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In August 1943, on the eve of the Allied invasion of Italy, bombs threatened Michelangelo's David and nearly destroyed da Vinci's Last Supper. The race to save Italy's masterpieces was on. Two members of the U.S. Army's Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program—Deane Keller, a portraitist and Yale art professor, and Fred Hartt, a scholar at the un...

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The National Italian American Foundation recreated its 40th Anniversary Awards Gala Weekend into an extravaganza of song, homage to heritage, family ties, and passion for food. The Foundation's celebration of its 40-year milestone united Italian American and Italian cultures of the past with an eye to the future. The NIAF gala was presented by Alit...

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Washington Concert Opera will celebrate at the Embassy of Italy its 26th season with a festive Gala on Monday, March 18, 2013. The event will be under the patronage of the Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero and Mrs. Laura Denise Bisogniero, and it is part of the program of 2013 – Year of the Italian Culture in the US. Three hundred guests from...

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The FIAT® brand has partnered with one of Instagram's first and most active creator communities, #JJ, to commission its founder and top photographers to embark on a photo-documented open road adventure in the new Fiat 500L. The road trip began yesterday (September 17) at the FIAT Studio in Chicago and will make stops in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washing...

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Embassy of Italy - Auditorium3000 Whitehaven Street, NWWashington, DC 20008 MORE INFO & RSVP: CLICK HERE DOORS OPEN AT 6PM AND CLOSE AT 6:30PM   Set in modern day Milan, L'Intrepido is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work - every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour - as seen through the eyes of a kind,...

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by Susan Heavey and Lisa Lambert   U.S. President Barack Obama and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet April 17 to discuss a range of security issues, including the crisis in Ukraine and ongoing efforts to counter Islamic State, the White House said on Tuesday. "Italy is a valued NATO ally and partner on a broad range of globa...

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Natalia Quintavalle, the first woman appointed as Italy's consul general to New York State, visited the Capitol to visit both legislative chambers and accept a resolution of welcome from state Sen. David Carlucci, in his capacity as president of the Conference of Italian-American state legislators.   Quintavalle, currently the interim head o...

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Sabato 17 ottobre scorso, l'On. Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli ha partecipato, presso l'Ambasciata italiana a Washington, alla tradizionale riunione annuale di coordinamento consolare, indetta dall'Ambasciatore Bisogniero, con i Capi degli Uffici consolari, i Presidenti dei Comites, i Direttori degli Istituti di cultura e i neo eletti membri del CGIE....

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Cari Connazionali, sono felice di celebrare con voi questo 2 giugno del 2013, 67esimo anniversario della fondazione della Repubblica Italiana.   E' un'occasione che ci riempie di gioia e che ha un profondo significato, anche perché è una ulteriore opportunità per celebrare gli eccellenti rapporti di amicizia che esistono fra l'Italia e gli...

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What happens when the objective (scientific) part of the mind intersects with the subjective (artistic) part? Bulent Atalay explores this fascinating question by probing the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein.   Each was a towering scientific figure, but Leonardo was a scientist doing art, and an artist doing scie...

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