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Prof. Maria Fusco, Director of the Education Office at the Embassy of Italy for almost eight years, was recently honored with a farewell reception organized by the Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center and Casa Italiana Ente Promotore . The reception was held at the art gallery of the Italian American Museum of Washington DC. Guests included local tea...

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The 75th Anniversary NATO meeting kicked off yesterday in Washington DC, with the participation of a large delegation from Italy, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Senate leader Ignazio LoRussa, Speaker of the House of Deputies Onorevole Lorenzo Fontana and other officials. Two days ago at Villa Firenze, Ambassador Mariangela Zappia’s reside...

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The 32nd anniversary of the assassination of anti-Mafia Judge Giovanni Falcone was commemorated in a civil ceremony inside Casa Italiana on Sunday, May 26, 2024. The ceremony was preceded in the Holy Rosary Church by a Mass attended by representatives of the Embassy of Italy. The event was organized by AMHS member, Francesco Isgro, who is also the...

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On May 9th, in connection with the International Festival of European Geopolitics in Venice-Mestre, the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC hosted the concluding event of the first year of the biennial twinning project between two Italian higher education institutions, Capellini-Sauro in La Spezia and Cambi-Serrani in Falconara Marittima (Province of...

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Giro d'Italia in 15 Canzoni. Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Casa Italiana (595 Third Street, NW - Washington, DC 20001). Concert and Lunch - Tickets $30.00. Call:202-638-0165 or visit here to purchase tickets. Join Holy Rosary Church on a journey through the regions of Italy in 15 songs - Un Giro d'Italia in 15 canzoni. Based on popular demand...

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Our final AMHS speaker program for 2023 started out with a real treat for the attendees — a surprise performance by AMHS music scholarship winner Giorgio Consolati. Afterwards, Professor Carmine Vittoria told us about his two most recent, very different books. The program, held at Casa Italiana on September 10, 2023, began with Giorgio’s introducti...

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AMHS is pleased to present Professor Carmine Vittoria as the speaker at our next luncheon program at Casa Italiana in DC on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. MHS members may recall that Professor Vittoria gave us a talk in June 2019, just after he had finished his took “Bitter Chicory and Sweet Espresso,” his own story of hardship and surviv...

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In an impressive ceremony held on Sunday, June 11, 2023, the new Casa Italiana building housing the Holy Rosary rectory and the Italian-American Museum of Washington, D.C., was named Centro Scalabrini in honor of San Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, known as the “Father of Migrants.” The naming ceremony, held in front of the museum entrance at 229 F S...

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The Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center is pleased to announce its Italian Legacy Summer Grant Archival Project for 2023. We are looking for a capable student (graduate or undergraduate) who is living within the District of Columbia area who will work on an archive project at the Robert A. Facchina Italian American Museum of Washington DC located at...

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Join the the Embassy of Italy for EU Open House on Saturday, May 13, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and discover the European chanceries around Washington DC. Explore the fascinating world of Italy’s palaces, museums, and other extraordinary places through the “Massimo Listri: Italian Wonder” photo exhibition, co-organized by the Italian Cultural...

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