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Wednesday, March 2, 2022. 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM CET. Online event. LINK TO WEBINAR.  The Department of Italian and the Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC invite you for a talk with international business correspondent and bestselling writer Sara Gay Forden, in conversation with Donatella Melucci, Teaching Professor and Nicoletta Pireddu, Profe...

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ALTHOUGH RESTAURANTS meet their demises with discouraging regularity, it still stung when Cafe Pettirosso closed on February 6 after nearly three decades on Capitol Hill. Faced with hardships endemic to their industry, sisters and co-owners Yuki and Miki Sodos’ decision to call it quits shocked the community. Fans mourned the imminent loss of  favo...

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"The recovery of Italy and the United States and the record data on bilateral trade in 2021 allow us to look forward to 2022 with optimism, with due attention to the geopolitical framework and critical factors such as inflationary pressures". These were the words of the Italian Ambassador, Mariangela Zappia, to the managers of the main Italian grou...

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The Washington National Opera is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The opera, which will run from March 12 to 26, 2022 at the Eisenhower Theater, will mark the first fully-staged production for the company since March 2020. The Mozart masterwork will star legendary Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as Don Alfonso in his...

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“Vision” can mean different things to different people, but for this week’s guest, his life’s work has been inspired by a vision of sharing his Italian family’s inspiring love with the visually impaired. This week, we’re sitting down with Tony Cancelosi, the chief executive officer of Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind in Washington, D.C. Since 1900...

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The owners of Chevy Chase’s mod Italian-American favorite I’m Eddie Cano will plant a neighborhood pizzeria in Glover Park that centers around rectangular, Roman-style slices. Massimo and Carolyn Papetti just signed a deal to take over the former home of Arcuri, the wood-fired pizza place and limoncello bar that closed in August after an eight-year...

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Maurizio Biasini is Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Perugia and his research activity has always been carried out in the field of elementary particle physics, in particular in the experimental study of fundamental interactions with accelerator experiments, in constant collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclea...

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We are thrilled to announce that today, January 31, is our soft opening for our second DC location in Georgetown at 3000 K St, NW within the Washington Harbor. We are pleased with the transportive design provided by Grupo 7 architects and Artemis Construction on this project to bring our “Pizza Shop of the Future Experience” to the Georgetown water...

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Forty layers of lasagna? Yes, I counted them, or—I started to count them when Peter and I were dining at L’Ardente (200 Mass. Ave. NW). But somewhere in the middle of this unusual lasagna I lost count. No matter, I was too busy consuming chef David Deschaies’ layers of short rib beef sugo (tomato-based sauce), truffle Mornay (like bechamel) and gra...

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The Getty shop justifies a colorful goblet’s $45 price tag by noting that it hails from the Venetian island of Murano, “famous for its highly prized, collectible glass.” Walmart writes that a $57.95 plum figurine embodies Murano’s “richness of color, originality, and unparalleled craftsmanship.” Stunning yet pricey, Murano glass is frequently hawke...

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