Me ne frego (I Don’t Care)
This documentary tells the story of the fascist regime attempt to “reform” the Italian language. This is the story of a little-known failed experiment. The documentary examines the words of Benito Mussolini, school-children indoctrination, and the repression of everything that was different from the fascist ideal for the “new Italian” that had to adapt to […]
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Voice as a Bridge
The American Initiative For Italian Culture and The Italian Cultural Institute/Embassy of Italy present INTERNATIONAL POETRY MONTH an evening of poems from around the world Renato Miracco and Grace Cavalieri host poets reading English, with translations in Italian, Russian, Persian, Indian, Gaelic, French, Chinese, Latin American, Spanish, African- American, Polish, Arabic, African. Music provided by guitarist Michael Davis. […]
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Italian Archaeological Research in Cahokia, Illinois
Please join us at the Embassy of Italy for a talk by professor Davide Domenici about the Cahokia Project. Since 2011, an Italian research project has been underway at Cahokia, IL, one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in the United States, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The project was […]
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The Stuff of Dreams ** NEW SCREENING ON APRIL 29TH **
This fanciful reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Tempest transports the action to a Mediterranean island prison, where a shipwreck strands a traveling theater troupe and a gang of criminals. The prison’s governor must determine who is the actor and who is the convict. Theater impresario Oreste demands to put on a show, The Tempest, to prove his actors’ talents, […]
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La Sedia della Felicità
THIS EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM Bruna is a beautician who struggles to make ends meet. Betrayed by her boyfriend and hounded by an unscrupulous vendor, she receives a deathbed confession by one of her usual manicure customers who is in prison. Mother of a famous bandit, Norma Pecche has hidden a treasure of jewels in […]
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The Role of the Writer – at Georgetown University
The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute, and the Georgetown University Italian Department cordially invites you to a dialogue on The Role of the Writer FEATURING Mario Vargas Llosa 2010 Nobel Laureate in Literature Claudio Magris Author of “Danube” and Charlie Rose Journalist, […]
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TEATRO IN PIAZZA: Theater and Talks at the Embassy of Italy – Dhana and the Rosebuds
TEATRO IN PIAZZA Theater and Talks at the Embassy of Italy Dhana and the Rosebuds Please join us for the performance of Scene-49 from the original screenplay Dhana and the Rosebuds by Federica Cellini and Giulia Corda previously premiered at Studio Theatre, Washington, DC. Directed by Federica Cellini. Starring Lia Johnson, Ali Evarts, Valerie Fenton, Lauren Kieler, Sue Struve. Music composed and improvised by Irene Jalenti. […]
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Arts and Ideas in a Global Society – American Academy in Rome
THIS EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM The arts and humanities define who we are as a people. Mark Robbins, president of the American Academy in Rome, will discuss the impact and the role of the Academy in providing unique and necessary support for American and Italian artists and scholars — as well as Dutch, Russian, Australian […]
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L’INTREPIDO (A LONELY HERO)
THIS EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM Set in modern day Milan, Intrepido is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work – every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour – as seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged man who takes on every conceivable temporary job. Beautifully wrought by master Italian director Gianni Amelio, […]
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Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence: the Della Robbia Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art
THIS EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM Alison Luchs, curator of early European sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, presents a lecture on the first comprehensive exhibition of Della Robbia glazed terracotta sculpture in the United States. Originating at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the show has taken new form at the National Gallery of Art in […]
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