Shortcut to Europe 2016 – FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Culture and Sports, Made in Italy and science, history and technology. Saturday, May 14 – from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm the Italian Embassy will become a window on Italy and present a full schedule of activities and initiatives as it opens its doors to the public, like the other Embassies of the European Union […]
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Unlocking Giorgio Morandi’s Mysteries: A Personal Perspective
The Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC and the Embassy of Italy welcome Laura Mattioli, the founder/president of the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) in New York City, where the exhibition dedicated to Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), which is currently on view through June 25th. Mattioli’s father was one of Morandi’s principal collectors, and together with […]
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L’Orologio di Monaco
L’Orologio di Monaco is the story of a central European family whose ranks include the names of some of the leading historical figures of the last two centuries (Karl Marx, Heinrich Heine, Felix Mendelssohn, Edmund Husserls, Emeric Pressburger). In a study that interweaves past and present, the narrator relives the memories and human dramas that […]
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Depero. Rovereto, New York and Other Stories by Nello Correale
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura cordially invites you to the screening of “Depero. Rovereto, New York and Other Stories” (2015), the first documentary film focused on the artist from Trentino, Fortunato Depero. Directed by Nello Correale, director of “Sotto gli Occhi di Tutti” and “La Voce di Rosa”, the film investigates the figure of a man who […]
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Nuove tecnologie per l’insegnamento della lingua italiana
EDILINGUA 23 Aprile 2016, 09:30 am–12:00 p.m., University of Maryland La piattaforma didattica i-d-e-e per giovani adulti e adolescenti by Viviana Altieri, Edizioni Edilingua In the age of “digital natives” it is imperative to use new web 2.0 tools and to offer more lessons to engage our digital learners. A presentation of i-d-e-e.it, a […]
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BANAT – at Landmark’s E Street Cinema
An old-fashioned arthouse film that will summon memories of Antonioni, Tarkovsky, and Leviathan, Banat is the feature debut of Milanese writer-director Adriano Valerio. In the Italian seaside city of Bari, young agronomist Ivo is packing his belongings in reluctant anticipation of his impending move to Romania; unable to find work in Italy, he’s agreed to […]
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PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE
Join us for a free concert at the Kennedy Center Protecting our Heritage: a Musical Tribute A Concert by the Famous Carabinieri Corps Band to Honor Defenders of Cultural Heritage In what promises to be a not-to-be-missed-event, 90 musicians in their distinctive uniforms will bring to life traditional marches as well as modern and […]
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N.I.C.E. Festival USA – Tempo instabile….con probabili schiarite
In un paesino in provincia di Pesaro vivono Ermanno (Lillo) e Giacomo (Luca Zingaretti), che gestiscono insieme una cooperativa (in crisi). La loro amicizia è messa a dura prova dalla scoperta del petrolio nel cortile dell’azienda. Il miraggio della ricchezza facile e l’arrivo del consulente Lombelli (John Turturro) rompono gli equilibri del paese e aprono […]
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ARCHAEOLOGY AS A PRACTICE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY: The Work of Archaeologists in Yemen
ON VIEW – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY: APR 11 – MAY 18 (Monday to Friday from 10am-12noon/2pm-4pm) TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT: email reservations requests at iicwashington@esteri.it When you email your reservation request, please provide the following: date time name of each guest PLEASE NOTE: the date and time you request may not be available. You will receive a confirmation email. Not open on […]
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TRAFFICKING CULTURAL MATERIALS: Appropriation of Mankind’s Property
Archaeological sites and historical artifacts are property that belongs to all of mankind. Preserving them and keeping them accessible are prerequisites to ensuring people can learn about and from history. Their material existence constitutes an important foundation of our self-awareness as human beings. Ancient history is a collective good which belongs to everyone and requires […]
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