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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Open Walls Baltimore 2
with Italian Artist OZMO Open Walls Baltimore 2 is an international festival of site-specific street and installation art. This year’s edition will include over fifteen artists from Baltimore, New York, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Peru who will each create a large-scale painted mural and/or installation on privately and publicly owned buildings in the […]
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Peace Through Music “In Our Age”
at DAR-Constitution Hall Georgetown and a coalition of partners from around the world will present a historic musical celebration of the canonizations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII in the spirit of Pope Francis at DAR Constitution Hall. Sir Gilbert Levine will lead Carnegie Hall’s Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Krakow Philharmonic […]
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Measuring Time with the Sun
The Astronomical Use of Basilicas in Italy A conference by Prof. Costantino Sigismondi A conference by Professor Costantino Sigismondi on measuring time with the sun. Through the construction of meridians (lines through which the sun crosses at noon) in Italian churches, increased precision and accuracy in solar astrometry was achieved. From the Italian Renaissance through […]
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Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio
Clash of Civilization over and Elevator at Piazza Vittorio MOVIE SCREENING A small culturally mixed community living in an apartment building in the center of Rome is thrown into disarray when one of the neighbors is murdered. An investigation ensues and as each of the victims neighbors is questioned, the reader is offered an all-access […]
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FILMFEST DC
The Washington, DC International Film Festival The Washington, DC International Film Festival, in its 28th Edition, is an annual event that showcases a wide range of extraordinary new films from around the globe. The festival has become a prominent showcase for filmmakers to show their works to the knowledgeable and enthusiastic audience of our nation’s […]
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URBINO PRESS AWARD – SOLD OUT
Award Presentation Ceremony You are kindly invited to attend the award presentation ceremony. The 2014 Urbino Press Award goes to Maria Bartiromo, Anchor and Global Markets Editor for FOX Business Network. PROGRAM: Remarks by H.E. Claudio Bisogniero, Ambassador of Italy to the United States, introducing the 2014 Award Winner. Remarks by Award Winner Maria Bartiromo. […]
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THEATER (in English): Boccaccio’s Decameron
The three novels Messer Machiavelli used to write La Mandragola at the Embassy of Italy (7PM) After having presented with great success La Mandragola, KIT and its young division – the YoungKIT – presents the three novels that inspired Messer Machiavelli to write his Mandragola. With just few costumes and props, the YoungKIT presents the […]
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