What: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna - When: February 25, 2018 - July 8, 2018 - Where: The National Gallery of Art, west building, ground floor, Gallery 22 This stunning exhibition brings the beloved Saint Francis of Assisi to light exploring one of the most innovative Italian books of the early baroque period, the Descrizione del Sacro Monte...

L’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington ha organizzato sabato scorso, 24 febbraio, una giornata di formazione per i docenti di italiano dell’area metropolitana di Washington sul tema: “AP Italian Language and Culture”. Il seminario, tenuto da Ida Wilder, College Board Consultant, docente di italiano presso la Greece Athena H.S. e Adjunct teacher presso...

When: Thursday, March 08, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 - Organized by : IIC Washington, Embassy of Italy - Entrance : Free - Reservation May Be Required On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration wi...

When: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:15 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 - Organized by : IIC Washington - In collaboration with : Franco Zeffirelli Foundation - Entrance : Free - Director: Franco Zeffirelli Italy, 1968, 133 min - Film in Italian with English subtitles On the occasion of th...

Si rafforza l’asse tra Usa e Italia contro il terrorismo, per evitare che la Libia diventi la nuova base dell’Isis, sfruttando i flussi migratori per colpire l’Europa. Lo dice il ministro degli Interni Minniti, dopo gli incontri avuti a Washington con il segretario alla Giustizia Sessions, quello alla Homeland Security Nielsen, e il capo dell’Fbi W...

On Tuesday, the Kennedy Center, which has been experimenting with the rollout of its season announcements for the past couple of years, announced, without a news conference or fanfare, the 2018-2019 seasons of its classical music constituents: the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera and the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts. The...

When: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy - Organized by : Italian Cultural Institute - Entrance : Free  Join us on February 6th for a rare screening of Che cosa sono le nuvole? (What are clouds?), one of the six shorts featured in Capriccio all’italiana, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Ninetto...

Nel quadro delle attività promozionali del quinto Summit mondiale di SelectUSA (area di Washington, D.C., 20-22 giugno 2018) Il Consolato Generale degli USA a Milano organizza tre seminari informativi sugli investimenti negli Stati Uniti che si svolgeranno a Torino (27 febbraio ‘18), Verona (28 febbraio ‘18) e Firenze (1 marzo ‘18) e che vedranno l...

Miami might have better weather compared with Washington, but it’s no dining mecca. Just ask Loris Navone, the recently installed chef at the newly renovated Bibiana in downtown Washington. He comes from Casa Tua in Miami, “a tourist trap” where “all they want is carpaccio and salads,” says the Swiss-born Italian. Ribollita might have been unthinka...

With Italian pop music blaring through the speakers, Francesco Amodeo cuts his way through more than 300,000 walnuts over the course of two days. As the president and master distiller at Washington, D.C.’s Don Ciccio & Figil, Amodeo hand-cuts each of the California green walnuts for the nocino. The two days of hand-cutting is intensive, and the ent...