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Ceremony celebrating Italian Heritage and Culture Month with honorary guest Grand Marshal, Hon. Thomas D’Addona, Mayor of Crespina, Tuscany. Situated in the Province of Pisa, Crespina is the “Sister City” to Staten Island. Join Staten Islanders to celebrate the special relationship with Crespina and its residents. Sponsored by Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro.
Admission:  (by invitation only)

Alessandra Belloni, dancer and percussionist, will teach participants about Southern Italian folk dances and rituals. This workshop will examine how movement, dance, and music help to release anxiety and stress. Participants will be barefoot and women should wear skirts (if possible, everyone should wear white clothing).
Learn how to release stress, unblock energy, open your heart and throat chakras, and achieve deep relaxation. All are welcome.

   All About Fondue! will feature stations for making fondue including Italian Fondue

All About Fondue! will feature stations for making cheese fondue.

Learn to make mozzarella! Fromager Waldemar Albrecht invites you to a unique hands-on experience, the only class where you can make, taste, and take home the fruit (or rather, ball) of your labor - but not before indulging in a one-of-a-kind tasting of fresh mozzarellas from the US and Italy. Summer would not be the same without fresh mozzarella - with shucked corn and watermelon slices, or with basil and fresh tomatoes. Just in time for the peak season of picnics and patio parties, this class is a delicious primer on enjoying - and making - fresh mozzarella. Wine will be served.

Artisanal celebrates the unique combinations of Italy's best vintners and cheesemakers. Join our Dean of Curriculum, Max McCalman, as he leads a discovery into Italy's wealth of luxurious cheeses. From the abundant meadows of the Piedmont to the sparser plains south of the Tyrrhenian Mountains, each cheese is as distinctive as its home geographic region. Deliciously paired wines enhance this exquisite sampling of the very finest pecorini, caprini, and formaggi a latte di mucca.

Michael Antonello, violin
Todd Crow, piano

Works by Kreisler, Debussy, Sarasate, Brahms, and John Williams (Schindler's List). The audience will have a chance to see and hear one of the world's greatest violins, the ex-Rochester Stradivarius, made in 1720 during the great master's golden era, belonging to Michael Antonello.

IACE, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Consulate General of Italy in New York and La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi inaugurates the Italian Heritage and Culture Month

Tina Modotti (1896 – 1942) was born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini in Udine, Italy. She was a photographer, model, silent film actress, and leftist who once playfully described her profession as "men." She acted in several silent movies in the early 1920s and later became a model for prominent photographers and artists of the time. By 1926, Modotti was an accomplished photographer in her own right, often publishing her work in left wing and Communist papers.
 

Alberto Burri (1915-1995) is considered a leading master of post-war avant-garde in Italy and Europe and continues as a profound influence on succeding generations of artists all over the world. It is with great pleasure that Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò presents this wonderful exhibition of graphic works by Alberto Burri. This will be the first time many of these graphics will be seen in a comprehensive exhibition in New York.