Poster Exhibition of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee-New York
In celebration of 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States. Co-sponsored by the IHCC-NY.
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John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036
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Book Presentation: Pioneering Italian American Culture; Escaping la Vita della Cucina
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Daniela Gioseffi’s book launch and 72nd year event celebrating the publication of Pioneering Italian American Culture; Escaping la Vita della Cucina: Essays, Reviews and Interviews by…
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Enrico Caruso: A Modern Media Star
Giuliana Muscio, Università degli Studi di PadovaJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Naples-born Enrico Caruso became the recording industry’s first megastar when his 1904 “Vesti la giubba” sold 1 million copies. As the Metropolitan Opera’s internationally renowned…
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L’Aquila 3D: Inside the Closed City, presentation by Barnaby Gunning
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Almost four years have passed since the L’Aquila earthquake of April 6, 2009, and there has been little progress towards the reconstruction of its devastated…
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Robert Viscusi reads from Ellis Island (Bordighera Press, 2013)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Robert Viscusi’s epic poem is composed of 624 Italianate sonnets arranged in 52 groups of twelve, called “books.” The poet uses the literary device chiasmus:…
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Frank Capra: America’s Director
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036To date, Bordighera Press’s Saggistica series has published eight volumes. Vito Zagarrio’s study on Frank Capra, The “Un-Happy Ending”: Re-viewing The Cinema of Frank…
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Book Presentation: Il confine liquido: rapporti letterari e interculturali fra Italia e Albania
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Il confine liquido: rapporti letterari e interculturali fra Italia e Albania, edited by Emma Bond and Daniele Comberiati, is the first systematic analysis of the…
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SYMPOSIUM: Caring for Your Loved One: Planning Strategies for Elder Care. Options for the Italian-American Family.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In light of population aging and high disability rates among the elderly, many Italian American families face difficult decisions concerning hospitalization and care arrangements…
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Book Presentation: Poetry by Maria Famà and Prose by George Guida
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Book Presentation with MARIA FAMÀ & GEORGE GUIDA Friday May 17, 2013 6:30-8:30 pm Bordighera Press hosts an evening with Maria Famà and George Guida,…
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Travelling Theater, Travelling Languages
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Performances by Teatro della Ginestra and Francesco Foti, moderated by Lucia Grillo (Calandra Institute). Part of the “In Scena Italian Theater Festival NY.”
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Workshop on “Intercomprehension” and Multilingualism: Teaching Italian to Romance Language Speakers
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Introduction and objectives of the workshop This workshop intends to introduce both the high-school and college teacher of Italian to new methodologies in teaching the…
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Italian Identity in the Third Millennium
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This symposium is a continuation—a sort of inter-mission—of the last three symposia ILICA has sponsored on the topic. After two events last fall and a…
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