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Thursday September 25 2025 - IIC-NY 686 Park Avenue, NY. On February 6, 2026, the Olympic flame will light up Milan’s San Siro Stadium, kicking off the 25th edition of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games™.   The Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy, in collaboration with the RSI Study Center and the ...

The 99th San Gennaro Festival is underway in Little Italy in Lower Manhattan. That means live music, zeppole, sausage, peppers, and games. The feast runs until September 21st on Mulberry Street between Canal and Houston Streets. It opens at 11 a.m. and shuts down nightly at 10 p.m. Mario Capparelli, a festival board member, told PIX11 News, “The fe...

A.T. Walley & Co. will hold its third annual Italian Heritage Festival beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 13. The festival will take place in State Street Plaza next door to the bar at 119 Genesee St., Auburn. Along with Italian food and attractions all day, the festival will feature live music by Allegro from noon to 2 p.m., 8-Traxx at 2:...

With food, music, dancing, bocce and even a little history and culture, Syracuse’s Festa Italiana has something for everyone. Celebrating its 27th edition in 2025, the three-day festival, which opens on Friday at 11 a.m. in front of City Hall, salutes all things Italian. The family-friendly event will feature live Italian entertainment, music and d...

The summer came alive with the sights, sounds, and flavors of Italy as the Galbani Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival marked its milestone 50th anniversary. What began as a small neighborhood gathering decades ago has grown into one of the largest celebrations of Italian American culture in the country, drawing tens of thousands of attendees over th...

The Stony Brook (NY) University Center for Italian Studies will host the 19th annual Robert D. Cess Concorso d’Eleganza Annual Celebration of Italian Vehicle Excellence and Beauty on Sunday, September 14. The show, which is free and open to the public, was postponed by inclement weather from its original date of September 6. The Concorso is extreme...

The Island’s BIGGEST ITALIAN FEAST IS BACK!  Join Catholic Charities of Staten Island Columbus Day Weekend Friday, October 10th thru Monday, October 13th for the borough’s biggest celebration including: Rides, Games, Live musical performances on stage, Beer and sangria gardens, Vendors, and of course some of the best food around. PLUS THIS YEAR WE...

The Little Italy Street Fest, better known as Italian Festa, took over Jay Street in Schenectady on Saturday. The event has become a beloved tradition for families across the Capital Region– packing the street with music, dancing, and plenty of food. Hundreds of people came out to enjoy the festa. From the first note of live Italian music to the la...

UNI.DOC FVG —the union of all regional wine Consortia of Friuli Venezia Giulia— will be in New York on October 8 at Bryant Park Grill to welcome members of the wine trade and media to an immersive tasting event featuring a guided seminar followed by a walk-around tasting with producers from the region. Known for its unique blend of Alpine, Adriatic...

As a prelude to the Italian-American Heritage Month of October, September presents a time to explore Italy’s time-honored cultural heritage and recognize the significant cultural and historical contributions of Italian immigrants and their ancestors.  In keeping with that concept, each year the DaVinci Society of Wagner College hosts its annual Sch...

The work of avant-garde artist Piero Manzoni, who died in 1963 at the age of just 29, will be featured at Magazzino Italian Art with a posthumous exhibition. Two of his unfinished Rooms, together with a series of Achromes, have been donated by the Piero Manzoni Foundation and the Hauser & Wirth gallery and will be on display in the exhibition Piero...

Award-winning author Maria Giura will lead a series of virtual writing workshops this fall at Casa Belvedere, focusing on memories of nature and the outdoors. The workshops, which began at the Italian cultural center in December 2020, have evolved from their initial Italian-American focus to welcome writers of all backgrounds. Topics can include a...