The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC is an Italian-American civic organization serving the Washington Metropolitan, founded in 1929, has selected Mr. Alfred Grasso as 2013 Man of the Year. Mr. Grasso, Chief Executive Officer of Mitre Corporation and the Chairman of the Board of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) I...
READ MOREThe National Italian Flag Throwing Team (Nazionale Italiana Sbandieratori) was in Washington this Mother's Day Weekend where they performed at the Italian Embassy on Saturday and at the Casa Italiana Cultural Center on Sunday. Fonte: Ciao Washington
READ MORECONFERENCE DATES: OCTOBER 4 - 6, 2013 An international, interdisciplinary conference on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, to be held at Georgetown University and the Italian Embassy. Abstracts were due March 31, 2013. Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings. TRAVEL GRANTS SPONSORED BY TH...
READ MORESculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. And Bernini's artistic vision remains palpably present today through the countless...
READ MOREThe Italian Centenary of the First World War, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute are pleased to present the premiere of Torneranno i Prati, a movie by Ermanno Olmi produced by Cinema Undici and Ipotesi Cinema with Rai Cinema. On the same day - also anniversary of the armistice signed at Villa Giusti - the film will be...
READ MOREOlga Mancuso è la nuova presidente del Comites di Washington. Siciliana, per molti anni insegnante nelle scuole della Montgomery County, è stata membro dell'Italian Cultural Society, di cui è stata – negli anni – anche presidente e vicepresidente. Presiede il comitato dell'American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) competente per gli stati...
READ MOREMay 31, 2015 - Sunday 1:00 PM - 3:30 PMCasa Italiana - 595 1/2 Third Street NW - Washington, District of Columbia 20001. The next luncheon of the Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS) will be held on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 1:00 pm at Casa Italiana (595 ½ 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC). We will hear from Dr. Tyle...
READ MORENel suo primo giorno da presidente degli Stati Uniti, Donald Trump ha indossato una camicia italiana. Cucita per lui da Angelo Inglese, sarto di Ginosa, paese della provincia di Taranto, ma ormai affermato con un brand di successo. Il nome di Inglese ha preso a circolare anni fa, via via imponendosi, quando il sarto pugliese confezionò le camicie p...
READ MOREÈ stato presentato oggi a Torino il Premio Eccellenza Italiana, che si svolgerà a Washington il prossimo 25 ottobre per premiare aziende, prodotti, servizi, imprenditori e professionisti italiani che si distinguono per l'eccellenza. Il Premio Eccellenza Italiana è ideato dal giornalista economico Massimo Lucidi che oggi a Torino ha siglato...
READ MOREDear Colleagues, Recently we have created an Italian Research Institute at GeorgetownUniversity whose principal goal is to identify and highlight the significant contemporary contributions of our talented scholars and leaders in all fields and create a synergy with non-Italian scholars and leaders. On Friday, May 30, in collaboration wi...
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