Pizza Napoletana | CHANGE OF DATE
Stay tuned as we announce the new dates and the many exciting events to celebrate Pizza napoletana! The “Art of Neapolitan Pizzaiuolo,” lovingly transmitted from generation to generation, has joined UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity! Find out more…
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Il cammino della voce
The recital Il cammino della voce (The Journey of the Voice) takes us through a stylistic and poetic itinerary of Italian vocal chamber music spanning the early 1900s and the time of the first historic avant-guard through the last few decades of our time and the second half of the 1900s, with historic pieces of […]
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Oceana Rain Stuart’s Sculptures
The Leonardo da Vinci Society, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, is proud to present the exhibition of the work of Oceana Rain Stuart. Recognized as one of the best figurative artists in the USA (Figurative Artist of the Year by Art Comes Alive), her sculptures have been exhibited at the Louvre Museum and […]
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Napoli Deep/Arte | A photographic exhibition of the “Selvaggi Napoletani”
Rarely seen photos of the punk art scene in 1980s Naples will be on view at the Italian Cultural Institute from December 8, 2017 to February 6, 2018. Against the backdrop of a city exacerbated by urban disaster, an unruly artistic movement emerged, calling themselves the “Neapolitan Savages,” and for a brief moment, their utopian […]
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Simply Pesce! Matthew Dolan’s “Simply Fish” Booksigning & Demonstration
Join us as Twenty Five Lusk Executive Chef, Matthew Dolan, talks about the intriguing topic of sustainable seafood and demonstrates a dish from his new cookbook, Simply Fish: 75 Modern and Delicious Recipes for Sustainable Seafood. Chef Dolan will be introduced by Elisa Celli, a national bestseller author of four books on Italian food and […]
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Traditional Cooking from Mantua
The city of Mantua and its surrounding region, East Lombardy, have been selected by the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism as the 2017 European Capital of Gastronomy. Once the seat of the powerful Gonzaga Dukes, Mantua enjoys a unique position between the delicate flavors of Lake Garda, to the north, and the […]
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Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Cinematic Life
XVII WEEK OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE Following the publication of the revised edition of Pasolini Requiem, called by the New York Times Book Review “the standard Pasolini biography,” author Barth David Schwartz returns to the Italian Cultural Institute for a conversation with film scholar Noa Steimatsky. Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–75) was one of the most […]
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A Taste of Italian – Istituto Scuola’s Open House & Language Fair
On the occasion of the Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo, the Istituto Italiano Scuola and the Italian Cultural Institute open their doors to all who may be interested in or curious about our beautiful language. From 5:00pm to 8:00 pm visitors will have a chance to explore language classes, learn about scholarships, take advantage […]
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Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker Duo
Silvia Tarozzi (violin) and Deborah Walker (cello) are actively involved in the fields of contemporary experimental music and free improvisation. Together with French composer Pascale Criton they have been exploring microtonal extended techniques and gestural processes on a violin and a cello tuned in 1/16 of a tone. The compositions that have resulted from this […]
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Nicola Lagioia reads and signs “Ferocity”
XVII WEEK OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE Libreria Pino welcomes Italian author Nicola Lagioia to read and sign his novel, Ferocity, on Saturday, October 14th at 5:30 pm. Nicola Lagioia, born in Bari in 1973, is an editor for the Italian publisher Minimum Fax. He is the author of three novels and a collection of short […]
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