Flangini & Minnelli – Il Cinema Dipinto (ON VIEW: RESERVATION REQUIRED)
Exhibition Opening from 7PM to 8:30PM ON VIEW: By appt. (Mon-Fri:10am-12pm/2pm-4pm), Reservations at iicwashington@esteri.it The Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Regione Lombardia, Associazione Giuseppe e Gina Flangini, and Associazione Colosseum Roma, presents the opening of the exhibit Flangini & Minnelli – Il Cinema Dipinto. On the occasion of the opening, Maestro Stefano […]
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Return to the Aeolian Islands
2012 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital Proiezione Film Washington, D.C. Premiere Generations of Italian filmmakers have drawn inspiration from the stunning Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily. This journey on a red-sailed tartan boat to the Aeolian Islands, also a personal memoir of filmmaker Giovanna Taviani, looks at the islands that have inspired […]
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Women’s Creativity at the Twilight
Lucrezia Marinella’s Exhortations to Women and to Others if They Please Lecture di Laura Benedetti The Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), presents a lecture by Laura Benedetti highlighting the role of women in literature between Renaissance and Baroque. This is our first event celebrating […]
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Noi Credevamo
Cineforum con Italians in DC Proiezione film The film tells the story of three guys in the Cilento region: the patriotic Salvatore, Domenico, who believes in friendship and Angelo who believes in violence. Together they join the “Giovine Italia” movement and their lives start taking different paths which retrace some of the historical moments of […]
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An evening with Puccini
The Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute, together with The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, and the Italian Studies Program at The Catholic University of America, present an opera concert with arias and duets by Mozart, Verdi and Puccini. This concert will also introduce the School of Music spring opera production of Madama Butterfly scheduled […]
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Costantino Nivola: 100 Years of Creativity (ON VIEW: RESERVATION REQUIRED)
ON VIEW: By appt. (Mon-Fri:10am-12pm/2pm-4pm), Reservations at iicwashington@esteri.it EXHIBITION OPENING: February 24, 2012, 6:30 PM On the occasion of the centennial of Costantino Nivola’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, the Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Regione Sardegna, Fondazione Nivola and Sardegna Turismo, announce the opening of the […]
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SEMINAR: Costantino Nivola: 100 Years of Creativity
Scholars discuss the life and work of Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola. With the participation of: H.E. Claudio Bisogniero, Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Ugo Cappellacci, Presidente Regione Sardegna, Ugo Collu, Presidente Fondazione Nivola, Renato Miracco, Cultural Attachè of the Embassy of Italy, Diane Lewis, Fred Licht and Adrian Nivola. Reception will follow. RSVP […]
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Gli Italiani di New York
BOOK PRESENTATION The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with Italians in DC will present the book Gli Italiani di New York, by Maurizio Molinari. The author is the United States correspondent of the major Italian newspaper La Stampa. This event will introduce the book club ParoLab of Italians in DC. This book offers an overview […]
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L’uomo che verrà
Cineforum con Italians in DC Proiezione film Italy, 1943. Martina stopped talking when her infant brother died. Her mother is pregnant again and Martina lives waiting for her new brother to be born. The war is getting closer and when her mother finally gives birth to her brother the SS kill hundreds of innocent civilians […]
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PAOLO PANDOLFO, viola da gamba
Works from the Renaissance through today DATES & LOCATIONS January 26, 2012 at 7:30 pm[concert] La Maison Française January 27, 2012 at 3:00 pm[master class] Coolidge Auditorium January 28, 2012 at 2:00 pm[concert] Coolidge Auditorium Known as “the Yo-Yo Ma of the viola da gamba,” Italy’s Paolo Pandolfo brings Baroque and Renaissance era music to […]
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