ITALIAN CENTER OF THE WEST The Sister City & County relationship, Torino, ItalyUtah's Former Consul of Italy Salt Lake CityDr. Giovanni G. MascheroPresent the Free Lecture SeriesInstructorDr. Alessandro A. Galvani(Doctor in Education) Social historian, instructor at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (U of U), cultural concierge,alumnus of the University of Bologna, at the ELI University of Utah, at Provincia di Milano (Direzione Centrale Affari Sociali), at Regione Lombardia (Direzione Generale Istruzione), at the European Social Fund. Inquisitor Popes, Swedish Queens, and Greek Goddesses. Baroque Art, Culture, and Music from Italian Courts throughout Europe. Rome, 1630. Imagine being in St. Peter's Square. A pope explains to Bernini how to build the famous colonnade using Egyptian obelisks. A mile away Caravaggio paints the most scandalous artworks in Western culture. Two miles away a Swedish Queen hires musicians, philosophers and scientists for her parties. Three miles away the Inquisition silently works... This was the cultural environment where Bernini, Caravaggio, and Vivaldi created the Baroque style to impress, entertain, and amuse people. Later J.S. Bach, Handel, Rubens, and Le Vau exported this way-of-life all over Europe, from Moscow to Madrid, from Par- is to Berlin, from Amsterdam to London. And we still enjoy their works, thanks to a little town close to Florence where everything started: Bologna. Monday, May 20, 2013Time 6:00 pm to 8:00pm451 STATE St. - Room 335Salt Lake City, UT 84111Please Use The EAST entranceCome experience Mediterranean, through a slideshow and presentation.Public is welcome, no admission fee.Refreshments RSVP ph 801-364-8259The Italian Center is grateful for partial funds by the ZAP tax program Salt Lake County"Italian Culture year 2013" http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/arts-and-culture/2013-be-year-italian-cultur... A year-long journey: the year of Italian Culture in the United States. America discovers Italy.Italy has declared 2013 the “Year of Italian Culture” in the United States and aims to present the best of Italian culture and enterprise in order to engage and enthuse Americans, and strengthen existing bonds and createnew ones. The journey seeks to encourage encounters at all levels of Italian society,economy and institutions.Italy’s brilliance and excellence are anchored in the present and driven by an unparalleledpast. Its innovation is clearly in forward motion, as Italy engages in projects that lookto the future.Italian culture and identity will be presented and decoded through the kaleidoscope ofgeniality that has forged Italian life and lifestyle: art, music, theatre, cinema, literature,architecture and archaelogy, science, design, fashion; politics, law and economics, and, of course, cuisine.