IDEA Boston 2019 is bigger than ever! Here are some numbers:
Nov. 1 – 8 p.m.
Luigi Pirandello derived his single-act play, La giara (1916) from a short story with the same title he wrote in 1906. The play was originally written in Sicilian. A few years later, Pirandello wrote a translation into standard Italian, which was performed in Rome in 1925: this is the version brought to IDEA Boston. Among Pirandello’s theater plays, La giara is the one that is most indebted to the great tradition of Sicilian theater and literature.
This year, IDEA Boston will host a temporary exhibit of photographs by Anthony V. Riccio. A total of 23 pictures taken in the 1970s and ’80s form a bridge between ancestral towns and villages in rural Italy and the North End, the iconic Boston neighborhood that welcomed Italian immigrants to the area for over a century.
Nov. 2 – 8 p.m.
It’s time to celebrate all of the wonderful events, people and discussions that made up IDEA Boston’s second annual festival! Featuring live music by The Newtalians and excellent Italian food provided by Brelundi, we hope you can join the celebrations.
IDEA Boston is an Italian-inspired festival of books, authors and culture. The second annual event will be held on Nov. 1 and 2, 2019, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sign up for our newsletter for updates on the 2019 edition.
IDEA Boston is an initiative of I AM Books, Boston’s independent Italian bookstore, located in the city’s North End neighborhood. Founded in 2015 by Nicola Orichuia and Jim Pinzino, the bookstore has emerged as a hub of activity revolving around Italian and Italian-American culture.
IDEA Boston is an Italian-inspired festival celebrating authors, books and culture, and organized by independent bookstore I AM Books, situated in Boston's North End neighborhood.
