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Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Rebecca Miller

This event is part of Le Conversazioni

History & Politics

A Conversation with Angel Blue

Angel Blue, sorpano

Music

A Conversation with Brian Jagde

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

Art

Dressing the Screen: The Best Fashion-Shows in Movies

AdDRESSing Style

History & Politics

Contemporary Theater by Italians of African Descent: The Playwrights, the Stories, the Challenges

Part of the series Black Italia

History & Politics

A Conversation with Gianandrea Noseda

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin.

Cinema & Television

“The Best of Youth” at 20 with Fabrizio Gifuni and Sonia Bergamasco

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the film release of “La meglio gioventù” (The Best of Youth) Panel discussion with actors Fabrizio Gifuni and Sonia Bergamasco

Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Maaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste, writer in conversation with Antonio Monda, NYU

History & Politics

The Bread of Angels: Wisdom and Music Behind Bars

Students from Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music collaborate with formerly incarcerated men and women to reveal the contemporary relevance of Dante’s Divine Comedy. The performance uses music and poetry to consider the parallels between contemporary journeys out of prison and Dante’s medieval journey out of hell.

Cinema & Television

“Santa Lucia” Film Presentation

Part of the New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival Celebrating its 33rd edition in the United States

Cinema & Television

Presentation of “Olimpia’s Way” (Acqua e anice)

Part of the New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival Celebrating its 33rd edition in the United States

History & Politics

Remembering Renata Scotto

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

History & Politics

Calvino and the Americas (Panel Discussions)

Calvino and the Americas

History & Politics

Elsa Morante’s “Lies and Sorcery” presented at NYU

Lies and Sorcery (2023, New York Review Books)

Music

A Conversation with Stephen Costello

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Michael Barker

This event is part of Le Conversazioni

Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Molly Haskell

Author and film critic Molly Haskell in conversation with Antonio Monda.

Literature

Autobiografie letterarie: Eraldo Affinati con Chiara Marchelli

In occasione della pubblicazione dell’ultimo libro di Eraldo Affinati “Delfini, vessilli, cannonate Autobiografia letteraria” (2023, HarperCollins)

History & Politics

The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia

Book Presentation The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia (2023, NYU Press) by Paul Moses

Art

Panel: Presenting “Collective Ribbon: The Interwoven Voices of the Triangle Fire Memorial”

On the occasion of the exhibition opening of “Collective Ribbon: The Interwoven Voices of the Triangle Fire Memorial” An exhibition presented by NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition Curated by Richard Joon Yoo and Uri Wegman, Co-designers of the Triangle Fire Memorial

History & Politics

A Conversation with Daniele Callegari

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

Art

Moda Menu: The Longtime Affair of Food & Fashion

Part of the series “AdDRESSing Style”

Economy & Finance

“Viva New York” with author Gianluca Galletto

In collaboration with Sity Book Presentation of “Viva New York” by Gianluca Galletto (Author, Urban Innovation Expert) Introduced by Bill de Blasio, former NYC Mayor The author in conversation with Antonio Monda, NYU Alan Patricof, venture capitalist

Casa Italiana

Federico Della Valle’s “The Queen of Scots” Book Presentation

Book Presentation “The Queen of Scots” (2023, The Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library, University of Toronto Press) Translation of the 1628 play “La reina di Scotia” by Federico Della Valle (1560-1628) Introduced, translated, and annotated by Fabio Battista, University of Alabama

History & Politics

Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi

In collaboration with Centro Primo Levi

Cinema & Television

Presentation of “La Grande Guerra del Salento” with author Bruno Contini

In collaboration with We Are Puglia, member of the United Pugliesi Federation Following the screening of “La grande guerra del Salento” (The Great Salento War)

Art

FURIOSUS IN CONCERT (A Short Documentary)

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU presents FURIOSUS In Concert

Cinema & Television

Open Roads 2023: Italian Cinema on Stage

A round table with the following representatives of the artistic delegation of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2023

Gastronomy

Recitar Mangiando: Fred Plotkin on Opera and Food in conversation with Stefano Albertini

On the occasion of the publication of Italy for Food Lovers (Avalon, 2023) by Rick Steves and Fred Plotkin. Author and expert on everything Italian Fred Plotkin talks about food and Italy, through selections from operatic productions, in conversation with Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini.

Art

Life As Theater, Clothes As Costumes: Alba Clemente in conversation with Grazia d’Annunzio

Part of the series AdDRESSing Style

Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Mary Karr

This event was part of Le Conversazioni

Music

A Conversation with Ekaterina Gubanova

Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova in conversation with Fred Plotkin.

Art

A Conversation with Marcella Martin and Antony Shugaar

On the occasion of the opening of Made in Italy | Sold in America Fashion in Attenzione Magazine, 1979-1987

Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Judith Thurman

Judith Thurman, author in conversation with Antonio Monda, NYU

History & Politics

Against Redemption: Democracy, Memory, and Literature in Post-Fascist Italy

Book Presentation of Against Redemption: Democracy, Memory, and Literature in Post-Fascist Italy (Fordham University Press, 2022)

History & Politics

A Conversation with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani

Educational Opportunities in Italy

Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Leslie Jamison

Leslie Jamison, author in conversation with Antonio Monda, NYU

History & Politics

Three Memoirs of Fiume

Part of GIORNO DELLA MEMORIA 2023

Music

A Conversation with Michele Gamba

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

Cinema & Television

A Conversation with Eva Robin’s

On the occasion of the American debut of evə (The Tank NYC December 13-14, 2022)

Cinema & Television

Cinema’s Forgotten Gems with Stuart Klawans and Antonio Monda

Part of the literary festival Le Conversazioni, the event focuses on six films that should be [re]discovered.

Cinema & Television

“Piccolo Corpo” (Small Body) Film Presentation

Part of the New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival Celebrating its 32nd edition in the United States

History & Politics

A Conversation with Carlo Rizzi

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

Cinema & Television

Fashion and Movies: A Never-Ending Dialogue

Part of the series AdDRESSing Style

Cinema & Television

Women in Italian Cinema: An Inclusive Project

In collaboration with WICIP Women in Italian Cinema: An Inclusive Project

Music

A Conversation with Michele Pertusi

Part of the series “Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin”

Art

Book Presentation: “Whaddyacall the Wind?”

Whaddyacall the Wind? (Bordighera Press, 2022)

Art

Book Presentation: THE BETROTHED

The Betrothed (I promessi sposi) (Penguin Random House, 2022)

Art

Launching “Italian Fashion from A to Z”

Launch of Casa Italiana’s new video series Italian Fashion from A to Z.

Art

Introduction to Pasolini’s “Medea”

A conversation between Alessandro Barchiesi (Classics, NYU) Ara Merjian (Italian Studies, NYU)

Art

Book Presentation: “One Hundred Saturdays” with Stella Levi

In collaboration with Primo Levi Center

Art

A Conversation with Luca De Santis and Presentation of “Exile” by Alessandro Tampieri

Part of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2022 In Collaboration with Center for Italian Modern Art

History & Politics

Jhumpa Lahiri presents “Translating Myself and Others” with Jenny McPhee

Translating Myself and Others (2022, Princeton University Press)

History & Politics

Lectio Magistralis by Minister Elena Bonetti

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities An Italian Perspective for a Changing World

Casa Italiana

Stefano Albertini on Cesare Pavese and America

Produced by Fondazione Cesare Pavese, Io vengo di là is an Italian language video series dedicated to the different places and locations that played an important role in the life of Cesare Pavese. This episode features Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini talking about Pavese’s relationship with New York City.

Art

Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York

Extended through May 27, 2022!

History & Politics

“The Best Weapon for Peace” Book Presentation

“The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children’s Rights” by Erica Moretti (FIT – SUNY)

Gastronomy

A Conversation with Roberto Scarcella Perino

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin.

History & Politics

Black Lives Matter in Italy: Movements & Mobilizations

Virtual Salons: Discourses on Black Italia In collaboration with NYU Florence Ada Ugo Abara, Arising Africans Rahel Sereke, Cambio Passo Anthony Chima, Black Lives Matter Bologna Pierre Aboa, Black Lives Matter Bergamo Moderated by Candice Whitney, writer and translator Angelica Pesarini, NYU

Art

Made in Italy and Nation Branding

Part of the series “Tutti a Casa! Live Chats About All Things Italian”

Art

Glamorous, Glittering Gio’! Giovanna Battaglia with Grazia D’Annunzio

Part of the series AdDRESSing Style

Cinema & Television

Political Theater in Italian American Theater

Laura Caparrotti, Artistic Director, KIT – Kairos Italy Theater in conversation with Frank J. Avella, playwright Marcella Bencivenni, CUNY Excerpts read by Giacomo Rocchini and Mario Merone, KIT

Art

Reimagining the Archives & Centering Black Histories

Part of the series Virtual Salons: Discourses on Black Italia

History & Politics

La Marchesa Colombi and the Free Women of Late 19th-Century Italy

Antonia Arslan, writer in conversation with Maria Teresa Cometto (Author of La Marchesa Colombi: Vita, romanzi e passioni della prima giornalista del Corriere della Sera)

Art

Tomb Raiders and the Italian Art Squad

Presenting Fiona Greenland’s “Ruling Culture”

Casa Italiana

Antonio Monda on Dante’s 700th Anniversary in New York

Excerpt from RAI Television’s TERZA PAGINA Episode 22 Led by Licia Troisi

Art

Becoming Biki

Part of the series AdDRESSing Style

History & Politics

Elemental Narratives: A Conversation with Author Enrico Cesaretti

Part of the series “Tutti a Casa! Live Chats About All Things Italian”

Music

Music for Interesting Times: Briefs II

Featuring performances by Giuseppe Bruno, piano with composer Roberto Scarcella Perino Wang Guowei, erhu Adrienne Danrich, soprano

Art

#TheItalianResilience. Diffondere la cultura italiana negli USA

Massimo Maria Amorosini and Letizia Airos interview Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini for OK ITALIA PARLIAMONE.

History & Politics

From the World’s Margins, an Inclusive Model for the Catholic Church

Father Paolo Cugini, priest and theologian in conversation with Stefano Albertini, NYU

History & Politics

Music for Interesting Times: Briefs

Featuring performances by Marco Ambrosini, nyckelharpa Laksmi Scalise, Tibetan bowls Ginevra Petrucci, flauto d’amore

Alumni&Testimonials – Stefano Albertini Interview

The University of Parma produced this interview with Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini on the occasion of his receiving the Alumnus of the Year prize in December, 2020.

Art

Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion (Panel Discussion)

Following the broadcast of “Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion”, a special video project of Salon/Sanctuary Concerts featuring the Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble.

Cinema & Television

The Perfect Fascist: A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini’s Italy

Victoria de Grazia, author, Columbia University in conversation with Stefano Albertini, NYU

History & Politics

Tiziana Ferrario presents “Uomini! E’ ora di giocare senza falli”

Author and journalist Tiziana Ferrario in conversation with Stefano Albertini, NYU

History & Politics

Debt and Damnation: Islam in Dante

Dante and… Debt and Damnation Islam in Dante

Art

A Conversation with Roberto Bolle

AdDRESSing Style Chatting with the Star Roberto Bolle in Conversation with Grazia D’Annunzio

Literature

Scrivere? L’ostinazione della letteratura. Chiara Marchelli con Federica Manzon

Authors Chiara Marchelli and Federica Manzon.

History & Politics

Citizenship Now! Activism and the Battle fro State Recognition

Virtual Salons: Discourses on Black Italia In collaboration with NYU Florence

Art

A Sweet Silence in Cremona Sneak Peek

A Sweet Silence in Cremona A Sneak Peek in collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Opera

History & Politics

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (2020, W.W. Norton)

Cinema & Television

Carlo Sironi presents “Sole” with Prof. David Forgacs

New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival celebrates its 30th edition in the United States

Cinema & Television

Italian American Women Doing Comedy

A (Funny) Talk with Gina Barreca and Maria DeCotis

History & Politics

Future: Il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi

Virtual Salons: Discourses on Black Italia In collaboration with NYU Florence “Future Il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi”

History & Politics

Grande Karma: In the Footsteps of Forgotten Author Carlo Coccioli

Stefano Albertini, Director, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò Michael F. Moore, author, translator in conversation with Alessandro Raveggi, author, NYU Florence

Art

Narration of the Nation: Storytelling Through Art and Journalism

Amara Lakhous, novelist, anthropologist, NYU Takoua Ben Mohamed, graphic journalist & screenwriter Wissal Houbabi, activist, artist, coordinator, Trama di Terre

Casa Italiana

It Can’t Happen Here? Staging Sinclair Lewis in 2020

Live broadcast from October 22, 2020

Art

Cold Spring Soundtrack: Marinella Senatore’s Open Call with Magazzino Italian Art

Presented in collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art

Casa Italiana

James Bassi: The Village to the Vatican

Music for Interesting Times James Bassi, composer/arranger/music director/pianist/singer in conversation with Gina Crusco, Underworld Productions with special guest Dennis Keene, Director, Voices of Ascension

Economy & Finance

Tempi duri e soft power

I rapporti tra USA e Cina e come si riflettono sull’Italia

Art

Malaparte’s “Diary of a Foreigner in Paris”

Live broadcast from June 17, 2020

Art

“Brava Gente:” Italian Colonial Legacies and Historical Constructions of Race

Virtual Salons: Discourses on Black Italia In collaboration with NYU Florence

Music

Raphael Fusco Live Improvisation

During an interview with Gina Crusco, composer and pianist Raphael Fusco asks the live audience to submit their favorite colors and numbers. Here is the result.

Gastronomy

Erbe da mangiare: millenaria occupazione e moderna rivoluzione

Broadcast from July 29, 2020

Cinema & Television

Unexpected Tuscany: A Journey Through Film Locations and Sets with Stefania Ippoliti

Broadcast from July 22, 2020

Video Category: Interview

Forgotten Gems with Rebecca Miller

A Conversation with Angel Blue

A Conversation with Brian Jagde

Dressing the Screen: The Best Fashion-Shows in Movies

Contemporary Theater by Italians of African Descent: The Playwrights, the Stories, the Challenges

A Conversation with Gianandrea Noseda

“The Best of Youth” at 20 with Fabrizio Gifuni and Sonia Bergamasco

Forgotten Gems with Maaza Mengiste

The Bread of Angels: Wisdom and Music Behind Bars

“Santa Lucia” Film Presentation

Presentation of “Olimpia’s Way” (Acqua e anice)

Remembering Renata Scotto

Calvino and the Americas (Panel Discussions)

Elsa Morante’s “Lies and Sorcery” presented at NYU

A Conversation with Stephen Costello

Forgotten Gems with Michael Barker

Forgotten Gems with Molly Haskell

Autobiografie letterarie: Eraldo Affinati con Chiara Marchelli

The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia

Panel: Presenting “Collective Ribbon: The Interwoven Voices of the Triangle Fire Memorial”

A Conversation with Daniele Callegari

Moda Menu: The Longtime Affair of Food & Fashion

“Viva New York” with author Gianluca Galletto

Federico Della Valle’s “The Queen of Scots” Book Presentation

Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi

Presentation of “La Grande Guerra del Salento” with author Bruno Contini

FURIOSUS IN CONCERT (A Short Documentary)

Open Roads 2023: Italian Cinema on Stage

Recitar Mangiando: Fred Plotkin on Opera and Food in conversation with Stefano Albertini

Life As Theater, Clothes As Costumes: Alba Clemente in conversation with Grazia d’Annunzio

Forgotten Gems with Mary Karr

A Conversation with Ekaterina Gubanova

A Conversation with Marcella Martin and Antony Shugaar

Forgotten Gems with Judith Thurman

Against Redemption: Democracy, Memory, and Literature in Post-Fascist Italy

A Conversation with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani

Forgotten Gems with Leslie Jamison

Three Memoirs of Fiume

A Conversation with Michele Gamba

A Conversation with Eva Robin’s

Cinema’s Forgotten Gems with Stuart Klawans and Antonio Monda

“Piccolo Corpo” (Small Body) Film Presentation

A Conversation with Carlo Rizzi

Fashion and Movies: A Never-Ending Dialogue

Women in Italian Cinema: An Inclusive Project

A Conversation with Michele Pertusi

Book Presentation: “Whaddyacall the Wind?”

Book Presentation: THE BETROTHED

Launching “Italian Fashion from A to Z”

Introduction to Pasolini’s “Medea”

Book Presentation: “One Hundred Saturdays” with Stella Levi

A Conversation with Luca De Santis and Presentation of “Exile” by Alessandro Tampieri

Jhumpa Lahiri presents “Translating Myself and Others” with Jenny McPhee

Lectio Magistralis by Minister Elena Bonetti

Stefano Albertini on Cesare Pavese and America

Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York

“The Best Weapon for Peace” Book Presentation

A Conversation with Roberto Scarcella Perino

Black Lives Matter in Italy: Movements & Mobilizations

Made in Italy and Nation Branding

Glamorous, Glittering Gio’! Giovanna Battaglia with Grazia D’Annunzio

Political Theater in Italian American Theater

Reimagining the Archives & Centering Black Histories

La Marchesa Colombi and the Free Women of Late 19th-Century Italy

Tomb Raiders and the Italian Art Squad

Antonio Monda on Dante’s 700th Anniversary in New York

Becoming Biki

Elemental Narratives: A Conversation with Author Enrico Cesaretti

Music for Interesting Times: Briefs II

#TheItalianResilience. Diffondere la cultura italiana negli USA

From the World’s Margins, an Inclusive Model for the Catholic Church

Music for Interesting Times: Briefs

Alumni&Testimonials – Stefano Albertini Interview

Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion (Panel Discussion)

The Perfect Fascist: A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini’s Italy

Tiziana Ferrario presents “Uomini! E’ ora di giocare senza falli”

Debt and Damnation: Islam in Dante

A Conversation with Roberto Bolle

Scrivere? L’ostinazione della letteratura. Chiara Marchelli con Federica Manzon