Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea
at the National Museum of Women in the Arts ABOUT THE IMAGE: Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi), Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), also called Madonna of the Book (Madonna del Libro) (detail), 1480–81; Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; inv. 443 – See more: HERE Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea explores the concept of womanhood represented by […]
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EU Film Showcase at AFI Silver
Now in its 27th year, the AFI European Union Film Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to the Washington, DC, region. This year’s selection of more than 50 films includes international film festival award winners, local box-office hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus many countries’ official Oscar® […]
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Il Sud è Niente (South is Nothing)
CINEFORUM Movie screening Grazia (Miriam Karlkvist) is seventeen years-old and lives in Reggio Calabria. When she was little, her brother Pietro (Giorgio Musumeci) emigrated in Germany and never came back. Her father, Cristiano (Vinicio Marchioni), told her that the brother is dead and does not want to talk about him. One night, after a disagreement […]
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Tutta Colpa di Freud (Blame Freud)
with N.I.C.E Festival MOVIE SCREENING Reaching its 24th year of activity in the US – which is where the festival’s first edition originally took place to subsequently be expanded in many other countries throughout the world – N.I.C.E. can proudly claim to have greatly contributed in raising awareness and appreciation towards Italian cinema abroad. The […]
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Poetry at the Embassy with Grace Cavalieri
The Italian Cultural Institute and the American Initiative For Italian Culture present the premiere of a new publication by Bordighera Press The Mandate of Heaven (Poems of an Italian Childhood) with poems by Grace Cavalieri, with Italian translations by Sabine Pascarelli. Grace and Sabine reads are in English and Italian. The evening features musical interludes […]
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Brain Studies Research: Alzheimer & Autism – at Georgetown University
A conference on the latest research on brain studies in two areas: Alzheimer and Autism. SPEAKERS: DR. PIETRO CALISSANO (photo), President, European Brain Research Institute Rita Levi Montalcini University of Rome “Alzheimer & Autism: A Scientific, Social and Human Challenge” DR. REBECCA LANDA, Director, Center for Autism & Related Disorders Kennedy Krieger Institute “Advances in […]
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TO LEAD TO LEARNING, NOT TO MADNESS
eBooks & eSerials at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress’s mandate to build its formidable collection does not halt at the boundary between print and digital. Over the past few years, the Library has heightened its focus on digital publications and has seen great progress in this sphere with its eDeposit for eSerials […]
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Titian’s “Danaë” during World War II
at National Gallery of Art Brigitte Daprà, director of exhibitions and loans, Superintendency of Cultural Heritage for the City and the Museums of Naples and the Royal Palace of Caserta, talks about the historical events during World War II that forced the relocation of over 6,000 artworks, including Titian’s Danaë, from Naples to several secure […]
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Torneranno i Prati
Centenary of the First World War Movie screening 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 – […]
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Morality and Beauty: Marco Bellocchio
At National Portrait Gallery – McEvoy Auditorium Marco Bellocchio is probably best known in North America for his singular early works like Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca), a 1965 film that heralded the student rebellions of the late 1960s. As an artist, Bellocchio embraces polarizing themes of politics and philosophy, death and […]
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