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Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella to Visit United States February 6-13
The White House has announced that President Obama will host President Sergio Mattarella of Italy at the White House on February 8, 2016. President Mattarella will visit the United States February 6-13. “Italy is a valued NATO ally and a close partner on a broad range of global challenges. During their meeting, the Presidents will […]
Thirteen D.C. Area Residents Receive National Italian American Foundation Scholarships
Thirteen university students who reside in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area have received National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Scholarships. The students from Maryland are: Anthony Bagileo of Laurel; John Bruno of Bethesda; Daniel Evans of Germantown; Anthony Fiora of Westminser; Maria LaVerghetta of Columbia; Zoe Ottaviani of Silver Spring; Jamie Restivo of Baltimore; and Carlo […]
Gianandrea Noseda Named Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, 51, one of today’s most outstanding conductors and Musical America’s 2015 Conductor of the Year, will become the seventh Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) beginning with the 2017-2018 season. “I am honored to become a part of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kennedy Center family, said Maestro Noseda, “and look forward […]
National Organization of Italian American Women To Honor Three Women
The Greater Washington, D.C. Region of the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) will honor three of DC’s outstanding Italian American women at its annual Epiphany Celebration on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, at 6:30 pm at Maggiano’s Little Italy (5333 Wisconsin Ave NW.) The event celebrates the achievements of Three “Wise Women”: Lt. Gen. […]
Holy Rosary Church: Serving the Italian Catholic Community for Over a Century
Over a century ago on Sunday, December 14, 1913, Holy Rosary Church was born. It was a humble beginning. Mass was celebrated in a rented house at 83 H St. NW, Washington, D.C. The small congregation prayed on borrowed folding chairs and benches discarded by a local church. An elderly Italian woman donated a small organ […]
Figs & Olive Restaurant: Where is Your Italian Meal Coming From?
Today’s (December 28, 2015) Washington Post article about the unmasking of the “made by hand” chocolate (it wasn’t true) by the Mast brothers in Brooklyn, also pointed out the Washington City Paper story about the plated meals at the Fig & Olive Restaurant in Washington DC. To quote : “That beautifully plated meal at upscale […]
Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World at the National Gallery of Art
Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World, an unprecedented exhibition of some 50 rare bronze sculptures and related works from the Hellenistic period is on view at the National Gallery of Art from December 13, 2015, through March 20, 2016. The exhibit was previously at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, and the J. Paul […]
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