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Consulate of Italy in Detroit
Calendar of Events in Ohio
Cleveland Italian
Film Festival 2013

Sponsored by the Consulate
of Italy in Detroit
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2014 – Sunday, Jan. 5, 2015
Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Hall
This magnificent exhibition presents masterpieces of art from ancient Sicily, an
island crossroads that forged a distinctive Hellenic identity. Occupying a pivotal
position in Mediterranean history, former Greek colonies such as Syracuse, Gela,
Akragas and Selinos emerged as wealthy city-states, where innovation and experimentation flourished. It celebrates Sicilian culture of the fifth to third centuries
B.C., when its art, architecture, theater, poetry, philosophy and science left an
original and enduring stamp on both mainland Greece and Rome. Over 150
objects bear witness to the military and athletic victories, religious and civic rituals,
opulent lifestyles and intellectual attainments that shaped the western Greek
world.
The exhibition celebrates 2013 as the Year of Italian Culture in the U.S., an initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, realized under the leadership of
the president of the Republic of Italy.
Monday, January 13 – Thursday, February 27, 2014
Introductory lecture on Saturday, February 1, 2:00 p.m.
Andrea Palladio - 500 Years
Presented in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati DAAP
The Public Library of Cincinnati
800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202-2009
This exhibition is comprised of 30 framed photographs by Pino Guidolotti
depicting Palladio’s projects for private residences in the Brenta Valley and areas
surrounding Vicenza. Each picture is accompanied by a descriptive panel of the
villa. Widely considered the most influential figure in the history of western architecture, Andrea Palladio’s influence was so prominent and the quality of his work
so outstanding that a number of his buildings are protected as part of the World
Heritage Site.

News from Italy
Paul Sciria

Managing Editor

Fiat, the Chrysler Group and the United
Auto Workers have reached a deal merging
Fiat and Chrysler into one company. Fiat will
buy out UAW union’s shares of a retirement
trust. The union trust held a 41% share, and
the sellout deal means a payment of more
than $3.65 billion. The arrangement staves
off a public stock offering of Chrysler shares
and allows Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne to merge Fiat and Chrysler. Marchionne said the sale will give employees a
rewarding environment. Fiat gained control
during Chrysler’s bankruptcy reorganization
in 2009. More recently, Chrysler has generated profitable earnings while auto profits on
the conti