The latest episode of  “Nuova York: Hidden in Plain Sight”, which is the sixth in the series, tells the story of Giuseppe Verdi, the great Italian opera composer, and his statue in Piazza Verdi (Verdi Square) in Manhattan. Stefano Albertini from NYU, recounts Verdi’s story and talks about his legacy – not just the musical one – and the beauty of Pi...

Visiting the United States for the third time, the Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani is preparing to take New York by storm, bringing together 200 wineries for the Barolo & Barbaresco World Opening (BBWO) event on March 19th and 20th, 2024. The unprecedented number of wineries participating makes this event the Consortium...

Our Lady of Pompeii Church is located on 25 Carmine St. in New York City since 1928. But originally it was born in 1892 as the chapel of St. Raphael Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants,  in a townhouse that is still standing at 113 Waverly Place. The church location had to be changed several times but the needs of the ever-growing migr...

The Italian American Museum, is set for a grand reopening of a brand new facility this spring in its new home in where else… Little Italy.  The Museum is dedicated to telling the history of Italian Americans in New York City, as well as celebrating Italian and Italian American culture in the modern world. Professor Joseph V. Scelsa founded the Ital...

Wednesday February 21 2024 5 PM (Local time). Italian Cultural Institute in New York, 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY. BASILICATË: A research and documentation project on Lucanian culture in the world. The title “BASILICATE” indicates the plurality of forms taken on by Lucanian culture in the countries where the emigrants’ communities reside. The pro...

On view through April 6, 2024, Upper East Side gallery Michael Werner is presenting a solo exhibition of work by seminal Italian artist Piero Manzoni. A pioneering figure in the birth and trajectory of both performance and conceptual art, Manzoni is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Included in the show are some of...

All’Antico Vinaio, the famous sandwich shop from Florence, Italy, is opening three more locations in Manhattan. The company, which opened here in 2021, is next headed to the West Village, at 89 Seventh Avenue South, near Barrow Street, on March 2, according to a company spokesperson. It’s located about six blocks from another outpost at 225 Sulliva...

The presentation of the first print issue of IlNewyorkese, the flagship newspaper for Italians in New York founded by Davide Ippolito, was held in New York at the Italian Cultural Institute. The event was introduced by Institute Director Professor Fabio Finotti and moderated by journalist Mattia Iovane, editorial director of Il Newyorkese. The pane...

The Center for Italian Modern Art announces its new exhibition, NANNI BALESTRINI: ART AS POLITICAL ACTION. ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOICES, curated by Marco Scotini, opening February 22nd. This is the first retrospective exhibition in the US of Nanni Balestrini (1935-2019), an Italian experimental visual artist, poet, and novelist known for his revolut...

Trash to Beauty: A Case Study of how Peccioli, a small Tuscan hillside town, turned a landfill into an engine of social, economic, ecological, political and cultural change. Curated by Brett Littman. Exhibition opening February 19, 2024 | 6PM. On view from February 19 to May 3, 2024. Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, NY, from 10AM to 4PM...