Monday April 4 2016 - h 17:30 Organizzato da : Georgetown University, Embassy, IIC Ingresso : Libero Luogo: Georgetown University: 37th & O St NW - WashingtonTO RSVP: CLICK HERE In the context of Protecting our Heritage series of events launched by the 2016 EUNIC Washington DC, under the presidency of the Italian Cultural Institute, th...

Brigitte Daprà, director of exhibitions and loans, Superintendency of Cultural Heritage for the City and the Museums of Naples and the Royal Palace of Caserta, talks about the historical events during World War II that forced the relocation of over 6,000 artworks, including Titian's Danaë, from Naples to several secure locations, to ensure their pr...

Thursday, December 03, 2015 From 4:00 pm To 6:30 pm. Entrance : Free of Charge - RSVP Required - Please contact Lucia Wolf at 202-707-2256 or lwolf@loc.gov to RSVP for this event. Library of Congress - James Madison Memorial Building - Mumford Room and West Dining Room, 6th Floor - 101 Independence Ave. SE - ...

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...

Presented by Apartment Zero at Artisphere on the occasion of The Washington, DC International Design Festival and in conjunction with The Next Wave: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century.   Experience this unique opportunity to meet one of the world's most prolific and sought-after product designers, direct from Milan. Roberto Pal...

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...

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...

Embassy of Italy. 3000 Whitehaven Street NW. Washington, DC 20008Friday, April 29, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT). Register The Istituto Italiano di Cultura cordially invites you to the screening of "Depero. Rovereto, New York and Other Stories" (2015), the first documentary film focused on the artist from Trentino, Fortunato De...

A symposium in the US capital on Tuesday highlighted the many influences Italy has had on the White House through the centuries, from Cicero's ideal of the gentleman politician to the concept of equality espoused by Filippo Mazzei, which influenced Thomas Jefferson in guiding the nation's founding principles. The symposium "Italy in the White Hous...

Italians in DC, insieme all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Casa Italiana, la National Italian American Foundation, Sons of Italy, il Lido Civic Club, e' lieta di sponsorizzare l'evento organizzato dalla Holy Rosary Church (la chiesa italo-americana a Washington) all'interno dell'Anno della Cultura Italiana.   La tavola rotonda offrira' un pro...