• 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…

    REGISTER
  • 21

    Jun, 19

  • Opera in the Piazza

    377 Poydras St
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    June 21 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

    Join us in the newly renovated Piazza d’Italia for an evening of opera! Singers from the New Orleans Opera Association will perform a selection of arias from the Italian repertoire. Italian food & beverages will be available for purchase from local businesses. Doors open at 6:30 pm Performance 7:00 – 10:00 pm Tickets AICC Member…

    REGISTER
  • 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…

    REGISTER
  • 25

    Jul, 19

  • Preserving Italian Culture in New Orleans Cemeteries

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

    July 25 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    Emily Ford of Oak and Laurel Cemetery returns to the American Italian Cultural Center for a fascinating lecture on preserving Italian culture in New Orleans cemeteries This lecture will draw from the historic landscapes of all New Orleans cemeteries and from ongoing research into the preservation of Italian heritage. The impact of Italians in New…

    REGISTER
  • 08

    Aug, 19

  • Origins of Siena: Myth vs Memory

    537 South Peters Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130 United States

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

    With no clear textual or physical proof of an ancient Roman settlement, Siena faced considerable challenges to its assumed antiquity in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Far more than a point of pride, an association with a Roman past linked the Italian city-states of the early Renaissance with the glory and achievements of the former…

    REGISTER