All hail ‘The Prince’: Italian Embassy hosts exhibit on Machiavelli’s signature work
"The Prince" is one of the most influential books published in Western literature, and people have been getting it wrong for five hundred years. British philosopher Bertrand Russell, for example, dismissed Machiavelli's canonical work as "a handbook for gangsters." A typical misconception, according to Giuliano Amato, a former prime minister...
NBA con Italians in DC: Detroit Pistons vs. Washington Wizards
Italians in DC vi invita ad assistere alle 4 partite di NBA in cui giocheranno i nostri fantastici giocatori Italiani! Anche quest'anno Per ogni partita ci saranno il "Fan Tunnel", un momento incredibile in cui saluteremo i giocatori all'ingresso in campo sul parquet del Verizon Center (solo i primi 50 iscritti), e l'incontro con il giocatore...
Mandolin Orchestra entertaining crowds for 74 years
by Peter Fiorilla The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, which has some of the deepest roots of any musical organization in New Jersey, is honoring its long and celebrated history in more ways than one at its next annual concert. History is a point of pride for the orchestra, which will be playing in concert at the Bloomfield Mi...
MA in Italian at the University of Pittsburgh
The Italian Program at the University of Pittsburgh (part of the Department of French & Italian) invites applications to their Master's Program in Italian. Founded in 1968, the MA in Italian at Pitt offers a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to graduate study in the field of italianistica and a cutting-edge preparation in the post-seconda...
Italian restaurant first confirmed business tenant in former Reading outlet building
By Lisa Scheid Russo's Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant, 527 Penn St., will open a second location in the former Reading Outlet Center's Big Mill building, owner Carlos H. Salguero confirmed this week. The announcement marks the first business to publicly commit to developer Alan W. Shuman's $23 million retail and residential project a...
“Protecting our Heritage" continues in Washington. Yesterday’s spotlight was on the Museo Egizio of Turin
The "Protecting our Heritage" initiative continues with a series of exciting new events. This series of events, supported by UNESCO and organized by the Washington cluster of the Network of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) under the 2016 Presidency of the Italian Cultural Institute, is aimed at raising awareness of the nee...
Italian and American Design - June 28, 2016 from 7:00 pm
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - Time: From 7:00 pm To 9:00 pm Organized by : Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute - Entrance : Free On the occasion of the XXI Triennale di Milano International Exhibition "21st Century. Design After Design", the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute invite you to the panel dis...
Registration Open For UNICO 5K
The Verona chapter of UNICO National, the Italian-American service organization, will hold its annual Labor Day 5K in Veorna Park on Monday, September 5. The big race steps off at 9:30 a.m. and there's a 1 mile fun run that starts at 9 a.m. The Labor Day 5K is a USATF-NJ grand prix event that raises money for the scholarships that UNICO gr...
Successo a Washington per l'evento Slow Foods Usa - Us-Italy Global Affairs Forum
US-Italy Global Affairs Forum - organizzazione che opera a Washington DC e che si occupa di raccogliere e promuovere informazioni e notizie legate alle dinamiche transatlantiche con particolare attenzione alle relazioni tra Usa e Italia - e l'Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC hanno ospitato nei giorni scorsi Richard McCarthy, direttore esec...
A NEAPOLITAN PRESEPIO
At Folger Shakespeare Library A NEAPOLITAN PRESEPIO by artist Ulderico Pinfildi IN THE SHAKESPEARE GALLERY: This Neapolitan presepio, sculpted by artist Ulderico Pinfildi, re-creates the nativity with the colorful details of 18th century Italian life. Pre-concert reception commemorating the display on Wednesday, December 19 from 6:30PM to 7:15...
La Famiglia
Early in Christopher Castellani's new novel, "All This Talk of Love," Frankie Grasso wonders whether he and his family are "at the end of something." Frankie is a 30-ish graduate student in English literature, still a long way from the end of (for one thing) his dissertation. An answer begins to take shape when his sister, an affluent stay-at-home...
Let's Learn About: Bocce in Pittsburgh
By Brady Smith Bocce is widely considered to be the one of the world's oldest sports. The origins of the game can be traced to ancient Egypt and hieroglyphics on tomb walls, which depicted the Egyptians tossing rocks at a specific target. According to historians, the game evolved from using polished stones to throwing the rounded balls...