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America Settentrionale

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16 September 2014
Washington – Italian Jazz Series Festival

The Italian Jazz Series Festival will take place in Washington DC from 22 to 30 September, with the support of the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute. The historic “Blues Alley” of the Georgetown district will host the performances of five Italian musicians of international fame. As Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero commented, the venue […]

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10 September 2014
Los Angeles – Challenging convention at Juxtapoz Italiano

The exhibition entitled “Juxtapoz Italiano – Four Artists who Defy Convention” has opened in Los Angeles and will run until 1 October 2014. The exhibition brings together the work of Nicola Verlato, Fulvio di Piazza, Marco Mazzoni and Agostino Arrivabene, four painters who interpret and innovate the figurative tradition in Italian art. The four represent […]

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10 September 2014
Montreal – Discovering Marco Polo and his fabulous journey to the East

“The greatest book of the 13th century”. That is how literary critic Attilio Momigliano describes “Il Milione”, the centrepiece of the exhibition entitled “Marco Polo. Le fabuleux voyage”, which runs until 26 October 2014 at Montreal’s Pointe-à-Callière museum. The Italian Cultural Institute (ICI) is offering 3 guided tours of the exhibition (in Italian, and free […]

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10 September 2014
Toronto – Wine, film and Italy with “Natural Resistance”

The “Natural Resistance” documentary has its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a presentation by the director (and former sommelier), Jonathan Nossiter, at the city’s Italian Cultural Institute. The initiative, organised in collaboration with the ICE-Italian Trade Promotion Agency, is entitled “A Natural Wine Revolution: The Italian Avant Garde. A […]

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9 September 2014
Italy-USA: Student exchanges on the increase

Academic cooperation between Italy and the United States is growing. The Faculty of Medicine at Rome’s Tor Vergata University has signed a collaboration agreement with America’s George Washington University for a student exchange programme. Drawn up with help from the Science Attaché at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, Ranieri Guerra, the five-year agreement also […]

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29 August 2014
Canada – Mazzantini and Castellitto

Together in life, together in art: in conjunction with the 38th Festival des Film du Monde, held this year in Montreal, the Italian Cultural Institute hosted an encounter in Italian and open to the public with Margaret Mazzantini and Sergio Castellitto. Wife and husband as well as acclaimed filmmaking duo, they were on hand to […]

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27 August 2014
USA – Exhibition on Italian Neoclassicism and Futurism

The National Gallery of Art in Washington has mounted an exhibition on Italian Neoclassicism and Futurism that will run from early September to February 2015. The exhibit is part of the cultural events organised in honour of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. “I am very pleased to see the National […]

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25 August 2014
Montreal – Italy participates in Festival Films du Monde

Montreal is hosting the 38th Festival des Films du Monde. Italy is competing with a variety of offerings, and Italian actor, screenwriter and director Sergio Castellitto is chairing the festival jury. This year’s edition, dedicated to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, aims to promote cultural diversity and understanding among peoples, and spread the knowledge of cinema to […]

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19 August 2014
Dei/Sole 24 Ore: USA: webinar on renewables and clean technologies now available on MFA website

The recording of the webinar on renewable energy and clean technologies which took place in July 2014 has now been published on the MFA website at (/Sala_Stampa/ArchivioNotizie/Approfondimenti/2014/07/20140729_UsaInvestRinn.htm). The webinar was organised by the Italian Embassy in Washington and by Confindustria. Companies who were unable to take part directly will now be able to view the […]

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