Premio Strega 2017
On the occasion of the release in the United States of Le Otto Montagne (The Eight Mountains), the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC are pleased to invite you to a presentation of the book by Paolo Cognetti, winner of the 2017 Premio Strega, Italy’s most prestigious literary prize. Paolo Cognetti will […]
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The Vignelli Legacy
The Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Rochester Institute of Technology are pleased to present an exhibition featuring some of the most iconic designs conceived by Massimo and Lella Vignelli. The opening event will include a lecture on The Vignelli Legacy by R. Roger Remington, Professor of Graphic Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. During […]
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Ma l’amore c’entra? ( Is It About Love? ) – US PREMIERE
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Knock Out Abuse, present the US premiere of Ma l’amore c’entra? (Is It About Love?) with the participation of director Elisabetta Lodoli. The documentary recounts the lives of three men, Paolo, Luca and Giorgio (aliases), who testify on their stories of violence […]
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Why Ancient Rome Matters – with World Renowned Classicist Mary Beard
This event starts at 5:30 PM ** No phone or email reservations accepted ** The Embassy of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute in Washington D.C., in collaboration with the American University of Rome, present a special evening with world renowned classicist Mary Beard. The historian and bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient […]
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Romeo e Giulietta ( Romeo & Juliet ) by Franco Zeffirelli
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Zeffirelli’s release of Academy Award nominated film Romeo and Juliet, the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Franco Zeffirelli Foundation, presents a pre-Valentine’s Day screening of Shakespeare’s tale of romance and tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other […]
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Fiore by Claudio Giovannesi
One of the discoveries of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Fiore is an award-winning drama from Claudio Giovannesi, the director of Ali Blue Eyes. The movie takes place in a juvenile detention center in Italy where Daphne, the 17-year old protagonist, ends up after being imprisoned for petty crime. While incarcerated there, she meets Josh, an inmate from […]
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Applications of Gene Targeting Technology in Therapies
The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, invites you to a presentation and discussion on the latest research on “The Role of Immune Cells in Neuropsychiatric Disorders” featuring Dr. Mario R. Capecchi2007 Nobel Laureate in MedicineDistinguished Professor in Human Genetics & BiologyUniversity of Utah […]
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Che cosa sono le nuvole? (What are clouds?) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) was one of the most important Italian intellectuals of the post–World War II era. An astonishing polymath—poet, novelist, literary critic, political polemicist, screenwriter, and film director—he exerted profound influence on Italian culture up to his untimely death at the age of fifty-three. Join us on February 6th for a rare screening […]
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Talea, a concert by Paolo Angeli
The Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC invites you to the concert Talea by Paolo Angeli. However you want to call it, nobody else is doing it quite like him. Paolo Angeli, the Sardinian sorcerer, manually crafts beautiful, multi-layered music from his unique designed guitar: a hybrid orchestra built in a single instrument with strings going […]
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The Lost Music of the Holocaust
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC and Last Musik, invite you to an evening dedicated to the “Lost Music of the Holocaust”. Francesco Lotoro will perform some of the songs brought back […]
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