When: Monday, October 30, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008  You are invited to the Award Ceremony and Panel Discussion for the Italian winners of the Third Edition of the Book Award "The Bridge" with curator Maria Ida Gaeta, panelists Tiziana Rinaldi Castro and Eli Gottlieb (2016...

Join us on October 21, at Georgetown University, for the third iteration of the Italian Language and Culture Conference which this year focuses the discussion on pedagogical innovations to increase enrollments in the Italian classroom. The Keynote Speaker will be **Giuseppe Cavatorta** from the University of Arizona, and the conference will feature...

The federal holiday of “Columbus Day” would be erased from the books in the District and replaced with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” under a piece of legislation introduced this week by D.C. Council member Anita Bonds. Bonds said she hoped her Indigenous Peoples’ Day Amendment Act would draw attention to Native Americans rather than Christopher Columbu...

The Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., is featuring the work of several Pratt-affiliated artists and faculty this fall—Lisa A. Banner, Adjunct Associate Professor in the History of Art and Design; alumna Kikki Ghezzi (B.F.A. Painting/Drawing ’11); and Italian artist Licio Isolani, who served as a professor at Pratt for more than 50 years.  The ef...

When: Thursday, October 12  2017 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 Join us as we present the catalogue War & Art: WWI - USA in Italy followed by a preview of a previously unreleased documentary about the First World War provided by the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento.  Welcome remarks: H...

When: Saturday, October 21, 2017 From 8:00 am To 7:00 pm -  Where: Department of Italian, Georgetown University, 37th & O Streets NW, Washington, DC 20057 Join us on October 21, at Georgetown University, for the third iteration of the Italian Language and Culture Conference which this year focuses the discussion on pedagogical innovations to increa...

An imposing installation by renown Italian artist Fabrizio Plessi was unveiled today before a large audience at the Embassy of Italy in Washington. It will be on display through October. The installation travelled from Rome where it was exhibited amongst the contemporary art pieces of the art collection of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “...

October 7 (Saturday) 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. National Air & Space Museum Highlight Tour Featuring Italian-Made Aircraft. Join Greater Washington, DC, Region NOIAW members and friends for a docent-led highlights tour at the National Air & Space Museum - 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC. Admission: free for members; $5 for non-members. Contac...

È stato pubblicato ieri dalla Farnesina l’avviso di incarico per il ruolo di Addetto Scientifico all’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington. La durata dell’incarico è di due anni, rinnovabile.  Ai candidati sono richieste la perfetta conoscenza della lingua inglese, la cittadinanza italiana e un elevato prestigio scientifico. È necessario anche possedere...

When: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 At 7:30 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy - Organized by : Italian Cultural Institute - Entrance : Free Italian cinema relinquished Italian literary language back to the shelf. Its role as a guardian of the language was handed to television, where Italian films in which dialect is prominent are still excluded from program...