The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, presents a documentary selection, from the four part television series "Great Conversations in Music", featuring some of the world's most renowned artists in candid and revealing discussions, with the participation of Marta Istomin and Anne McLean (Senior Producer, Libra...
READ MORE"Heritage in Danger. The Centro Scavi Torino and the Requalification of the Iraqi Cultural Heritage" opens on September 7, 2016. The exhibit is organized by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Institute of Culture in Washington, in collaboration with the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi di Torino (Research Archaeological Excavations Center of...
READ MORESi svolgerà dal 10 settembre fino a gennaio 2014 in Italia e negli Stati Uniti la manifestazione "Siamo quel che mangiamo? Sostenibilità ed arte", frutto di uno scambio artistico e culturale tra istituzioni formative per riflettere sul tema della nutrizione intesa come cultura, necessità, piacere e consapevolezza. La manifestazione prevede...
READ MOREWhere: Embassy of Italy - Auditorium, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 When: 09/15/2016 - Doors open between 6:00pm and 6:55pm Info: Photo id and qr-code reservation required - Please note: reservations accepted exclusively through eventbrite. No phone or email rsvp available. Thank you for your understandi...
READ MORERoberto Pomili, composer, conductor and international musician, is considered one of the best tango double bass players and composers of his generation. Musical reviews have said that Pomili deserves not only to be heard but seen playing to fully understand and appreciate his authentic identification in Tango music. Since 1995 he has had t...
READ MORECelebrate the wonders of the holiday season and Italian culture at SAAM. Enjoy performances by The Italian Fairy, The Flusso Dance Project, seasonal music by The Capital Hearings, and traditional Italian bagpipers, as well as festive craft activities, face painting, café specials, and more. As our Italian friends say, "Buone Feste!" This p...
READ MOREJanuary 13, 2015 at 6:30PMEmbassy of Italy - Auditorium3000 Whitehaven Street NWWashington, DC 20008 The Cineforum 2015, our monthly screening of Italian movies, remembers and honors the recent loss of one of the greatest Italian actresses, Virna Lisi, with one of the films that made her famous. Pietro Germi's film centers on three st...
READ MOREThe Italian Cultural Institute and the American Initiative For Italian Culture present the premiere of a new publication by Bordighera Press The Mandate of Heaven (Poems of an Italian Childhood) with poems by Grace Cavalieri, with Italian translations by Sabine Pascarelli. Grace and Sabine reads are in English and Italian. The evening feat...
READ MOREAugust 8, 2015. The renowned production house Titanus, founded in Rome in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo, is still operating today under grandson Guido Lombardo. During the golden age of cinema-going in the mid-twentieth century, Titanus embraced melodrama, epic, mystery, and comedy; their famous logo on the screen signified a quality production was abou...
READ MOREOn the 500th anniversary of the completion of The Prince, the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C. and the Department of Italian at Georgetown University are proud to present a symposium on Machiavelli's enduring legacy. Specialists in literature, political science, and religious history will illustrate the relevance of The Prince within...
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