On this episode Dr. Joseph Sciorra interviews Claire Beckman, the producing artistic director and lead actress in A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller’s play that revolves around an Italian American family. It premiered at New York’s Coronet Theatre in 1955.

The play returned recently to Red Hook, where the action is set, in the Brave New World Repertory Theatre production, which had its run at the Waterfront Museum barge from September 12 to October 6, 2019.

Next, we will take you to the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. On Thursday, September 19, 2019, more than eighty people gathered for dinner to celebrate forty years of service, research, and outreach from the world’s premier Italian American and diaspora institute.

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Italics is broadcast at the following times: the second Tuesday of every month at 9:30pm; the following Wednesday at 10:30am and 3:30pm; the following Saturday at 7:30am; and the following Sunday at 6:30pm.

CUNY TV is available on cable in the five boroughs of New York City – on Ch. 75 (Spectrum and Cablevision/Optimum Brooklyn), Ch. 77 (RCN Cable) and Ch. 30 (Verizon FiOS).

Italics, Television for the Italian American Experience, is a monthly presentation in the CUNY Presents time slot that features prominent Italian Americans in the arts, business, government, sports, academia, and more. Each episode explores various aspects of the Italian diaspora, Italian American history and traditions, contemporary Italian American life, and takes a projected look at the future of the Italian American community.

Italics is hosted by Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures.

Italics is now in its third decade serving the Italian-American community and those interested in Italian American history and culture. Italics is co-produced in collaboration with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.

Watch more at http://tv.cuny.edu/show/italics

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