Italian Masters at the Head of the Class: Michelangelo and Mattia Preti
A lecture by John T. Spike In this illustrated presentation, art historian and author, John T. Spike, will speak about two landmark exhibitions that have received national publicity for their fascinating counterpoint as supreme examples of Renaissance wisdom versus Baroque bravura. In observance of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture, the Muscarelle Museum of Art […]
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NEXT STOP: ITALY (conference)
AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The European Division, Library of Congress presents a discussion of the photograph/poetry album With film/photography critic Dr. William Gilcher and poet/radio host Grace Cavalieri Also participating will be the book’s editor, Renato Miracco, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Italy, as well as contributor Verna Curtis and poet Dolores Kendrick. RSVP Please […]
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Parables, Poetry and Czardas
CONCERT The program is an eclectic mix of works that, as the title of the program suggests, will include the telling of stories through music, the conjuring up of poetic images through sound and the call to dance through infectious rhythms. The first two pieces were written by Paule Maurice and Cécile Chaminade, two ground-breaking […]
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PINOCCHIO. The Story of a Puppet.
A theatrical performance based on Collodi’s Fairy Tale ApertaMente Srl Presents Pinocchio. The story of a puppet is a theatrical show inspired to The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi directed and performed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. MARCH 18, 2013 at 1PM A presentation of the play in Italian will be offered at George Washington […]
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Machiavelli’s Prince throughout the centuries
at Georgetown University OPEN TO THE PUBLIC “When evening comes, I return home and enter my study; on the threshold I take off my workday clothes, covered with mud and dirt, and put on the garments of court and palace. Fitted out appropriately, I step inside the venerable courts of the ancients, where, solicitously received […]
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DESIGN IS ONE: LELLA AND MASSIMO VIGNELLI
2013 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital MOVIE SCREENING Presented on the occasion of The Washington, DC International Design Festival and in conjunction with The Next Wave: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century . Among the world’s most influential designers, Italian-born Lella and Massimo Vignelli have created signage and maps for New York’s […]
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Challenge of Venice
2013 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital Movie Screening United States Premiere Venice is inextricably linked to her salty, fresh and brackish waters, an inexhaustible resource that now threatens the city’s very survival. Regulating the water has always played a part in the city’s history. Over the centuries, both major and minor interventions in the […]
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NEXT STOP: ITALY (exhibition)
A Journey into Italian Contemporary Photography On view at The Phillips Collection from March 9 to April 28, 2013 Photographic works by both established and up-and-coming Italian artists have been paired with a quintessential selection of lines from highly regarded Italian poets (check gallery below). The project is articulated in 3 phases: ONGOING – Posters […]
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ITALIAN ARTISTS AT Athens SLINGSHOT
Athens SLINGSHOT is a new festival of independent music, innovative art and technology, taking place in Athens, Georgia (USA) on March 9, 2013. SLINGSHOT features bands from across the US and abroad, innovative art presented throughout the urban environment, and technology talks with big thinkers in arts technology. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: athensslingshot.comINFO: info@athensslingshot.com Director: Kai Riedl […]
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NORMA
Inside Washington National Opera’s Production of Bellini’s Norma Presented by Washington National Opera and the Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute. Join director Anne Bogart, Italian conductor Daniele Rustioni, and mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop for a program of discussion and music that explores WNO’s new production of this bel canto masterpiece. Learn more about how a new […]
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