Mani sulla città – Hands over the city
Movie screening CINEFORUM A corrupt city councilman seeks a huge profit in a suburban real estate deal. Nottola (played by a wonderful Rod Steiger) manipulates corrupt local government officials in the political instability that plagues Italy following World War II. The only councilman who tries to block the shady deals in defense of the people […]
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Italy’s Sweet Chocolate History with Francine Segan
Join award-winning food historian and TV personality Francine Segan in a lively presentation on the important contributions Italy has made, and continues to make, to chocolate. Hear about Italy’s sweet chocolate history beginning with how Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered it on his final trip to the New World. Part of a series of events […]
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Italian Gastronomic Traditions and Innovations:
The Historical, Cultural, and Social Importance of Food in Italy AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The European Division of the Library of Congress, in partnership with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC present Food Historian, Author, and Lecturer Francine Segan. Francine Segan is a James Beard-nominated author of six books about Italian gastronomy, including […]
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On The Trails of The Glaciers: Mission Alaska + Behind the Seen
Part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital Double Feature Documentary Screening After the successful expedition to Karakorum and to Caucasus, photographer Fabiano Ventura and his team of experts continue their mission to study the effects of climate change on the world’s largest glaciers. Their next expedition will take them to Alaska. Thanks […]
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Expo in DC
Expo Milan 2015 is the Universal Exposition hosted in Milan, Italy, between May 1st and October 31st, whose theme is “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” Expo in DC showcases all cultural events, related to Expo Milan 2015, taking place in and around Washington, DC. Expo in DC Expo Milan 2015 is the Universal Exposition […]
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Piero della Francesca’s mind, between drawing and design
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute present a lecture about Piero della Francesca by Cecilia Frosinini, Opificio delle Pietre Dure e Laboratori di Restauro in Florence. Fundamental to a comprehensive understanding of Piero della Francesca’s art is the distinction between the meaning of “design” and “drawing” in his painting practice. The two […]
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Salvatore Giuliano
Movie Screening REMEMBERING FRANCESCO ROSI The documentary-style Italian drama chronicles the rise and fall of Salvatore Giuliano, a real-life Mob chieftain who rose to prominence in post-WWII Sicily. The main character is almost unseen and his career is recalled in flashbacks after his assassination in 1950. With the help of his right-hand man and cousin […]
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Concerts from the Library of Congress
Roberto Díaz, viola / Robert Spano, conductor / Curtis Chamber Orchestra at Library of Congress Robert Spano, music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, leads the Curtis Chamber Orchestra in an exclusive Washington, DC appearance. Sensational violist Roberto Díaz premieres a new concerto by Jennifer Higdon, commissioned by the Library of Congress and the Curtis […]
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Il più bel giorno della mia vita (The Best Day of My Life)
Remembering Virna Lisi Cineforum 2015, our monthly screening of Italian movies, remembers and honors the recent loss of one of the greatest Italian actresses, Virna Lisi, with a film directed by Cristina Comencini. Centered around a family struggling to cope with itself, with much of the action taking place in the villa of of Irene […]
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THE SYMPOSIUM: Food for Mind, Body and Soul – Artifacts Recovered by Guardia di Finanza
The wealth and quality of the cultural heritage that makes Italy an “Open Museum” comes with a big responsibility to constantly defend and guard it. Old treasures, smuggled from Italy and recently recovered by Guardia di Finanza (a special police corps that reports directly to the Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs), will be on […]
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