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di Valentina Barresi   Le mafie raccontate a chi, oltreoceano, vive dinamiche quotidiane drammatiche e riesce, con la semplicità dei suoi giovani anni, a fare proprio un messaggio che valica confini territoriali e temporali: si è conclusa venerdì l'avventura palermitana di otto studenti della Columbia Heights Educational Campus di Washington...

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The National Women's History Museum, Washington, presents "New Beginnings: Immigrant Women and the American Experience," the fifth forum in its Initiating Change/Adapting to Change lecture series on Wednesday, October 22 at 6pm at The Marvin Center at The George Washington University..   The discussion will explore the historical experiences...

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Italian furniture store Calligaris has just settled into its new location in Georgetown at 3328 M St., and it is a classy, welcome addition for anyone interested in contemporary Italian design.   The well-curated showroom feels more like an exhibition of fine design. Calligaris furniture is visually pleasing, particularly the selection of vi...

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The recording of the webinar on renewable energy and clean technologies which took place in July 2014 has now been published on the MFA website at (http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Sala_Stampa/ArchivioNotizie/Approfondimenti/2014/07/20140729_UsaInvestRinn.htm).   The webinar was organised by the Italian Embassy in Washington and by Confindus...

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È ufficiale: dal 19 al 28 settembre papa Francesco visiterà Cuba e gli Stati Uniti, con tappa anche all'Onu, per il decimo viaggio del pontificato, nel quale pronuncerà 24 tra discorsi, omelie, saluti.   A Cuba visiterà l'Avana e Santiago, negli Usa New York, Washington, interverrà davanti al Congresso e all'assemblea generale dell'Onu, Fila...

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On Monday October 19, 2015, at 6:30 pm, with the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, in attendance, the Embassy of Italy in Washington will host the award ceremony for the Italian winners of the first edition of The Bridge Book Award. The Bridge prize represents the ideal "bridge" joining Italian and American culture...

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  WTI Magazine #13    2014 Jan, 17Author : Luigi Maria De Luca      Translation by:   Last tuesday evening in Washington DC a memorial service was held for Mary Wilmeth. It was a very nice moment, attended by, among others, representatives of the Italian- American cultural organizations, institutions, many frie...

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Italian dancer and choreographer Mimmo Miccolis and Austrian dancer Gloria Benedikt develop contemporary dance on the edge of artistic innovation and human need and base their work around issues of public concern, for which they strive to create artistic responses that inspire, thought provoke and emotionally touch audiences.   RIGHTS(?) (Am...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) leadership, including President John M. Viola and the Foundation's Government Relations and Public Policy Committee Chair Mark Valente lll, welcomed Representative Tom Marino (Pa.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, who spoke at the first...

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U.S. engagement in problems overseas can be controversial, but it's hard to argue with the idea of Americans helping to, say, keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling.   Saving famous monuments — and many of the treasures contained within the world's crumbling architectural heritage — is essentially the mission of the World Monuments Fun...

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