Past Events

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...

Kids Euro Festival - Angelina: A contemporary Cinderella

  Now in its 11th year, Kids Euro Festival is one of the largest performing arts festivals for children in America,...

The Worth of Women: wherein is clearly revealed their nobility and superiority to men

  Seven women debate gender equality, the true worth of women and the responsibility of husbands, fathers, sons...

ACCADEMIA TEATRO ALLA SCALA USA TOUR 2018 - at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute cordially invite you to a special concert by the Orchestra of the Accademia...

Frontaliers Disaster: An Evening of Swiss-Italian Comedy and Conversation

18TH ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN THE WORLD Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic   This...

Leonardo da Vinci, Extraordinary Genius: from Art to Science

In anticipation of the 2019 celebration of the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, the Georgetown University...

Instapoets: Franco Arminio and the new era of Italian poetry

18TH ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN THE WORLD Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic   A night...

18th Italian Language Week: Ferrante Fever, a documentary by Giacomo Durzi

18TH ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN THE WORLD Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic Filmed between...

New directions: Italian Contemporary Art in the United States

Italy is synonymous with history. We visit Rome and Naples and see remnants of an ancient civilization. But Italy has a modern...