Embassy of Italy, Auditorium - 3000 Whitehaven Street, NW - Washington, DC 20008 Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from 6:30 pm To 8:00 pm Organized by : Ambasciata d'Italia / Istituto Italiano di Cultura Entrance : Free of Charge - RSVP RequiredPlease click on "Make a Reservation" by November 24, 2015 at 2 PM The Embassy of Italy and the It...

The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, presents a documentary selection, from the four part television series "Great Conversations in Music", featuring some of the world's most renowned artists in candid and revealing discussions, with the participation of Marta Istomin and Anne McLean (Senior Producer, Libra...

The Department of Italian at Georgetown University together with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. is hosting a conference titled Teaching Italian Culture.   The one-day conference will take place on October 19, 2013 during Italian Language Week as part of a series of events celebrating the Year of Ita...

Eataly has signed a letter of intent for somewhere in the vicinity of 30,000 to 35,000 square feet of retail space at the massive Capitol Crossing project planned for above I-395 of Massachusetts Avenue NW, UrbanTurf has learned.   Since 2011, there has been talk that the massive Italian gourmet market-bar-restaurant combo might be coming to...

(WASHINGTON, D.C. -- November 29, 2012) Louis J. Freeh, a National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Vice Chairman and former director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, was ranked one of the top 15 "Americans of the Year 2012" list in the December issue of Esquire Magazine. Judge Freeh joins his fellow Italian Americans, actor Bradley Cooper, ro...

This exhibition introduces the National Gallery of Art's initiative to recognize the importance and richness of Italy's art during the period from Neoclassicism to Futurism, spanning from 1800 to 1925. The exhibit consists of seventy prints, drawings, and illustrated books, divided into three sections. The exhibition celebrates the occasion of Ita...

Dear ICS community, in 2014, the ILP recognized an overall increase in enrollment of over 60%. We are very happy that more people are able to enjoy our "corner of Italy" in Maryland! Our primary goal is to offer authentic immersion into Italian language, literature, cinema, opera, art, history, cuisine, and our way of life. We also enable you to e...

Italian-American Georgetowner Melo Cicala was honored Thursday night by The Lido Civic Club of Washington DC at a reception on Capitol Hill. Throughtout his career, Cicala has been a businessman, restaurateur, radio TV producer, journalist and interior designer.   Among the well-wishers were Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, Father Ezio Marc...

Merribel Ayres, owner of the Amina Rubinacci boutique in Georgetown, and Alessandro Spada, CEO of the Naples-based brand, brought the style, the elegance and the allure of Amina Rubinacci to the Italian Embassy of Washington DC. Kathleen Parker, award-winning journalist, moderated the event, dressed in a stunning Amina sequined jacket. Joined...

In our Bethesda location, you will enjoy 8 classes of history, geography, art and archeology of Rome and its region. Starting from the Etruscan civilization and the origin of the "eternal city", you will learn about medieval Rome and Lazio, the origin of papacy, Rome and its monuments of the Renaissance, of the 17th and 18th centuries. The course w...