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L'Expo di Milano del 2015 sarà la protagonista del weekend di eventi e manifestazioni , che culmineranno la sera di sabato 25 ottobre con il galà, con cui anche quest'anno la Niaf, la principale organizzazione di italiani d'America, celebra l'anniversario della sua fondazione.   Ospiti d'onore dall'Italia del tradizionale appuntamento di Was...

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by Fritz Hahn   Vendetta, a new Italian restaurant from H Street impresario Joe Englert and the team behind H Street Country Club, will open to the public on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know about the new spot, which fills the former Red Palace building at 1212 H St. NE. Vendetta was part of Englert's original plans for H Street bars a...

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The Lido Civic Club of Washington D.C., at its 84th Anniversary and Past Presidents Night Gala, honored Anthony "Tony" J. Cancelosi, president and chief executive officer of the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, as its 2014 "Man of the Year." The Lido Club also bestowed the Distinguished Community Service Award on Cristiano Maggipinto, Minister Pl...

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An Italian Renaissance painting rarely seen in the U.S. will be displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington to mark the start of Italy's presidency of the European Union.   The museum announced Wednesday that Titian's painting "Danae" will be on view July 1 through Nov. 2. It was painted in 1544 to 1545 as a depiction of erotic my...

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Chef Stefano Frigerio, a veteran of Washington's fine dining Italian scene, has been tapped as the new executive chef at Fiola.   The Lake Como, Italy, native first cooked with chef/owner Fabio Trabocchi in 1997 when the two were young cooks in London, and helped open two notable Italian restaurants together.* They rejoined forces in 2002 at...

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The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute cordially invite you to a special event in collaboration with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. We celebrate the National Symphony Orchestra's first performances of music by Alfredo Casella conducted by Maestro Gianandrea Noseda, one of the composer's great champions. &...

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Washington DC (May 1, 2013) – REP. WILLIAM PASCRELL, JR. (D-NJ) and REP. PATRICK TIBERI (R-OH) will be conferred the Order of merit of the Republic of Italy in a ceremony officiated by Italian Ambassador to the U.S. Claudio Bisogniero at Villa Firenze, Washington DC, on May 22, 2013.   The event, included in the official program of the "2013...

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The National Gallery of Art, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and Georgetown University, presents Tasso, Monteverdi, and the Arts.   Lecturers Laura Benedetti (Georgetown University) and Peter Lukehart (National Gallery of Art CASVA) will present Torquato Tasso's poem Jerusalem Delivered and the works of art it inspired....

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La collaborazione politica ed economica tra Italia e Stati Uniti, la situazione in Medio oriente e nei paesi mediterranei e l'impegno italiano a favore della stabilizzazione delle principali aree di crisi sono stati al centro di una serie di incontri a Washington del segretario generale della Farnesina, Michele Valensise, con i vertici del Dipartim...

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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, designed by architect Peter Eisenman, is photographed and interpreted through a present day lens. A Field of Stelae, creating a labyrinth of concrete blocks, exemplifies the profound anguish cemented in the memory of the Jews massacred by the Nazi regime.   The photo painting installation, present...

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