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Join the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) on Thursday, May 23, 2013, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala. The signature Washington event returns to the elegant National Building Museum to honor Sergio Marchionne, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), Robert F. Corrao, and Gary Sinise. We wil...

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by Judith Beermann   "As a Venetian, I'm very proud to see these five windows overlooking the canal," said Andrea Rubelli, president and CEO of Donghia. On behalf of his team, including Chuck Chewning, the creative force behind the Donghia brand, Rubelli continued, "We're thrilled to be in the Georgetown district where we have a new home for...

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Joining us on Tuesday, December 16th for one special evening from New York's Little Italy, meet Lou Di Palo, beloved owner of New York's beloved neighborhood food shop Di Palo's Fine Foods. Gastronome, food educator and now author of the fascinating book "Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy," Lou -- described as "one of the preeminent e...

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Washington is hosting Thursday and Friday two conferences on Italian cuisine by award-winning food historian and TV host Francine Segan as part of initiatives organized by the Italian embassy ahead of the food-themed Expo world's fair opening in Milan on May 1.   Segan, a leading expert on Italy's culinary traditions, will be talking about t...

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The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC is an Italian-American civic organization serving the Washington Metropolitan, founded in 1929, has selected Mr. Alfred Grasso as 2013 Man of the Year. Mr. Grasso, Chief Executive Officer of Mitre Corporation and the Chairman of the Board of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) I...

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The National Italian Flag Throwing Team (Nazionale Italiana Sbandieratori) was in Washington this Mother's Day Weekend where they performed at the Italian Embassy on Saturday and at the Casa Italiana Cultural Center on Sunday.   Fonte: Ciao Washington

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CONFERENCE DATES: OCTOBER 4 - 6, 2013 An international, interdisciplinary conference on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, to be held at Georgetown University and the Italian Embassy. Abstracts were due March 31, 2013.   Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings. TRAVEL GRANTS SPONSORED BY TH...

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Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. And Bernini's artistic vision remains palpably present today through the countless...

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The Italian Centenary of the First World War, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute are pleased to present the premiere of Torneranno i Prati, a movie by Ermanno Olmi produced by Cinema Undici and Ipotesi Cinema with Rai Cinema.   On the same day - also anniversary of the armistice signed at Villa Giusti - the film will be...

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Olga Mancuso è la nuova presidente del Comites di Washington. Siciliana, per molti anni insegnante nelle scuole della Montgomery County, è stata membro dell'Italian Cultural Society, di cui è stata – negli anni – anche presidente e vicepresidente. Presiede il comitato dell'American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) competente per gli stati...

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