Giovanni da Verrazzano: From the Renaissance to New York City
On April 17th, the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Da Verrazzano's discovery of New York Harbor, NIAF held a private screening of the upcoming documentary “Giovanni da Verrazzano: From the Renaissance to New York City” at the Paley Center in NYC! After the film presentation, guests were treated to a panel discussion featuring the film’s director and...
Pavarotti kept a secret pasta stash at the Met Opera for snacking between arias
Best known for his thundering tenor voice, inimitable stage presence, and jubilant personality, the great Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti also had a lifelong penchant for pasta. Nicknamed ‘The King of the High Cs’, after a 1973 Metropolitan Opera performance saw him sing nine consecutive crystal clear notes, Pavarotti’s rider reportedly call...
Marcello Di Russo Named CCNY Head Women's Basketball Coach
The City College of New York Interim Director of Athletics Steve Macias announced today that Marcello Di Russo has been named the head coach of the CCNY women's basketball program. "I'm deeply grateful and honored for the opportunity to continue my journey at The City College of New York as the new head coach of the women's basketball program," sai...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY to Award Randi Berry of IndieSpace with 2024 In Scena! Award
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY will bestow Randi Berry, the Executive Director of IndieSpace with their 2024 In Scena! Award for her tireless work in supporting indie theater, including international theater. Randi, the light and engine of IndieSpace, is always welcoming and supportive of anyone who is an artist with the many programs IndieS...
A TV Movie from Morante’s “La Storia”: Screening at Casa Italiana
The screening of La Storia, a TV miniseries based on Elsa Morante’s famous novel, will be one of the highlights of this year’s edition of “Multipli Forti- Voices from Contemporary Italian Literature” the Italian literary festival presented by the IIC in New York, in collaboration with FUIS (Italian Unitary Writers Federation), THE BRIDGE Prize, NYU...
Speranza Scappucci: My “Rondine” and Puccini, at the Italian Institute of Culture
Speranza Scappucci is conducting La Rondine, Giacomo Puccini’s “Viennese” Opera, at the Metropolitan Opera until April 20. Scappucci will talk about this little jewel of the Tuscan composer with musicologist Harvey Sachs at the Italian Institute of Culture (686 Park Avenue) on April 8, 6pm. It will also be the occasion to get to know better one of...
Iconic Italian artist Zucchero talks about performing for a New York audience
A staple of Italy's musical scene, Zucchero is the kind of artist that inherently resonates with New York audiences as well: rough around the edges but an inarguable artistic genius. The 68-year-old is considered the father of Italian blues, after all, and has performed on this side of the Atlantic plenty of times since his 1983 debut LP, “Un Po' d...
NYC’s AC Milan fanatics show the changing face of US soccer
“There weren’t many kids at school that used to follow soccer the way I did. I’d wear the jerseys to school and people didn’t even know what it was. I would wear my AC Milan jersey and they would be like ‘What’s OPEL?’” Life-long AC Milan fan Franco was born in 1982, in the dying days of the United States’ first national soccer league, NASL. Soccer...
Eduardo De Filippo, the Great Neapolitan Playwright, at Casa Italiana-NYU
On the 40th anniversary of Eduardo De Filippo’s death, the life and career of one of the most important actors and playwrights in Italy will be told in two parts at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. The first part on April 8, at 5 pm, will focus on the beginnings: the family he was born in, the work with his sister Titina and his brother Peppino, and t...
Joe Marano Brings KEEPING YOUR ITALIAN DAD AWAKE SINCE 1998 To 54 Below In May
Joe Marano makes his 54 Below and NYC solo concert debut in Keeping Your Italian Dad Awake Since 1998. Marano keeps your Italian dads, moms, brothers, sisters, aunts, and any other relative awake with the music of the Great American Songbook while adding a flamboyant touch filled with tales of his over the-top Italian upbringing. Featuring selecti...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2024 Announces Venues and Performance Schedule
The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the 11th anniversary season of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, New York City’s premiere festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, April 29-May 13. Admission to all shows and e...
Italian community in New York embraces the Azzurri: exciting meeting in Manhattan
A 19-year-long embrace can only be emotional, and the one that the Italian community in New York wanted to reserve for the National Team could not have been more intense. From Newark, the Azzurri delegation reached Spring Place, an elegant venue in Manhattan, where NIAF hosted about 1,000 Italians for a cocktail reception between the Italian-Americ...