Italian culture

Fabio Finotti, first Italian director of the Italian Institute of Culture in New York. The last of six articles focusing on the Italian cultural centers in New York. (Photoshoot by Terry W. Sanders)

The third of six articles focusing on the Italian cultural centers in New York. (Photoshoot by Terry W. Sanders)

The first of five articles (plus a surprise one) focusing on the Italian cultural centers in New York. (Photoshoot by Terry W. Sanders)

The other day, while looking up different ideas for how to prepare some different Christmas meals, I started to see many recipes for The Feast of the Seven Fishes.  This got me to thinking: why is this such a prevalent...

Marisa Laurito, the Artistic Director of the new Teatro Trianon Viviani since 2020, exclaims, “It was outrageous that until now Naples didn’t have a theater dedicated to performing its rich popular musical tradition. In Portugal there’s the fado; in Vienna...

The Italian Cultural Society of Washington D.C. Announces: ICS VIRTUAL GALA 2020. “Reawakening—A Celebration of Italian Innovation, Creativity and the Human Spirit”, on Sunday, November 1st at 4:30pm ET, on the ICS webpage. The Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC announces ICS Virtual...

Arts, movies, literature, politics, and a lot more! Casa Italiana with the Department of Italian Studies at NYU, and La Voce di New York as a media partner, is launching today "Tutti a Casa!" the new radio-style, web-based talk show to...

2020 marks the recurrence of the American census. In this spirit, and taking advantage of the forced break many people are facing, New York University Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò has prepared a survey for all those people who are interested in Italian culture...

I learned to know and love Italian literature mostly thanks to four people named John, Tibor, Zygmunt e Jeffrey. Names that are far from being Italian -- someone will rightfully state – but four extraordinary scholars, due to their knowledge,...