Marco Paoli Photography
Landscape photography as spiritual journey. EXHIBIT In this exhibition Marco Paoli presents large black and white photographs from his collection Silenzio (Silence) and from his forthcoming monograph Ethiopia. The works take as raw material the artist’s travel experiences around the world. Travel and place, however, are not to be taken literally. They are metaphors for […]
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La Passione (Passion) – Honoring Italian film director Carlo Mazzacurati
Movie Screening CINEFORUM In a small village in Umbria, film director Gianni Dubois is in deep creative crisis. His home water pipe in Tuscany broke, damaging an ancient fresco of the neighboring church. To avoid paying the damage, he must finance and direct a sacred representation of the Passion of Christ. Italy, 2010, 106 […]
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GRAN SERATA FUTURISTA
with Massimiliano Finazzer Flory A homage to Italian Futurism. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory plays the role of the movement’s founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. In an effervescent monologue, which uses the words of Marinetti and other Futurist ideologues such as Giovanni Papini, Libero Altomare and Aldo Palazzeschi, Finazzer Flory, in a frock coat bringing to mind the […]
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Blue Eyed Souls Band Performance
A Journey into Music EU Open House Event The Blue Eyed Souls is the Lycée Rochambeau band organized by English and History professor, Mr. Howard Carey. Created in 2011, the band continues to evolve, despite the departure of many beloved musicians. The group currently numbers 16 students, spanning from 8th to 12th grade: Bliss Bagnato-Conlin […]
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex on the Flight of Birds
A Journey into Discovery – A Multimedia Presentation EU Open House Event A multimedia presentation that will allow visitors to virtually leaf through the pages of Leonardo’s da Vinci’s Codex on the Flight of Birds on computer devices. Visitors will learn that centuries before flying machines were invented, the seeds of ideas that would lead […]
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A Vintage Tour of Italy
A Journey through Italy EU Open House Event This exhibit details the history of Italy’s travel posters from the beginning of the 1900’s to its peak in the 1960’s, which could be considered the golden age of poster art. ENIT – Italian Government Tourist Board, was founded in 1919 with the purpose of promoting Italy […]
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MUSETTA’S VALZER (Musetta’s waltz)
A Journey on Stilts EU Open House Event The performance is an extract taken from Valse, one of the most represented open air performance of TTB’s repertory. The performance is built around a myth-category of European social culture, namely, the waltz, with its vortical lightness, the flashing of glances and the skirmish of smiles; a lyrical-dramaturgical framework […]
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The Magnificent Journey
The Italian endeavor in space exploration EU Open House Event Space exploration is increasingly becoming an international collaboration. Italy is one of the leading nations playing a vital role in a long lasting cooperation with the United States. From the first liquid propellant rocket to Mars exploration, through the success of the Mariner 10 mission […]
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Picture yourself with ItalyInUS
Photo Booth EU Open House Event Picture yourself with ItalyInUS and make your day with us memorable. Have some fun with your friends and stop by our Photo Booth for your free complimentary picture! LOCATION Embassy of Italy 3000 Whitehaven Street NW Washington, DC 20008 EU OPEN HOUSE – BLUE LINE For a copy of […]
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KIDS CORNER
A Journey for Children EU Open House Event Here are the programs and activities dedicated to our special little guests: Face Painting (sponsored by Ducati) Artistic Ceramic Painting (Casa Italiana) Travel Paper Crafts and a Journey into Marco Polo’s Venice: gondolas, masks and puppets (American Association of the Teachers of Italian) Journey into Italian Words […]
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