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    Mar, 19

  • Lecture: Challenging what you thought you knew about Sicilian New Orleans

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    March 21 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    In this talk, Dr. Justin Nystrom of Loyola University New Orleans will share some of the bigger surprises that came out of the research for his recent book, Creole Italian. This work documents the important role that Sicilian immigrants played in making New Orleans into one of the world’s great food cities. Justin Nystrom is an…

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  • 29

    Mar, 19

  • Pizza at the Piazza

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    March 29 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Join us for a pizza party at the Piazza d’Italia and check out the AICC’s newly rennovated second floor event space while mingling with the Sansepolcro flag throwers! This will be a fabulous evening with friends, food, and fun. Tickets include unlimited food (appetizers, pizza, salad, & dessert) and a wine ticket.

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  • 08

    Apr, 19

  • Mastersigner’s Meet and Greet – Rigoletto

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    April 8 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    For our Mastersigners, come meet and greet members of the performing company. Sponsored by the New Orleans Opera Association.

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  • 11

    Apr, 19

  • Una Notte Italiana with Sophia and Oghi

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    April 11 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

    You’re invited to join us for an evening of Italian music with Sophia Parigi and Oghi Kanev! This will be a beautiful evening of Italian arias, Italian American classics, & much more. Sophia Parigi is a professional musician in training as a vocalist and pianist in both classical and jazz music through private study, the foundation…

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  • 16

    May, 19

  • Italians and the Birth of Jazz

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    May 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    Join award-winning author Jason Berry for a presentation and signing of his latest book, City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300. In City of a Million Dreams, Berry delivers a character-driven history of New Orleans at its tricentennial. The lecture will focus on the birth of jazz and the…

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  • 06

    Jun, 19

  • Movie Night: Food on the Go

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    June 6 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    Italian food has taken its spot in the echelons of global gastronomic heritage thanks to the diaspora of millions of emigrants to key spots like New York and Buenos Aires. Through testimonies from all over the globe, we discover the adaptations that have been made to Italian food abroad, as well as the cultural enrichment…

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  • 11

    Jul, 19

  • Author Reading: Kathy Curto

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    July 11 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    Join us at the AICC on Thursday, July 11 for an author presentation and book signing with Kathy Curto featuring Not for Nothing: Glimpes into a Jersey Girlhood. “In this tense and tender memoir, Curto dishes up her family’s crazy moody love like rich red Italian gravy. Sometimes platters of it smash against the wall, sometimes…

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