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The first and only authentic Italian lifestyle event in Australia.

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Forme Uniche 2012
International Composition Competition and workshop

This international composition competition and workshop is an opportunity for
composers to express the originality of their musical ideas and aims to contribute to the
creation of a large and eclectic body of art works, with rich implications in the
relationship between music and poetry. 

Apply now!!!
FORME UNICHE Rules
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ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2012-2013

Deadline to apply online: 11 June 2012

To apply online click here


Italian Language and Cultural Courses 



Enrol now for Term 2!!
23 April - 29 June 
All about Term 2 

LATEST ADDITIONAL COURSES:
 
# Courses for children!
   • for 6 months to 5 years old BRAVISSIMI
      www.Bravissimi.com.au
   • for 6 years to 9 years old CHILDREN 

# Voddiu Parrari U Sicilianu!
(I want to speak Sicilian). 
   Casual classes in Sicilian dialect for   all  people interested in Sicily. Sicilian language class
   Next appointments May 16 and June 13 !!

# Fashion make-over!
   Learn the secrets to develop your own style to suit your body shape and obtain your best look
   with an Italian touch. Fashion make-over
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Not to be missed!! Thursday 17 May (10.30-12.noon)
Free drawing workshops with artist Marcello D'Amico
BOOK NOW!
bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it
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RETURNING IN CELEBRATION
WOMEN OF SICILY: DONNE DI SICILIA

Calling on women of Sicily to collaborate, unite and celebrate
our migration history between Australia and Sicily

A collaborative art project by Rosetta Pavone
to be exhibited in Melbourne and Sicily, May 2013
Further information Art project by Rosetta Pavone

Works and consignment forms can also be submitted to the IIC, Melbourne 
CLOSING DATE 28th MAY 2012
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IIC - LIBRARY
Biblionews MAY
May 2012 

 "Un pirata piccolo piccolo" , the latest book by Amara Lakhous

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Photography

-Bell’Italia

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Saturday, June 30, 2012

Bell’Italia

The photographic exhibition Bell’Italia is part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Italian Unification and comprises photos taken by Paolo Simonazzi over the last decade throughout the whole Italian peninsula. Leitmotiv of the exhibition >>>

Art

-Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - Saturday, June 02, 2012

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

"My love affair with art started even before I went to primary school in Malfa, a small village of approximately 800 people, in the Island of Salina, one of seven islands forming the Aeolian Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, a few miles from the Northern >>>

Literature

-A magnificent betrayal

Friday, May 18, 2012

A magnificent betrayal

Award-winning Italian Algerian writer Amara Lakhous was born in 1970 in Algers. In 1995 he moved to Rome to escape the threats brought on by his work on Algerian radio. Scontro di civilta' is his second book, published in Italy in 2006 and translated >>>

Literature

-A Rota

Sunday, May 20, 2012

A Rota

All the poems refer to the life of the author and to his way of thinking and living. It is probable that may recognise themselves in them. He wished to pay homage to nature with "A luna, u suli, u mari", to highlight his peasant origins with a series >>>

Literature

-Sopravvivera' l'Euro? il futuro dell'Italia nella crisi economica globale

Monday, May 21, 2012

Sopravvivera' l'Euro? il futuro dell'Italia nella crisi economica globale

Noted economist and writer will be returning to Australia in May. She will be presenting her latest book 'Il Contagio', which takes a penetrating look at the new global economic protest movement, at the Federazione Lucana Club, 3 Cameron St, Brunswick, >>>

 

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