Giovanni Falcone – An Italian Hero
PALERMO, 1987. Judge Giovanni Falcone and his wife Francesca Morvillo – Photo by Franco Zecchin Twenty years have passed since Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and his three bodyguards, Antonio Montinari, Rocco Di Cillo and Vito Schifani, were killed in Capaci, Sicily, on May 23, 1992. Throughout his life Giovanni Falcone fought organized […]
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Giochi d’Estate (Summer Games)
Directed by Rolando Colla Movie Screening The story of an adult and a teenage couple during a brief summer holiday by the sea. While Nic’s parents remain trapped in a precarious mutual dependency despite repeated attempts at reconciliation, their 12-year-old son tries to come to terms with his father’s traumatizing violent outbursts in games with […]
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Italians in DC Festival 2012
The Italians in DC Festival is organized by the nonprofit association Italians in DC to present Italy and contemporary Italian pop culture to Washingtonians. The Festival will celebrate Italy through arts, culture, music, food, wine, and educational activities for children. Italians in DC will bring a piece of Italy to the Nation’s capital inviting their […]
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In the Light of Naples: Francesco de Mura in America
by Arthur R. Blumenthal, Ph.D. an illustrated lecture The lecture will show some of the finest paintings in America by Francesco de Mura (1695-1782), the greatest artist of the late Baroque in Naples. De Mura’s superb draftsmanship and luminous colors in harmonious compositions of religious subjects, intense portraits, and mythological scenes will be shown. In […]
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Frescoes Step by Step
an introduction to techniques and restoration by Umberto Tripi and Roberta Voncina Umberto Tripi and Roberta Voncina will offer a visual presentation of how frescos are made and, when needed, restored. A series of examples of the different steps of the making of a fresco and a collection of freshly made frescoes will be on […]
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Shortcut to Europe The Delegation of the European Union to the United States and the Embassies of the 27 EU Member States to the United States will open their doors to the Washington public during the EU Embassies’ Open House Day. This annual event is a highlight of the Washington May calendar and is celebrated […]
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EVERYWHERE NOWHERE (ON VIEW: RESERVATION REQUIRED)
Paintings by Christian Balzano ON VIEW: By appt. (Mon-Fri:10am-12/2pm-4pm), Reservations at iicwashington@esteri.it EXHIBITION OPENING: May 10, 2012, 7:00 PM A visual meditation on time and space, existence and transformation, carried out through the magnificent and frail brightness of gold leaf and sinuous drawing – accompanied, on the occasion of the opening by the music of […]
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La prima cosa bella
with Italians in DC Movie Screening Summer 1971. The beauty pageant of Miss Pancaldi, is the highlight of the summer season in Livorno. The election of Anna as the “most beautiful mother” brings trouble to the Michelucci’s family. Italy, 2010- color, 118minutes Directed by Paolo Virzì Film In Italian with English Subtitles TRAILER (via […]
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AAIS 2012 Annual Conference
May 3-5, 2012 in Charleston, SC Keynote Speaker Professor John Dickie from University College of London The annual conference of the American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS 2012) will be held this year at the College of Charleston, located in one of the South’s most historic and charming cities, Charleston, South Carolina. For three days […]
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Urbino Press Award
The Urbino Press Awards is in recognition of excellence in journalism awarded to American reporters who, through their commitment and daily work, conscientiously inform millions of people. The City of Urbino, which during the Reinassance gave life to one of the most enlightened courts of Europe, symbolically reinstates its court which will no longer hear […]
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