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November 12-13, 2010 - FT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - 4th Annual CSNA Convention at the Hilton Fort Lauderdal Beach Resort.

October 22-23, 2010 - WASHINGTON - NIAF’s 35th Anniversary Convention and Gala Weekend. This year’sgala honorees include Christopher Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton Worldwide, and Joseph Uva, CEO of Univision Communications, Inc. Other special guests include director Chris Columbus, MLB legend Rick Cerone, two-time AFL MVP and sports commentator Daryle Lamonica and actors Michael Badalucco, Dennis Farina and Joe Pantoliano.

September 25, 2010. Myrtle Beach, SC - 7th Annual Irish Italian International Festival

July 25, 2010 -NEW YORK CITY - The film A SICILIAN ODYSSEY ~ ODISSEA SICILIANA will be shown at the New York International Film Festival

July 18 - Aug 29 2010 - WASHINGTON D.C. - From Vault to Screen: Il Cinema Ritrovato July 18, 24, 25, 31 August 7, 14, 15, 22, 27–29 East Building Concourse, Auditorium - The National Gallery's annual preservation series this year focuses on Il Cinema Ritrovato, the famous festival in Bologna lauded by cineastes, historians, and film conservators from around the world. Each summer's program includes restorations, rediscoveries, and rare treasures from archives, private collectors, and cinematheques, as well as events that run the gamut from scholarly discussions to open air screenings in the heart of the historic city. Special thanks to Guy Borlée, Gian Luca Farinelli, Peter von Bagh, and the staff of Cineteca del Comune di Bologna for their support.

July 11, 2010 - WASHINGTON D.C. - Appetite for Art and Food in Renaissance Italy, a one day culinary and intellectual indulgence at the Smithsonian.
July 11, 2010 - WASHINGTON D.C. - The CapCrit Lifestyle Expo, a celebration of cycling that brings together GiroDC2012 bid supporters around the belief that cycling initiatives and participation can make a world of difference. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi are two of the public figures scheduled to participate in the GiroDC2012 Celeb ride.

July 7-Aug 31, 2010 - Los Angeles - Gaetano Pesce: Pieces From A Larger Puzzle Exibition at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles. The first retrospective in the Western United States of architect, artist, and designer Gaetano Pesce celebrates the maestro of art-design and his years of experimenting and creating works with polyurethane foam, resin, and plastics for such A-list companies as Cassina, B&B Italia and Meritalia.

July 4, 2010 - Fourth of July celebrated across America

June 22, 2010 - WASHINGTON D.C. - John Podesta, President, Center for American Progress, speaks at NIAF's Frank J. Guarini Public Policy Forum on Capitol Hill. Invitation only.

June 20, 2010 - WASHINGTON D.C. - Festa Italiana is celebrated at Holy Rosary Church and Casa Italiana on 3rd St., NW.

June 9, 2020 - WASHINGTON D.C. - 50th Annual Commemoration in honor of Charles J. Bonaparte, 47th Attorney General of the United States and founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The event is sponsored by the US Department of Justice, the Italian Historical Society of America and, the Friends of Charles J. Bonaparte. The ceremony will be held in the Great Hall of the U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC. Associate Attorney General and Italian American Thomas Perrelli will be the keynote speaker. He will be introduced by Federal Judge Francis Allegra. Also speaking at the event will be Cristiano Maggipinto, First Counselor at the Italian Embassy and John DiCicco, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division. If you would like to attend the event, contact Francesco Isgro at Francesco.Isgro@usdoj.

June 3-6, 2010 - PHILADELPHIA - On the occasion of the Italian National Day (June 2, 2010) the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia presents the Italian National Week together with FILITALIA International, COMITES, and the America-Italy Society of Philadelphia. Click here for program.

jJune 2, 2010 - WASHINGTON D.C. - Festa della Repubblica, Italian National Day, celebrated at Italian Embassy in Washington DC. Invitation only event.

April 30, 2010. STONY BROOK - Symposium at the Stony Brook University's Center for Italian Studies: TOMMASO LANDOLFI: A TRIBUTE co-sponsored by the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and Stony Brook University with the cooperation of the international journal, GRADIVA and the Center for Italian Studies. Welcoming Remarks: Professors Mario B. Mignone and Luigi Fontanella. Guest Speakers include: Silvana Cirillo, Giulio Ferroni, Delphine Gachet, Romana Capeck Habekovic, Paola Italia, Tommaso Pincio, Nicholas Rzhevsky, Filippo Secchieri.

April 25, 2010 - STAMFORD - The Final Competition for Miss Italia USA 2010 will be held at 5:00 PM at "The Palace " Theatre located in Stamford, Connecticut. The winner of the Miss Italia USA will travel to Italy in June to compete against 49 candidates from other nations for the title of Miss Italia nel Mondo. The pageant will be held in Jesolo, outside of Venice and will be broadcast internationally by RAI Italia and in Italy by RAI 1.

THE FINALISTS TO DATE ARE : STEFANIA RIZZO - AZ | CARLY FRANCAVILLA - MI | DESER'E GITULLI - MI | TANIA CARINGI - MI | DANIELLE MONTMORENZY - FL | MOLTISANTI LIGEIA - NY | JOHANNA SAMBUCINI - NY | MARGHERITA MEDICI - NY | ALESSANDRA PAOLUCCI - NY| MELISSA FIORE - NY | SYRA MARUOTTI - NY | CHRISTINA CARLUCCI - DC | MARIA HANSON - PA | CELESTE DI GREGORIO - PA | KASSANDRA VIRGILIO - PA | VANESSA LA MARCA - NJ | MARIA MICHELA CAPORRINO - NJ | ANDREA CIRILLO - NJ | TONY MONTAGNA - NJ | ALISSA ROMANO - NJ | CHRISTINA CIRILLO - NJ | CHRISTINA DE FLAVIIS - NJ | RACHEL SALERNO - MD

YOU CAN BUY TICKETS FOR THE EVENT AT: https://tickets.stamfordcenterforthearts.org/public/

April 25, 2010 - PHILADELPHIA - Singer-songwriter Jovanotti will give a concert at the World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St ,Philadelphia. Until now, American audiences have had to make do with mere glimpses of the brilliant career of one of Italy's most famous contemporary artists, the Tuscan singer and songwriter Lorenzo Cherubini, professionally known as Jovanotti. Over the past twenty years his recorded collaborations with Michael Franti, Ben Harper, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, and Bono, among other well-known names, have occasionally caught the ear of the adventurous listener. Delivering lyrics in a half-sung, half-spoken style that has something esthetically in common with a downtown reading by a Beat poet, Jovanotti uses the rhythm and the ricochet of consonants and catchy melodic hooks to create songs that are instantly accessible to an international audience.

April 23-24, 2010 - NEW YORK CITY - The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute at Queens College presents a 2-day confference on: Terre Promesse: Excursions Towards Italian Topographies

April 16-21, 2010 - MIAMI - Fifth Annual Sicilian Film Festival. The Sicilian Film Festival features premiere screenings, award ceremonies, seminars, a screenplay competition and, of course, gorgeous beaches, delicious food, incredible nightlife, and all that make Miami Beach, Florida one of the most unique and exotic vacation destinations in the world.

Festival activities include parties, live music and galas and the closing award ceremony. Awards are given in several categories including Feature, Documentary, Short, Animation, Direction, Acting and Career Award. For additional information contact Emanuele Viscusi, President of the Sicilian Film Festival at sicilianfilmfestival@gmail.co

April 15-17, 2010 - Madison The Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison, WI, will be showing three Italian films: "The Law" (La Loi) (Italy, France, 1959, 121 mins, 35mm). "Duck, You Sucker: A Fistful of Dynamite" (Italy, 1971, 157 mins, 35mm). and "Mid-August Lunch" (Pranzo di Ferragosto) (Italy, 2008, 75 mins, digital video).

April 14, 2010 - NEW YORK CITY - .Le Isole Lontane. The Writings of Bartolo Cattafi, Reading & lecture by Nino Sottle Zumbo in Italian, at the Italian American Museum, 155 Mulberry Street New York, NY.

April 7-9, 2010 - CHICAGO- The Italian American War Veterans of the United States executive committee metts at the Oak Brook Double Tree Hotel (nice golf course!)

April 2 - August 1, 2010 - NEW YORK CITY - Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey also Includes Specially Commissioned Building Models Showing Palladio’s Profound Influence on American Architecture at the Morgan Library and Museum.

Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) is considered among the most significant and influential architects in the Western world. His clean, elegant interpretation of the architecture of classical antiquity was to spread throughout Europe and North America, and his finished buildings, drawings, and writings have become cultural touchstones.

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March 26- June 6, 2010. MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Art Museum is showing a portrait by Raphael: La Donna Velata (Woman with the Veil). The painting is on loan from the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. "Woman with the Veil" is considered an invaluable treasure among the paintings in the collection. The portrait, which Raphael painted in about 1516, had a profound influence on artists both of his day and since; not only is it beautifully painted, but a myth of intrigue envelops the work—it is rumored that the sitter was the artist's mistress. At one point, the portrait was considered the most famous painting in the world.

March 26, 2010. PHILADELPHIA - Celebration at St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, the First Catholic Italian Church in US, at the presence of His Eminence Cardinal Justin Regali and Dott. Luigi Scotto, Consul General of Italy From Villanova (Italy) to Philadelphia. A tribute to Reverend Antonio Isoleri. A lecture and a concert 5:30 pm “Priest, Parish and People: Isoleri and the immigrant church of St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi” A lecture by Dr. Richard Juliani, Professor of Sociology at Villanova University 6:15 pm “Fantasia poetica” A concert by Carlo Aonzo (Mandolin) and Elena Buttiero (Piano). Music by Beethoven, Munier, Calace, Bruzzone. St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, 714 Montrose Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147.

March 25-27, 2010. NEW YORK CITY- Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Through March 28, 2010 - SAN FRANCISCO - . Don't miss "In Cerca di una Nuova Vita" an exhibit at the The Museo Italo Americano. The exhibit, documents the experience of Italian immigrants to California through the three waves of immigration -- 1850-1924, 1924-1970, and 1970 through Today -- highlighting their struggle, determination, creativity, and ultimately, the cultural and economic contributions that Italians have made to the development of California.

March 23-June 20, 2010. LOS ANGELES - Exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum: Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention. The first display of works by Leonardo da Vinci in Los Angeles in decades, this major international loan exhibition celebrates his achievements and involvement in the art of sculpture. Through original drawings, the exhibition explores his ambitious designs for huge equestrian sculpture projects that were never completed. Important works by artists who inspired Leonardo-and were inspired by him-are also on view. These include Donatello's marble Bearded Prophet and three larger-than-life-size bronze figures by Leonardo's collaborator Giovan Francesco Rustici, all recently restored in Florence and never before seen outside Italy. The exhibition is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in association with the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Through August 1, 2010. PHILADELPHIA- Ancient Rome & America at the National Constitution Center. The exhibit showcases the cultural, political, and social connections between the lost world of ancient Rome and modern America. The exhibition features more than 300 artifacts from Italy and the United States, bringing together a never-before-seen collection from Italy’s leading archaeological institutions in Florence, Naples, and Rome, paired with objects from over 40 lending institutions in the United States.

Covering over 8,000 square feet, the exhibition is organized into three main galleries: Building a Republic, A Classical Revival, and Expansion and Empire. At the close of the exhibition, visitors are left with a question about the future of our nation, What does ancient Rome foretell about the fate of America? Exhibition highlights include: a Roman bronze eagle and American gilt eagle depicting the classic symbol shared by ancient Rome and America; Roman busts of Scipio Africanus, Julius Caesar, and Cicero; busts of the Founding Fathers, such as George Washington, portrayed in togas; remnants from Pompeii, including silverware, a preserved piece of a wall fresco, and the cast of a man who did not escape the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and more!

March 4-7, 2010. CHICAGO - The Italian Cultural Institute is bringing Marino Marini's bronze masterpieces, sketches, etchings, silkscreen prints and lithographs to Chicago in this unprecedented exhibition of the late master's work. Marini (1901 - 1980) is one of Italy's greatest 20th century artists. His work was exhibited in Europe's major cities throughout his lifetime, he took part in "The sculpture of the Twentieth Century" exhibition in New York City, and was an honorary citizen of the city of Milan. A museum dedicated entirely to his work opened in Florence in 1988. The ICI exhibit reexamines Marini's role in the American art scene between the 1950s and 1970s, and introduces a new generation of art lovers to Marini's most iconic creations: "Pomone," a female figure in bronze, and the magnificently modeled "Knight." The themes of female archaic divinities called pomone, and of horsemen, were constants for Marini, whose artistic vision was informed by his early study of Tuscany's famous Etruscan artwork.

February 28, 2010. WASHINGTON - The Friends of Casa Italiana present a roundtable on Italian Immigration: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Location: Casa Italiana at 1:00 p.m.

The documentary by Gianfranco Norelli, Pane Amaro (Bitter Bread), will be shown. Journalist Ennio Caretto, former correspondent for Corriere della Sera will moderate. This roundtable is co-sponsored by The Lido Civic Club and the Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society.

"I would certainly recommend this film to anyone of Italian descent. But it is also of much broader interest, to anyone who wants to understand more of the human cost of immigration and the complexity of the earlier "great waves" of American immigration. Additionally, I think it is valuable to understand the suffering and racism experienced by many different groups of immigrants. For example, this film documents the fact that many lynching victims in the American South were Italian immigrants." B.Adler as reviewed at Amazon.com

February 25, 2010. NEW YORK CITY - 25th Annual GALA ITALIA. The show will feature the best of the Italian national wine production combined with the finest Italian gastronomy, fashion, art, design and music providing a superb display of the quality and importance of Italian products. Italian actress Simona Venturi has been chosen as the Godmother of this year's events.

The gala italia is organized annually by the Italian Wine & Food Institute under the patronage of he Italian Embassy in Washington.

February 20, 2010. PHILADELPHIA - The National Italian American Political Action Committee will host its 12th annual Carnevale Masked Ball at the Philadelphia Loews Hotel.

Through February 14, 2010. CHICAGO Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008 at Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. This is a ground-breaking exhibition devoted to contemporary Italian art and creativity, co-presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, and the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, on view at the MCA from November 14, 2009-February 14, 2010.

Guest curated by Francesco Bonami, curator of the upcoming Whitney Biennial, Italics presents more than 80 Italian artists active during the past four decades whose work offers a deep sense of originality and vitality, whether embracing their classical roots, breaking away from traditions, or reflecting the social transformation of Italy.

February 13-14, 2010. WASHINGTON - The11th Annual Washington, DC International Wine & Food Festival, DC region’s largest indoor wine & food festival, at The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The Festival features over 600 wines from 100 countries.

January 28, 2010. WASHINGTON - Al Di Meola Italian American jazz guitarist performs a Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia.

January 20-April 18, 2010. NEW YORK CITY - The drawings of Bronzino, the Italian Mannerist who was appointed court artist to Duke Cosimo de' Medici. Born Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano, Il Bronzino studied under Raffaellino del Garbo and Jacopo da Pontormo.

This exhibition is the first ever dedicated to Bronzino (1503–1572), and will present nearly all the known drawings by, or attributed to, this leading Italian Mannerist artist, who was active primarily in Florence. A painter, draftsman, academician, and enormously witty poet, Bronzino became famous as the court artist to the Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and his beautiful wife, the Duchess Eleonora di Toledo. This monographic exhibition will contain approximately 60 drawings from European and North-American collections, many of which have never before been on public view. Accompanied by a catalogue, authored by a team of international scholars, to be published by the Metropolitan Museum.

January 13-14,17, 2010. NEW YORK CITY. Celebrating “International Day of Italian Cuisines” on January 17 with a world premiere on January 14 to be held at the Italian Culinary Academy in New York City.

This year on January 17, all the participating chefs will be cooking "Tagliatelle al ragù Bolognese", the official dish of the IDIC 2010.

January 10, 2010. STATEN ISLAND - Aldo Mancusi will present "The Life & Times of Enrico Caruso" at the Garibaldi Meucci Museum . In 1990 Mancusi founded the Enrico Caruso Museum in Brooklyn and was awarded the title of Cavaliere Ufficiale for his splendid work. He will be showing some of his extensive collection of rare Caruso video and memorabilia, and will be bringing his 1910 Victor wind-up phonograph.

January 8, 2009. NEW YORK CITY. Sicilian native Carmen Consoli is scheduled to sing at City Winery in New York City.

Through Jan 31, 2010. BALTIMORE - Da Vinci—The Genius: A Traveling Exhibit at The Maryland Science Center. A rare look at the genius of one man that influenced generations to come Direct from Italy—da Vinci’s machines, inventions, paintings, sculptures, writings and drawings.The genius of da Vinci from aeronautics to medicine, artistry to weapons of war—all on display in this extraordinary exhibition’s first visit to the East Coast in only the third venue in the United States. More on the traveling exhibit.

Through January 22, 2010 - SAN FRANCISCO - Art Exhibit at the Italian Cultural Institute: Reflections on Painting - From the Colosseum to the Golden Gate Bridge An ensemble of three personal exhibits by the artists Bruno Aller, Aldo Bertolini, and Marisa Facchinetti, founders of the Cultural Association “I Diagonali” in Rome. Includes paintings, painting-sculptures made of copper, and woven artwork, previously exhibited at Arte e Pensieri Gallery in Rome.