lecture> The Model of Women’s Football in Italy: Sara Gama
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington is pleased to present an afternoon with Sara Gama at Georgetown University, in collaboration with Professor Laura Benedetti, Chair of the Department of Italian Studies. This event is part of the Institute’s broader commitment to sports diplomacy — an initiative that explores how athletic exchange can strengthen ties between […]
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opera / lecture > Teatro San Cassiano (1637): Restoring the World’s First Public Opera House to Venice
PROJECT BROCHURE The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with the European-American Cultural Foundation, presents an extraordinary evening celebrating the birth of opera and the rebirth of the Teatro San Cassiano. This special American launch announces the visionary project to reconstruct and restore Venice’s first public opera house — inaugurated in 1637 and the […]
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festival > Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour 2026 (Opening Night)
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and the Italian Program at the University of Maryland are pleased to invite you to a conversation on Italian cinema in the ’60s as part of Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour film festival. This year the festival will open on March 4 with a conversation about Italian cinema in the 1960s at the Italian […]
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music > An Afternoon of Opera – at GW’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
March 1, 2026 at 2:30 pm The GW Corcoran Music Program will present an operatic concert featuring student, alumni, and faculty performers. This concert will be held in the Salon Dore in the Corcoran Flagg Building in conjunction with the exhibition, Callas at La Scala: Costumes for Ifigenia, Amina, Anna, Fiorilla in the Luther W. […]
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language > Torquato Tasso and Female Patrons: A New Reading History
February 26, 2026 The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with the Department of Italian Studies of Georgetown University, presents “Torquato Tasso and Female Patrons: A New Reading History“, a talk by Dr. Kate Driscoll. Torquato Tasso (1544–1595), Italy’s finest poet at the twilight of the Renaissance, has long been cast as a solitary […]
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music > Notes of Resilience: Musical Bridges between Ukraine, Italy and the United States
February 20, 2026 The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States of America, present a concert featuring Ukrainian-Italian violinist Anastasiya Petryshak and Italian pianist Lorenzo Meo performing works that bridge three nations: Ukraine, Italy, and the United States. The […]
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** CANCELED ** cinema > International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026 – A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington present “A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto.” In this 2021 movie, directed by Giulio Base and presented at the 15th Festa del Cinema di Roma, high school student Sofia finds an old photograph […]
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exhibition > Callas at La Scala: Costumes for Ifigenia, Amina, Anna, Fiorilla
*** CHECK GWU OPERATING STATUS *** January 21 – March 21, 2026 Free and open to the public: Wednesday – Saturday, 1:00-5:00 pm Closed on US Holidays and during GW School Breaks For the first time in the United States, six original opera costumes created for Maria Callas at La Scala in Milan are being exhibited at the […]
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streaming > The Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto) 2025
STREAMING: December 21 – 31, 2025 The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (Italian Short Film Center), is celebrating International Short Film Day with you. From December 21st, the shortest day of the year, join us online for a captivating streaming event. This selection of contemporary Italian shorts brings together stories of artificial intelligence, memory, […]
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book > Cortina 1956 – Cold War, Dolce Vita and Olympic Dreams
December 8, 2025 ~ 5:30 PM The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington invites you to the presentation of “Cortina 1956 – Cold War, Dolce Vita and Olympic Dreams”, a book written by Andrea Goldstein. Join the conversation with the author and Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti as they illustrate the history behind the first publicly broadcasted Winter Olympic […]
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