When: Tue, 11/22/2022 at 6:30pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò. The event will also be broadcast live on our YouTube, Facebook, and website Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) is the author of the first and, perhaps, still most important modern Italian novel. I promessi sposi (The Betrothed, 1827 and then, amply revised, in the 1840 definitive...
READ MORENovember 30 – December 1, 2022, a two-day conference dedicated to the work and legacy of Grazia Deledda, the first and only Italian woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1926). A collaboration between NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò and the Istituto Italiana di Cultura, New York, this jubilant celebration of the 150th birthday of Gra...
READ MORENew Italian Cinema Events - is a cultural organization founded by Viviana Del Bianco in Florence. Its primary goal is to promote contemporary independent Italian cinema worldwide through film screenings and cultural events in Europa, United States and Asia. This Fall, N.I.C.E. returns in-person after two years online, celebrating its 32nd edition i...
READ MORETuesday, November 8 at 7 pm. Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY. Featuring Grazia d'Annuzio, former editor of Vogue Italia. Register here. Are you interested in Italian fashion? Would you like to hear how it started and how it developed over the years? Are you curious to hear stories about major Italian designers? Grazia d’Annuzio...
READ MOREWhen: Tue, 11/01/2022 at 6:30pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò - What: "Costume, Camera, Action! Fashion and Movies: A Never-Ending Dialogue", Sara Martin, University of Parma in conversation with Grazia d'Annunzio, Università Statale di Milano How important is an outfit in developing a character? What is the role of a costume designer in...
READ MOREWhen: Tue, 10/25/2022 - 6:30pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò - On the occasion of the publication of The Betrothed A new translation by Michael F. Moore of Alessandro Manzoni's I promessi sposi The fortunes and misfortunes of Alessandro Manzoni in Italian culture are tightly related to the writer's place in the national "canon" of literar...
READ MOREItalian entrepreneur Giosetta Capriati has gifted New York University’s Casa Italiana a “generous” sum in honor of her late sister Alba, which will be used to hold a series of conferences on women’s excellence. Ms Capriati, a longtime backer and member of Casa Italiana, will support five conferences honoring exceptional women and their accomplishme...
READ MOREWhen: Wed, 10/19/2022 at 6:00pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò This new concert and lecture presented by the Directors of I Giullari di Piazza will provide a full immersion into the ancient drumming traditions and devotional chants in honor of the Black Madonna from the region of Campania.
READ MORE"This year's Day of the Contemporary offers a unique opportunity to address complex and increasingly topical issues such as sustainability and climate change in a different way," said Italy's Ambassador to the United States, Mariangela Zappia. "Italy's commitment to addressing these challenges and promoting more environmentally friendly practices i...
READ MOREWhen: Tue, 10/18/2022 at 6:30pm - Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò - What: A lecture by Massimo Di Gioacchino, Tiro a Segno Visiting Professor in Italian American Studies at NYU For the millions of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the religious life of the American m...
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