Beatrice Rana has been playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 since she was 15—about half of her life. The piece is especially challenging because the composer didn’t write idiomatically for the piano. “There are these amazing passages where the piano is just fighting with the orchestra, and the massive sonorities that come out are just incredi...

New York City is the ultimate destination for food lovers. There's no shortage of amazing restaurants to try, and the city is constantly buzzing with new openings. At the same time, there are plenty of great places to get your Italian meal.  Nicelocal.com can always help you find the best restaurants in any area. Here's the round-up of our top 10 m...

Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà announce the complete lineup for the 21st edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, running from June 9 to 15. Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is the leading screening series to offer U.S. audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. With films by directors such as Laura Bispuri, Mario...

International icon of Italian style and award-winning design firm, Pininfarina, has officially opened its first New York City office–representing an exciting next step in the firm’s storybook evolution from bespoke coachbuilder to global design powerhouse. Founded in 1930, Pininfarina is lauded all over the globe for creating some of the most stunn...

A high-end Italian restaurant overlooking the Hudson River recently opened on the Upper West Side. Bellini at Harry's Table opened within the luxury building at Two Waterline Square (235 Freedom Place South, West 60th Street). Along with its indoor tables, the restaurant has a terrace seating 32 people that overlooks the Hudson River. "Bellini at H...

I’d already heard so much about the Italian Jewelry Manifesto, and, with the promise of seeing 50 designers and makers from Vicenza, Valenza, Arezzo, Orvieto, and beyond—right in the heart of midtown Manhattan—I decided I had to check it out for myself. I’m so glad I did. The venue, Piazza Italia on Madison Avenue, was light, bright, and spacious....

Thursday June 9 - 6:00pm. Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) - 421 Broome Street, 4th floor, Manhattan, NY. Admission: $10/ $5 CIMA Members and Students. Contact: 646-370-3596. https://www.italianmodernart.org/ A screening of Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco e Vanzetti surrounded by works of Italian Modern art! The tenth and final film in our Staging In...

After a pause from the pandemic, the Italian Food Awards USA will showcase the most innovative products in the US market between 2020 and 2021 to a live audience at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City.  Italy is, for the second consecutive time, a partner country of the Summer Fancy Food Show, which makes the event even more relevant. Visit...

The Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882) was memorialized with a bronze statue in Washington Square Park in New York City in 1888. With statues a subject of recent controversy, especially as Columbus Day approaches yet again, the historical context behind this surprising statue of Garibaldi is worth digging into. The mid-nineteenth ce...

When: 6 -7 - 8 June, 2022 from 10AM to 6PM - For the FULL PROGRAM please click HERE This initiative is aimed at the public of readers and the international publishing world (publishing houses, literary agencies, editors, translators) and it is promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in New York directed by Fabio Finotti, with the collaboration o...