Joe Barbieri in concert
As part of Unexpected Italy, the Festival organized by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and the Italian Cultural Institute, Italian singer, songwriter and guitarist Joe Barbieri makes his debut in the United States. Any attempt to find a term to define […]
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Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta: Documentary Presentation and Early Music Concert
During the 15th century, Italian villas witnessed an incredible transformation, going from fortified country houses to places of entertainment and leisure, and in the process, experiencing deep remodeling during this transition. Used to entertain guests and as a retreat from the noise and confusion of the streets and piazzas, these villas often featured gardens emulating […]
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Unexpected Italy – Paolo Angeli: 22.22 Free Radiohead
As part of Unexpected Italy, the Festival organized by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and the Italian Cultural Institute, Paolo Angeliand his extraordinary extended Sardinian guitar, an instrument larger than a standard guitar and augmented with two banks of sympathetic strings, a set of […]
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European Union Open House
On May 11th, 2019 the European Union Embassies and the EU Delegation to the United States open their doors to the public for the annual EU Embassies’ Open House: a day of family fun, culture, food and more. The event offers visitors a rare look inside the embassies and provides a unique opportunity for them […]
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In love and war: Tosca with the Washington National Opera
The Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Washington National Opera are pleased to present a special preview of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca debuting on May 11th at the J. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Director Ethan McSweeny and Conductor Speranza Scappucci will take you inside the composer’s mind and into the history […]
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Crosscurrents
CrossCurrents is a citywide biennial festival that highlights innovative artists from around the world who are harnessing the power of performance to humanize global politics. During the festival, the Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics of Georgetown University (”The Lab”) will bring together more than 200 visionary artists from more than 40 countries for The Gathering May 8 – […]
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Unexpected Italy – Vinicio Capossela Folk Trio
As part of Unexpected Italy, the Festival organized by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and the Italian Cultural Institute, phantasmagorical singer-songwriter, poet, writer, illusionist and showman Vinicio Capossela presents for the first time in the United States Ballate per poveri Cristi (Ballads for wretched […]
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Unexpected Italy – Chiara Izzi & Kevin Hays: Across the sea
As part of Unexpected Italy, the Festival organized by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and the Italian Cultural Institute, join us on a visionary journey between jazz and pop, America and Italy, where dream and lyricism are brought together by Chiara […]
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Constellations by Pietro Ruffo
For an artist, it is always a unique challenge to glean new insights from complex phenomena, such as that of human migration—an ancient, mysterious process that involves many peoples and nations and a welter of data and cultural forces. In his project for IA&A AT HILLYER, Pietro Ruffo draws inspiration from the geographers, cartographers, and astronomers of […]
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FilmFest DC 2019: Nome di Donna (Name of a Woman) by Marco Tullio Giordana
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce the Italian movie Nome di Donna (Name of a Woman) directed by Marco Tullio Giordana at this year’s Washington, DC International Film Festival. Nina is a single mother who finds a job at a nursing home for the elderly in Lombardy. She initially settles in well, but one night she is […]
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