I valori della cultura italiana festeggiati come forse, ormai, non si festeggiano più nemmeno in Italia. In una Park Avenue a New York vestita a festa, venerdì, si sono svolte le celebrazioni per il 71esimo compleanno della Repubblica Italiana: un 2 giugno da ricordare nel quale sono state valorizzate le eccellenze culinarie, linguistiche e artisti...

June 28 (Wednesday) 7:30 pm: Napoli, Brooklyn - The Laura Pels Theatre - 111 West 46th Street, Manhattan Roundabout Theatre presents the world premiere of Napoli, Brooklyn, the latest work from Meghan Kennedy. In 1960 Brooklyn, the Muscolinos have raised three proud and passionate daughters. But as the girls come of age,their paths diverge-in drast...

Last night, Sergio Rossi hosted an intimate dinner in New York to celebrate the new sr1 collection. It was hosted by CEO Riccardo Sciutto and held at Lavagna, the East Village eatery offering traditional Italian trattoria fare, where well-heeled guests were given a taste of Italy. Next to the menu lay a miniature lookbook cataloging an assortment o...

New York Opera Fest is not only offering live performances or staged productions. The event is also showcasing major lectures with some of the industry’s greatest thinkers. Among them is Fred Plotkin, who is easily THE opera expert in the United States. Throughout his career, Plotkin has showcased his knowledge and skill as a writer (you should che...

June 23 (Friday) 7:00 pm Italian Short Readings. italytime's Literary Cafe presents the new program "Short Readings: Italian Plays, Poems and Stories" in honor of Luigi Pirandello's 150th birthday. The evening will include the reading of two one-act plays written by the Nobel Prize winner, followed by Q&A with Artistic Director Vittorio Capotorto....

Each year, “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” screens films that draw upon Italy’s rich cinematic heritage and that provide a snapshot of contemporary Italian life. A collaboration of The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Open Roads 2017 will screen at New York City’s Walter Reade Theater beginning June 1. Italophiles will w...

June 10 (Saturday)  5:30 - 7:30 pm The Italian American Writers Association 2nd Saturday Reading Series. Pushcart Prize nominated Olivia Kate Cerrone will read from her latest work, The Hunger Saint, a historical novella about the child miners of rural Sicily. Nino Provenzano, Vice President of Arba Sicula, will read in Sicilian and English from Fo...

June 5 (Monday)  7:00 pm: Meet the Author: Antonio Monda. Presentation of Antonio Monda's last novel The Evidence of the Unseen by journalist Giampaolo Pioli, followed by the one-act play Beth and Audrey by Paolo Tartamella, an imaginary dialogue for the stage inspired by the novel. Q&A with Antonio Monda to follow presentation. Sponsored by Italyt...

When: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 From 6:30 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York - Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free Class of 1986, Fabio Giachino is considered one of the most promising talents of the Italian music scene in the last few years. Born in Alba, but choosing Turin as his home town, he has been awarded importa...

For the ninth year in a row, tri-state area neobriganti, Borbonici and friends came together in solidarity to commemorate the Battle of Bitonto (May 25, 1734), the pivotal engagement between the forces of HM Carlo di Borbone and the Austrian Empire for the crowns of Naples and Sicily. The Bourbon victory redeemed the ancient kingdom (il Regno) and...