Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 08:23PM Tweet 6 film italiani at the TIFF this year, including one by Nanni Moretti.
The Cardboard Village, by Ermanno Olmi
The First Man, by Gianni Amelio
Habemus Papam, by Nanni Moretti
Islands, by Stefano Chiantini
Summer Games, by Rolando Colla
Terraferma, by Emanuele Crialese
Buona visione!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 07:15AM Tweet Theatre.IV.Mimmo presents the DIY Artists Cabaret, two nights of spoken word, songs, new texts and comedy. Thursday August 25 and Friday August 26 from 8 to 10 PM at the Cameron House. A new company focusing on Italian-Canadian life, they are raising funds for their first major production, Arthur Miller's a View from the Bridge. Tickets: $10. See you there!
Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 12:38PM Tweet Da non perdere ragazzi - a month of Italian Neorealist masterworks at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Thursday July 28 to Sunday August 28.
Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 12:28PM Tweet Here's a good one for all you cantautori out there - The Johnny Lombardi Canadian Italian Song Festival. $4000 in cash and prizes to be won. The event takes place on Saturday September 3 at the Royal Theatre on College. Application deadline is August 10. Applications and more info available qui.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 02:46PM Tweet Our carissimi amici at L'Altra Italia have organized a huge gala to celebrate the opening of the Fellini exhibit at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Thursday June 30. The event starts with dinner at the Italian Consulate (near Spadina and Dundas), then moves to the TIFF for a concert of music by Nino Rota (who scored most of Fellini's films), a reading by Canada's preeminent formalist poet (and one of the best in the world) Alexandra Oliver, a tour of the exhibit and a screening of Fellini's Roma. All for $40. Contact me for tickets (pino@tutorino.ca) or visit L'Altra Italia for more info. Ci vediamo al gala!
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:32AM Tweet On Wednesday May 18 at 8:30 PM, award-winning vocalist and composer Daniela Nardi will serenade us at Lula with "timeless Italian songs set in a cool jazz environment" off her new recording project, Espresso Manifesto. AND! Members of L'Altra Italia get a deal on tickets - just $15. Mica male! See you there...
Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 11:02AM Tweet Head to the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Friday May the 6th at 8:30 PM for another panoramic view of today's Italy brought to you by L'Altra Italia, Basilicata Coast to Coast. Four friends reunite their band and cross Basilicata on foot, their region in Southern Italy, to play a big festival. Nothing like a road trip movie. Free for L'Altra Italia members and 20 tutorino students, otherwise $12.
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 09:41AM Tweet Massive smorgasbord of Italian docs at this year's Hot Docs. From an email they sent me (too lazy to paraphrase so here's a copy-and-paste)...
Cosmic Energy Inc.
D: Giuseppe Shillaci / Italy, Spain/ 52 min
Convinced that space, nature and all human beings share the same cosmic energy, three enterprising Italians found an alternative, eco-friendly agri-business. Groovy dreamers or geniuses, can the power of pyramids and positive thinking really change the world?
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/cosmic_energy_inc
Draquila – Italy Trembles
D: Sabina Guzzanti / Italy / 97 min
Actor and political satirist Sabina Guzzanti’s biting critique of government ineptitude, corruption and exploitation following the tragic 2009 earthquake that devastated L’Aquila has already been immensely controversial in Italy. Guess who’s the main target?
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/draquila_-_italy_trembles
El Sicario, Room 164
D: Gianfranco Rosi / France, Italy / 90 min
A sicario, or hitman, kills, tortures and disappears people for a living. Disguised, a notorious Mexican assassin returns to the scene of one of his crimes and confesses the secrets of his lethal 20-year career.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/el_sicario_room_164
Heart-Quake
D: Mark Olexa / Italy / 52 min
A poor mother in Kosovo rejoices when a Milanese charity offers her baby boy life-saving surgery. But once in Italy, a series of bizarre phone calls from her husband drastically changes everything and everyone in this heart-stopping family drama.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/heart-quake
Housing
D: Frederica Di Giacomo / Italy / 90 min
In the southern Italian city of Bari, over 3000 families are waiting for a Council house. As demand swells into desperation, residents take drastic – and often downright comical – measures to keep roofs over their heads in this fascinating look at “anti-social” housing.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/housing
I Am Jesus
D: Valerie Gudenus, Heloisa Sartorato / Italy / 75 min
Attention, Christians – Jesus is here! Just one problem: there are three of Him. Who’s the real Saviour: Vissarion from Siberia, Brazilian YouTube sensation INRI Cristo, or British ex-secret serviceman David Shayler? A first-hand look at the Second Coming.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/i_am_jesus
The Valley of the Moon
D: Giovanna Buccomino / Italy / 66 min
A secluded Sardinian beach is home to a stunningly blue sea, gorgeous rocky grottos, and, of course, a pair of loveable hippie squatters. But when summer touristas and police arrive, their secret paradise may be headed for a total bummer.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/valley_of_the_moon_the
The Garden of Hope
D: Antonello Faretta | Italy | 23 min
Oscillating between images of ultrasounds and x-rays, and those of natural sensations such as swimming and rushing through a fresh green field, filmmaker Antonello Faretta composes a tribute to one man’s life with multiple sclerosis.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/garden_of_hope_the
The Castle
D: Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | Italy | 90 min
At Milan's Malpensa Airport, rigorous observational filmmaking exposes the ennui and heightened tensions of today's border security. Routine drug busts and intrusive immigration interviews pass the time, along with live lobster inspections and unexpected discoveries in cargo holds.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/castle_the
Guañape Sur
D: János Richter | Italy | 23 min
There’s dirty work, and then there’s downright filthy. Once every 11 years, 200 labourers ship out to a barren island off the coast of Peru. Home only to sea birds, the island’s rare meteorological conditions harden the birds’ excrement into ammonia-rich fertilizer. Stunning camerawork captures the workers chipping and loading the waste, risking lethal bacteria and harsh conditions for their pay.
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 05:15PM Tweet The fine folks at L'Altra Italia are pleased to present Weekend in Italy at the TIFF Bell Lighbox Friday April 1 and Saturday April 2. Three contemporary Italian films...
La bella società
Friday April 1, 8:30 PM
Free for L'Altra Italia members
20 free passes for tutorino students
La nostra vita
Friday April 1, time TBA
$12
Salvatore, questa è la vita
Saturday April 2, 12:15 PM
$12
La bella società
Saturday April 2, 7:30 PM
$12
Da non perdere! For more info visit L'Altra Italia.
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 07:20PM Tweet Porca miseria Canadian Stage has a massive smorgasbord of Italian events coming up (called Spotlight.Italy) in honour of Italy's 150th birthday this year. Way too much to list in full here so just head to their site and surf around.
Also in honour of Italy's 150th, don't forget tutorino's short film contest!
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 07:02PM Tweet Seems to be a nice movie playing at the Royal soon (College and Clinton) - Cosmonauta by Susanna Nicchiarelli. A teenage lust story set against the backdrop of the Cold War and the Space Race. Starts March 18. For showtimes visit the Royal Cinema website.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 06:56AM Tweet Head to Lula Lounge at Dufferin and Dundas on Wednesday February 23 at 8 PM to hear world music artist Dominic Mancuso, based in Toronto but with Sicilian roots. Admission: $15.
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 09:10AM Tweet If you'd like to experience contemporary Italian theatre at its finest right here in Toronto, don't miss Questo Buio Feroce, part of Harbourfront's World Stage series.
The show takes place at the Fleck Dance Theatre (207 Queens Quay West) from Wednesday January 26 to Saturday January 29 at 8 PM.
It's based on a collection of essays by an American novelist who died of AIDS and the cast includes former street pedlars and people with mental and physical handicaps (one of whom director Pippo Delbono rescued from an asylum) to give the show an edgy realism.
To order tickets online, visit the World Stage box office.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 09:47PM Tweet 
Ciao a tutti, my old friend Michelangelo Sabatino will be giving a talk on Modernist architecture and the vernacular tradition in Italy on Thursday October 28 at 6:30 PM in Room 108 of the George Brown School of Design, 230 Richmond Street East. Free of charge. Check out Michelangelo's book.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 09:32PM Tweet Ciao cari, as part of Sicilian Cultural Week they will unveil a bust of Archimedes at the Columbus Centre (Dufferin and Lawrence) this Saturday at 4 PM (October 23). He was Greek but born in Sicily when it was part of Magna Grecia. Free of charge. And on Sunday, there'll be a performance of La Governante, a play by Vitaliano Brancati, at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts (10268 Yonge Street) at 7 PM. For tickets email dimauro.enzo@gmail.com. Ciao for now!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 08:30AM Tweet From the IICT site...
Gorbaciòf - The Cashier who Liked Gambling / Gorbaciov - Il cassiere col vizio del gioco
di Stefano Incerti
Tuesday September 14 - 6:30:00 PM - SCOTIABANK THEATRE 4
Wednesday September 15 - 9:00:00 AM - VARSITY 7
Friday September 17 - 9:30:00 PM - Tiff Bell LightBox 2
The House by the Medlar Tree / Malavoglia
di Pasquale Scimeca
Wednesday September 15 - 8:15:00 PM - ISABEL BADER THEATRE
Thursday September 16 - 5:45:00 PM - AMC 6
Saturday September 18 - 10:00:00 AM - ISABEL BADER THEATRE
Passione
di John Turturro
Sunday September 12 - 10:15:00 PM - SCOTIABANK THEATRE 2
Monday September 13 - 3:30:00 PM - AMC 3
Sunday September 19 - 3:45:00 PM - SCOTIABANK THEATRE 4
The Solitude Of Prime Numbers / La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi
di Saverio Constanzo
Wednesday September 15 - 9:45:00 PM - Tiff Bell LightBox 1
Friday September 17 - 4:45:00 PM - ISABEL BADER THEATRE
Saturday September 18 - 2:30:00 PM - VARSITY 8
The Call / La Llamada
di Stefano Pasetto
Sunday September 12 - 8:15:00 PM - AMC 4
Thursday September 16 - 3:30:00 PM - VARSITY 7
Friday September 17 - 8:45:00 PM - AMC 5
Concorso di bellezza fra bambini a Torino and Photofinish Figures/ Il finish delle figure
di Paolo Gioli
Monday September 13 - 9:00:00 PM - JACKMAN HALL - AGO
The Four Times/Le Quattro Volte
di Michelangelo Frammartino
Friday September 10 - 7:45:00 PM - AMC 5
Saturday September 11 - 12:15:00 PM - AMC 4
Sunday September 12 - # 2:15:00 PM - AMC 4
ITALIAN CO-PRODUCTIONS
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 08:06AM Tweet 
This just in from the Columbus Centre...
MIP (The School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano) and the Columbus Centre invite you to attend the following lectures:
"The Evolution of the Relationship between Italy and Canada"
by Pal di Iulio, Executive Director, Columbus Centre of Toronto
And,
"MBA in Italy: Mixing Business and Style"
by Ashleigh Burns, International MBA Recruitment, MIP (Politecnico di Milano)
Date: Monday, September 20th, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Villa Charities, Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto (at Dufferin)
Admission free of charge.
RSVP with Claudia Araiza, email: caraiza@p4bglobal.net
Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 09:36AM Tweet These guys seem pretty good, both rustic and modern - Rione Junno. They'll take the main stage at the College Fiera in Little Italy Sat Sept 4 and Sun Sept 5 at 8 PM. Free. See you there spero.
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 10:11AM Tweet Here's an event organized by tutorino staff member Filippo and yours truly - an Italian movie night all'aperto, in the open, sotto le stelle, under the stars, on the roof of Filippo's loft at Tecumseth and Niagara (not too far from King and Bathurst). No charge and you get free homemade pizza too. Just bring a lawn chair and your own grape juice. Friday August 6. Show starts at 9 but be at Filippo's at 8:30 for the pizza. The movie is Chiedimi se sono felice con Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo. In Italian with English subtitles. Email me for Filippo's exact address and buzz code (pino@tutorino.ca). Here are some shots of last month's screening. More info. A presto!
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 08:27AM Tweet This one sounds really good - the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, a collective of world musicians based in Rome ("tutte le strade portano a Roma"), will be playing at Harbourfront (Sirius Stage) on Saturday August 7 from 8 to 10 PM. Free admission. For more info.