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"To-night I have been wandering awhile in the Capitol, which is all lit up," wrote poet Walt Whitman in 1865. "The illuminated rotunda looks fine. I like to stand aside and look a long, long while, up at the dome; it comforts me somehow." It still comforts America. But while you'd never know it to look at it, the Capitol dome is slowly,...

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by Antonella Ciancio   Seemless rolled rings manufacturer Fomas Group, global crown corks producer Pelliconi, irrigation systems supplier Plastica Alfa are among the around 40 Italian companies travelling to Washington DC this week to hunt for possible growth opportunities in the United States. Better known to sector experts than to the gen...

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The National Christopher Columbus Association, together with Italian-American organizations from the Washington, DC area, will be hosting a ceremony at the Columbus Memorial Statue in front of Union Station in Washington, DC on Monday, October 12, 2015. The United States Marine Band will begin the program at 10:45 am with patriotic marches – a...

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Global Health e Disaster Preparedness. Questi i due argomenti dell'ordine del giorno del seminario della Washington Psychiatric Society (http://www.dcpsych.org) ospitato la scorsa settimana dall'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington. L'evento è servito a definire la formulazione del programma per il prossimo evento Global Health, previsto dall'accordo...

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Kicking off the big 38th Anniversary Gala Weekend will be "Come Fly with Me" —NIAF's first-ever Casino Night! Presented by Alitalia, and located at the lush atrium of the Ronald Reagan Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Nation's Capital, this electrifying evening at the casino tables includes hors d'oeuvre stations, open bar, and live music and...

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Avete amici che vogliono imparare l'italiano? Italians in DC è fiera di annuciare la sua partnership con l'Italian Language Program dell'Italian Cultural Society. La partership prevede sconti altper i soci di Italians in DC per l'anno accademico 2013/2014. Fondata nel 1974 con il contributo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri, l'Italian Language Pr...

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The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the extension of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Italy Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical and Imperial Roman...

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Composers in the 19th century produced a panoply of fantasies, paraphrases and transcriptions designed to bring the world of opera into the household - but what about the concert hall? Cameristi della Scala explores Giuseppe Verdi's music in instrumental adaptations by his contemporaries, all featuring a string soloist with chamber orchestra. These...

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The Department of Italian invites you to a lecture by Fulvio S. Orsitto who is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Italian and Italian American program at California State University at Chico.   Born in Turin, Italy, he holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Turin, an M.A. in Film Studies and a Ph.D. in Italian from th...

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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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