PAST EVENTS
Where: American Institute of Architects - Washington, DC Chapter
District Architecture Center 421 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004
Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red, Yellow and Green lines).
When: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 6:30-8:00 pm
Tickets: Students and Assoc. AIA m...
February 10, 2016
The explorations of the Medici tombs in Michelangelo’s basilica of San Lorenzo (Florence, 16th-18th centuries)
In May 2016, SMATCH sponsored lectures by Professor Gino Fornaciari, of the University of Pisa in Italy, at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. and the...
January 27, 2015
Evening Lecture with Wine Tasting
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Italy is a land of wine. With its ideal climate for grape growing, grapevines have carpeted the Italian landscape since prehistory, and wines have been an integral part of everyday Ital...
June 13, 2014
Luigi De Luca was awarded one of Italy's highest honors, "Grande Ufficiale" of the Order of the Star of Italy, at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2014. The award was given to De Luca in recognition of his work in cancer research at the National Cance...
May 10, 2014
In May 10, 2014 the European Union Embassies and the EU Delegation to the United States opened their doors to the public for the annual EU Embassies’ Open House: a day of family fun, food, culture and more. SMATCH, hosted at the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC, was p...
April 2, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at the Italian Cultural Institute of the Italian Embassy 3000 Whitehaven St., NW, Washington, DC 20008
Measuring Time with the Sun: the Astronomical Use of Basilicas in Italy
by Professor Costantino Sigismondi
Costantino Sigismondi is an astrono...
November 16, 2012
Auditorium - Embassy of Italy: 3000 Whitehaven Street NW - Washington, DC 20008
Organized by SMATCH in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, DC.
SUMMARY: In recent years Villa Borghese and Villa Torlonia, two of Rom...
May 3, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 10 AM to 6 PM: A family event in downtown Silver Spring (Ellsworth Street), Maryland, featuring the Flag Throwers from Lanciano, Italy, re-enacting a Medieval Pageantry "The Mastrogiurato Investiture."
Sunday, June 20, at Festa Italiana, 595 Th...
February 16, 2020
In cooperation with Tunisian cultural association SHAKSHUKA, SMATCH is organizing a program entitled Mare Nostrum to explore a particular facet of Carthaginian/Tunisian history and tradition, from Roman times to today, through the evolution of women's clothing. A c...