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Tuesday, Jan 24, 2023, 6:00 PM EST. Italian Cultural Institute @ Embassy of Italy - 3000 Whitehaven St, NW Washington, DC. On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute invite you to the screening of Bocche Inutili (Useless Mouths), by Claudio Uberti. Italy 2022 | 100 mi...

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A wistful pilgrim sits on a marble step in the right foreground of Vittore Carpaccio’s Ordination of St. Stephen (around 1511). Turning to gaze at the picture’s protagonist, he is below the consecrating hand of St. Peter himself. Stephen heads a ritual formation of youthful aspirants to the office of deacon, all of them wearing sumptuous dalmatics...

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AMHS members and their guests were recently treated to an outstanding performance by two very talented pianists visiting from Rome. The musicians, Vincent Catalano and Katrina Sudman, performed at Casa Italiana on December 11, 2022. Their trip had been months in the planning, since AMHS President Ray LaVerghetta visited Italy last spring. That is w...

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For a long time, I didn’t quite comprehend the widespread affinity for red sauce Italian American food. I wasn’t the mom who made lasagna or spaghetti and meatballs, perhaps because the best versions require the mixing of milk and meat, which isn’t allowable in our kosher home. Eggplant parmesan was an option, but my kids weren’t fans. When we dine...

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The train in Giuseppe De Nittis’s 1869 painting “The Train Passes” is there mostly by implication. A thick plume of white smoke or steam suggests the presence of an engine, and a small, dark form on the horizon seems to be its origin. But the bleak landscape of a few, spindly, leafless trees underscores the real subject: a world transformed by tr...

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We begin 2023 with an interview that is particularly dear to me. Those who know me know how much I cherish the history and celebration of American war efforts and the heroes who under the Star-Spangled Banner helped liberate many countries, starting with Italy. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a wonderful institution tha...

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The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. have the pleasure to invite you to the conference “Giuseppe De Nittis: A Master Between Italy and France”. The conference is organized as a complementary event to the exhibition “An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis” hosted at The Phillips Collection and ope...

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ITA’s planned growth through next year will allow passengers more opportunities to support the airline’s sustainability programs. Fresh off its Asian expansion, ITA has announced two new US-bound routes out of Rome Fiumicino (FCO). San Francisco (SFO) and Washington Dulles (IAD) will be added to the carrier’s summer schedule, with flights running t...

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The exhibition "Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice," at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has opened. The exhibition focuses on the figure of Vittore Carpaccio, a Renaissance artist who lived in Venice between the 15th and 16th centuries, and is part of our all-out effort to promote the masters of Italian paint...

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On December 13th, The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) hosted our annual Christmas Congressional Dinner with the Italian American Congressional Delegation. NIAF is proud to work with these esteemed Italian Americans in Congress to further our mission to promote and inspire a positive image and legacy of Italian Americans, and to strength...

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