Italian NYC is one of the communities that defines New York City and the United States. The big wave of Italian immigration arrived between the 1850s and 1930s. Many Southern Italians came between 1880 and 1920.
Italian NYC News
March 21, 2022
Italian Standup Comedy
Italian American comic Sebastian Maniscalco brings his “Nobody Does This Tour” to:
- Madison Square Garden in Chelsea on Mon, Mar 21 at 7pm. From $25. 🇮🇹
- Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Thu, Mar 24 at 7pm. From $25. 🇮🇹
Contemporary Art Fair
The Spring Affordable Art Fair of contemporary art under $10,000, is at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, Wed-Sun, Mar 23-27, 2022. From $30. 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇹
Ongoing Italian NYC
Italian Art
Pier Paolo Calzolari: Painting as a Butterfly, new paintings made by the Italian Portuguese artist during pandemic isolation, is at Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea, Mar 18 – Apr 23. marianneboeskygallery.com 🇮🇹🇵🇹
Italian Art
Angiola Gatti: Momenti di Luce, works by the Italian artist in ballpoint pen on canvas, is at Ryan Lee Gallery in Chelsea, Thu, Mar 17 – Apr 30. ryanleegallery.com 🇮🇹
Italian Art
Propagazioni: Giuseppe Penone at Sèvres is an installation of very meditative Arte Povera porcelains made by the Italian artist at the Sèvres factory in France, at The Frick Collection in the Upper East Side, Thu, Mar 17 – Aug 28. 🇮🇹🇫🇷
The Frieze New York Contemporary Art Fair Celebrates NYC’s Creative Spirit at The Shed
Wednesday-Sunday, May 18-22, 2022
THE SHED
Hudson Yards
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Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans, with Randy Brecker & Ada Rovatti, Rock Hostos with Women’s Jazz
Saturday, April 2, 2022
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
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The Metropolitan Opera Premieres a New “Lucia de Lammermoor” with Nadine Sierra & Javier Camarena
Saturday, April 23, 2022
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Lincoln Center
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SEASON
September 27, 2021 – June 11, 2022
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The Year in Italian NYC
April in Italian NYC
Italy + Senegal
Alessandra Belloni plays Southern Italian Folk music and Alioune Faye, a Griot (West African troubadour), plays Senegalese percussion at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Sun, Apr 3 at 1pm. $15. 🇮🇹🇸🇳
Blues Guitar
Mike Zito Band and Albert Castiglia play Blues guitar at the Iridium in the Times Square Theater District on Tue, Apr 12 at 8pm (6:30pm doors). $35. 🇨🇺🇮🇹
Lucia de Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera premieres a new “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring Puerto Rican soprano Nadine Sierra and Mexican tenor Javier Camarena on Sat, Apr 23 at 8pm. From $30. 🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇷
Previously in Italian NYC
Surrealism Beyond Borders is at The Met Fifth Avenue in Central Park to Jan 30, 2022. 🇨🇺🇭🇹🇲🇶🇵🇷 | 🇦🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴 | 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸
Lucio Pozzi: Time and Again 1974 / 2018 / 2021 is at Hal Bromm Gallery in the Financial District to Jan 25, 2022. 🇮🇹
New Year’s, based on the Roman calendar, is Jan 1. 🇮🇹
2021
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play Hot Jazz for Swing dancing at Bond 45 Downstairs in the Times Square Theater District on Mondays and Tuesdays from 8-11pm. $25 + $25 minimum 🇮🇹
Christmas, the world’s most popular Italian holiday is Sat, Dec 25. 🇮🇹
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhall’s directorial debut based on Elena Ferrante’s Italian novel, opens at IFC Center in the West Village on Fri, Dec 17 with director Q&As Fri, Dec 17 at 8pm. $13. 🇮🇹
Chris Botti’s 17th Holiday Residency is at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, Dec 6, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022 (including Christmas and New Year’s Eve) at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $55. 🇮🇹
COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet is at The Joyce in Chelsea for two weeks, Tue-Sun, Nov 16-28. From $26. joyce.org 🇨🇴🇮🇹🇺🇸
Tanino Liberatore: Poetry Interrupted! is at Philippe Labaune Gallery in Chelsea to Sat, Nov 13. philippelabuane.com 🇮🇹
Chris Botti plays Jazz Pop at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, on Fri, Nov 12. 🇮🇹
Vera Girivi is at Sargent’s Daughters in Two Bridges, Manhattan to Nov 7. sargentsdaughters.com 🇮🇹
Lino Tagliapietra: Journey (blown glass) is at Heller Gallery in Chelsea to Sat, Nov 6. hellergallery.com 🇮🇹
Tatiana Trouvé: From March to May at Gagosian Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side ends Oct 30. gagosian.com 🇮🇹
The E/AB Editions Artists’ Book Fair is virtual Oct 18-31. FREE eabfair.org 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽
The Medici: Portraits & Politics 1512-1570 is at The Met Fifth Avenue through Oct 11, 2021. From $12. 🇮🇹
The 59th New York Film Festival is at Film at Lincoln Center, Fri, Sep 24 – Oct 10. 🇦🇴🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇫🇷🇮🇳🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸🇺🇸
The Feast of San Gennaro is in Manhattan’s Little Italy Sep 16-26. FREE. 🇮🇹
Moschino shows offsite at New York Fashion Week on Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 2pm. 🇮🇹
Italian Festivals NYC
New York City’s biggest Italian festival is Columbus Day and the Columbus Day Parade. Visitors love the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan’s Little Italy. The Giglio Feast in Williamsburg is pretty cool too.
NYC Celebrates Italian Heritage Day!
Monday, October 10, 2022
NEW YORK CITY
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Celebrate All Saints Day!
Monday, November 1, 2021
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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The 77th Columbus Day Parade NYC 2021 is Back!
Monday, October 11, 2021
FIFTH AVENUE
Midtown, Manhattan
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The Feast of San Gennaro 2021 is Back in Little Italy
Thursday, September 16-26, 2021
LITTLE ITALY
Manhattan
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Little Italy’s 2020 Feast of San Gennaro is Cancelled, but the Procession Carries On
Saturday, September 19, 2020
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MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD CHURCH
Little Italy, NYC
Italian New York City
Italian food has become American food. Classical music, opera and Roman Catholicism are Italian culture.
NYC has many Little Italys including:
- Little Italy, Manhattan
- Arthur Avenue, The Bronx
- Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Today Bensonhurst, Brooklyn is one of our biggest Little Italys. Staten Island also has a large Italian community. We are everywhere really.
Juventus NYC Supporters Club
FOOTBALL FACTORY AT LEGENDS, Koreatown, NYC 🇮🇹
Italian Consulate NYC
690 Park Avenue at 69th St
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Closed weekends
Valentino
Upper East Side
Midtown East
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Legendary Italian fashion
La Perla
803 Madison Avenue
Upper East Side
434 West Broadway
SoHo
Italian New Yorkers
Happy Birthday Lady Gaga!
Monday, March 28, 2022 🇮🇹🇨🇦
Wish Tony Bennett a Happy Birthday!
Wed, August 3, 2022
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Chris Botti Plays his 17th Blue Note Jazz Holiday Residency
Monday, December 6, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022
BLUE NOTE
Greenwich Village
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Italian Culture
Classical music, opera and ballet have Italian origins. Italian fashion is popular. In the U.S. Italian culture has largely become U.S. American culture. Everybody eats pasta and pizza these days.
The Romans absorbed Greek culture from Greek communities in Southern Italy, and spread this culture around the Mediterranean. When Rome fell, the culture was preserved in Spain by Jewish poets working for Muslim sultans and Christian kings. The Italian Renaissance made Italian culture a pan-European culture. This culture took over the world during the Colonial Era.
The influence of Roman Catholicism is profound, even in traditions that we no longer see as religious. Christmas is just one example of an Italian tradition that has lost its religious meaning.
Celebrate Pasta Day!
Monday, October 17, 2022
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On All Souls Day, May You Always Be Remembered!
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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FIFA World Soccer Rankings
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Italy
Celebrate Italian Republic Day!
Thursday, June 2, 2022
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Celebrate the Nativity of Mary!
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 🇮🇹
Watch for Oscar Winners at the 2020 Venice Film Festival
Wednesday, September 2-12, 2020
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VENICE LIDO, Venice, Italy
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Little Italy NYC
New York City has many Little Italys. The most popular are the Little Italy neighborhood in Downtown, Manhattan, and Arthur Avenue in The Bronx.
Little Italy, Manhattan
- Little Italy, Downtown
- Italian East Harlem
Little Italy, The Bronx
- Arthur Avenue
- Morris Park
Little Italy, Brooklyn
- Bensonhurst
- Dyker Heights
- Carroll Gardens
- Italian Williamsburg
Little Italy, Queens
- Ozone Park
- Howard Beach
- Middle Village
Little Italy, Staten Island
- Rosebank
Italian Heritage Day
Italian Heritage Day was formerly Columbus Day.
We now know that Columbus was evil. Even his Spanish sponsors called him to Spain, stripped his wealth and power, and jailed him for how he abused Indigenous Americans.
However, Columbus Day was started in the United States to discourage the lynching of Italian Americans after an international lynching for which the US Government even paid reparations to Italy.
The celebration transformed “Italians” into “Americans.” Nobody thinks of Italian Americans as “others” any more. That’s why it is cherished. We are proud of our Italian heritage, but who can be proud to be represented by pure evil?