for Casa Italiana Members A Christmas party featuring a menu of rustic cuisine from different Italian regions (in particular Emilia-Romagna, Campania and Lombardy) prepared by chef Rosanna Di Michele, as well as the one and only authentic Zabaglione del Direttore, made on the spot by Casa Director Stefano Albertini. The event is only open to Members of Casa Italiana. From…
Join Augustin and his tribe as they teach us how to make pâte sucrée with 5 simple ingredients and lead an open discussion on all things pastry! Ever wondered how croissants get their flaky layers? Is making a tart a total mystery? Look no further. Bake Like a French Pastry Chef, a new book by Parisian cookie masters Michel and Augustin, holds the…
A Festive Evening of Italian Music Home for the Holidays A Festive Evening of Italian Music Ginevra Petrucci, flute and flauto d’amore Paola Pisa, piano With Kostja Kostic, clarinet Program: Giulio Briccialdi (1818-1881) Fantasia on Verdi’s Aida Jean-Paul Martini (1741-1816) Plaisir d’amour Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824) Siciliana Giulio Briccialdi Le Attuali Emozioni d’Italia Roberto Scarcella Perino (b. 1967) Violetta…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the American Council on Germany present a talk by Christine Landfried, Professor emerita of Political Science at the University of Hamburg, Senior Fellow at the Hertie School of Governance, and currently DAAD Visiting Scholar at Deutsches Haus at NYU, on "The Cultural Conditions of Democracy: An Explanation of Populism." About the talk: In this talk,…
Pavel Vasilyev Polonsky Academy Fellow, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Red Days on the Calendar: The Politics of Menstruation in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute, with support from a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York All are welcome, but please RSVP: Janet Johnson johnson@brooklyn.cuny.edu From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU
Teatro delle Albe and Dante Alighieri “Cantiere Dante” Teatro delle Albe and Dante Alighieri: a conversational retrospective amongst Ermanna Montanari, Marco Martinelli and Federico Rampini (La Repubblica) In 2017, Teatro delle Albe started to follow an artistic path with the objective of transferring the Italian MASTERPIECE that triggered the start of the Italian language and literature - the Divine Comedy…
Join us for a fun and creative workshop with Béatrice Coron to celebrate the publication of her magnificent new paper cutting book, Fort Extravagant (just out with Les Grandes Personnes, Gallimard). Inspired by the masterpieces of Pieter Brueghel The Elder and the manuscripts of the French kings, Coron re-creates daily scenes of the Middle Ages: from the castle’s kitchen to…
A night of festivities at our Gala Christmas Party. You will be dancing under mistletoe and holly to the merry tunes of the band Express. There will be a food buffet for a holiday feast and an open bar to help keep our guests merry and dancing. We will really have the jingle bells rocking at 9:00 pm when we…
Join photographer Rachel Cobb as she presents her latest book, Mistral: The Legendary Wind of Provence (Artbooks), a portrait of Provence seen through its legendary wind, with excerpts from writings by Paul Auster, Lawrence Durrell, Jean Giono and Frédéric Mistral. Cobb spent years chasing the Mistral, which is the name of an incessant and capricious wind that inhabits the Provence region of France.…
Di Zampogne, Partenze e Poesia A solo performance by poli-instrumentalist Giulio Bianco (Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino) presenting his latest project Di Zampogne, Partenze e Poesia, a collection of musical tales. The "narrator" is the Italian zampogna, an ancient instrument historically used by shepherds during livestock migrations, with a sound that evokes rural myths and legends. The music combines traditional southern Italian genres to…