THURSDAY 18:30-20:30

B1.3718 MONDAY 10:30-12:30719 WEDNESDAY 18:30-20:30

B2.1720 MONDAY 10:15-12:15722 THURSDAY 10:15-12:15721 MONDAY 18:15-20:15

B2.2 723 THURSDAY 10:45-12:45

B2.3724 TUESDAY 10:15-12:15725 WEDNESDAY 18:30-20:30

C1.3727 THURSDAY 10:30-12:30726 MONDAY 18:30-20:30

LSL728 MONDAY 10:45-12:45

729 WEDNESDAY 10:15-12:15

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 48 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 1822 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 2529 30 31 26 27 28

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S1 2 3 4 1

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 812 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 1519 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 2226 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 1014 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

12 February - 25 June 2018

CALENDAR OF CLASSES

Mar-18 Apr-18

May-18

Jan-18 Feb-18

Jun-18

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 1721 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 2428 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30

CELI exams

Postponed classes (Storm Emma 28/2-2/3)Postponed morning classes (IIC event 15/2)

Enrolment days

Class days

No class on these days

NO CLASSES DAYSNo classes will take place on:

Monday 19 March 2018 (St. Patrick's Day Observed)From Thu 29 March to Fri 6 April (Easter Break)Monday 7 May 2018Monday 4 June 2018

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