Past Events

Tintoretto at 500: from Venice to Washington

The symposium “Tintoretto at 500: From Venice to Washington” is being organized in celebration of the 500th...

Women Who Jazz: Federica Fornabaio and Angelo Olivieri

  Our Women Who Jazz series continues with one of Italy’s youngest conductors but also a pianist and a composer, Federica...

Italian Fashion Reload

On the occasion of the third international Italian Design Day, dress at your fashionable best and join us for Italian...

The Valley of the Queens – a lecture by Christian Greco, Director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin

3,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt, it wasn’t unusual for women to rule - and some became all powerful - like Cleopatra...

Women Who Jazz: Ada Montellanico Quartet in Concert

Our 2019 music season starts with the first US performance of acclaimed vocalist Ada Montellanico, the most sweet and...

Amori che non sanno stare al mondo by Francesca Comencini

Premiering in 2017 at the Locarno Film Festival, Francesca Comencini's Amori che non sanno stare al mondo (Stories...

Il Bel Canto: Scenes and Arias from Great Italian Operas ** NEW VENUE **

The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute of Georgetown College, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the...

Diversi: 1938 by Giorgio Treves

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute...

A Casa Tutti Bene ( There’s No Place Like Home )

Family reunions are short for a reason: the potential for politeness and civility to give way to childish barbs and decades-old...

The Shortest Day

Some like it short! On the occasion of the shortest day of the year, join us on December 21st for an entertaining evening...

Soupstar: Giovanni Guidi and Gianluca Petrella in concert

Finally Washingtonian jazz enthusiasts will get a chance to experience a live performance by two of the most interesting...

Urban Cities in the Digital Age: How Architecture & Innovation Are Shaping the City of the Future

The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute of Georgetown College, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the...

ALESSANDRO LANZONI – Jazz Piano Solo

Alessandro Lanzoni is one of the great personalities of Italian jazz. At age 21 he was awarded “Top Jazz 2013”...

Indivisibili (Indivisible) by Edoardo De Angelis

Dasy and Viola are Siamese twin sisters on the verge of turning 18, living in the suburbs of Naples. They are blessed with...

Kekko Fornarelli – Monologue, piano solo

THIRD WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD   As a conclusion to the Third Week of Italian Cuisine in the World,...

La Notte della Taranta (The night of the Taranta), a dance performance

THIRD WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD   As the legend goes, there was only one way to survive the bite of...

Barche, pescatori e pesci by Francesco Cito

THIRD WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD   Food is an essential part of people’s lives, and as such is...

SmartGrid for Urban Food Systems at Georgetown University

THIRD WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD   SmartGrid for Urban Food Systems: an Innovative Approach to Connect...

Screening of I Villani, a documentary by Daniele De Michele

THIRD WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD The popular Italian cuisine, loved and imitated around the world, is slowly...

Luchino Visconti's retrospective at the National Gallery of Art

Long acknowledged as one of the leading figures of mid-century Italian cinema, Luchino Visconti (1906 – 1976) was a...