Date: Monday, March 16, 2015 Time: 6:30PM Venue: Embassy of Italy: 3000 Whitehaven Street NW - Washington, DC Organized by: Embassy of Italy/IIC Washington   The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute present a lecture about Piero della Francesca by Cecilia Frosinini, Opificio delle Pietre Dure e Laboratori di Restauro in Flo...

The Association of Amarone Families, which represents the 12 most historical and celebrated producers of this prestigious wine from Italy, will be coming to the United States this year with stops in Washington, DC and Boston.   This is the 4th US tour of Amarone Families and their first time in those two cities. The goal of the association i...

Il governo troverà le risorse per finanziare un piano triennale di supporto alle piccole e medie imprese (Pmi) italiane nella difesa dei prodotti made in Italy sul mercato internazionale. Lo ha detto il ministro dello Sviluppo economico, Federica Guidi, in un incontro con i giornalisti all'Ambasciata d'Italia a margine degli eventi organizzati dall...

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has established the "Italian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation Award" to recognize an eminent Italian scientist who, in performing his/her research abroad, has made a remarkable contribution to the advancement of science and technology, thus improving Italy's S&T relations wit...

After nearly four years in Washington, the Italian ambassador to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, is on his way to Brussels to begin his new post as Italy's ambassador to NATO, which he described as a "very important assignment at a crucial time."   The extra miles logged is business as usual in the peripatetic life of a diplomat, but...

On the occasion of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States, Dress in Dreams by Elisabetta Cantone and Francesca Silvestri presents the exhibition "Star Wigs," a tribute to an exquisite and exclusive Italian craft associated with the film industry.

On April 5th, 2016 at 7:00PM the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (AYPO) of the Washington DC Metropolitan area and the Music Conservatory "Cesare Pollini" of Padua, Italy will perform at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC. AYPO Artistic Director, Christopher Zimmermann will share the conductor's dais with Italian Maestro Simone Tonin. Tw...

By Mauro Battocchi   We are deeply honored to have His Excellency Claudio Bisogniero visit San Francisco on February 13 and join us for a luncheon organized by the Italian Athletic Club in North Beach (SFIAC) and by the new online channel for the Italians of Northern California, "La Scintilla."   You are cordially invited to be with u...

by Ambassador Stuart Holliday   Ambassadors' Forum is a joint initiative of Diplomatic Courier magazine, Meridian International Center, and the Council of American Ambassadors. The Series captures the views of Ambassadors from around the world on the critical role of diplomacy in addressing current global challenges.   In this is...

Sara Teardo (Princeton University), Susan Stewart (Princeton University) and Laura Benedetti (Georgetown University) present the writer Laudomia Bonanni (1907 – 2002) and her posthumous novel, La rappresaglia, recently translated into English by Sara Teardo and Susan Stewart (The Reprisal, University of Chicago Press 2013).   in collaboratio...