Annual Festa in Honor of the Black Madonna
Monday, September 8, 6:00pm Annual Festa in Honor of the Black Madonna It’s coming up to that time of year when we gather on September…
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Captive Sites of Memory: Conflicting Italian Identities in the United States During World War II
Laura E. Ruberto, Berkeley City College This talk considers the material legacies of surveillance, restrictions, and imprisonment of different groups of people on US soil in…
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Unpacking Memories of World War II Italian Captivity in Africa: Music, Theatre, Literature, and Art Making in POW Camps
Elena Bellina, New York University Most Italian POWs imprisoned by Western Allies were captured in Africa during the early stages of World War II and…
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The Piccirilli Factor (2025), 69 minutes, Eduardo Montes-Bradley, dir.
The Piccirilli Factor is a feature-length documentary exploring the legacy of the Piccirilli Brothers, Italian American sculptors who significantly contributed to shaping New York City’s…
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Book Presentation “Italian Americans on the Page: Revisiting the Classics and Exploring New Voices”
Book presentation of Italian Americans on the Page: Revisiting the Classics and Exploring New Voices with editors Ryan Calabretta-Sajder and Alan J. Gravano. Moderated by Fred L.…
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Frank Ingrasciotta presents excerpts from Blood Type: RAGU (Next Stage Press, 2025)
Award-winning actor and playwright Frank Ingrasciotta performs excerpts from his acclaimed solo play Blood Type: RAGU, which was published this year. The 2009 off-Broadway production…
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*EVENT CANCELLED* Marianne Leone reads from Christina the Astonishing: A Novel (Akashic Books, 2025)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED This novel is told from the perspective of the irrepressible yet lonely Christina, an Italian American teen in 1960s Catholic…
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Marcella (2025), 97 minutes, Peter Miller, dir.
Marcella Hazan changed the ways we cook and experience Italian food. A disabled woman, trained in natural sciences and biology, Hazan never cooked until she…
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15 Years of the Italian American Review
John D. Calandra Italian American InstituteA Quindecennial Celebration of the relaunched Italian American Review! The first iteration of the Italian American Review (IAR) dates to 1951; it was reestablished as an academic journal and eventually…
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Arbëresh (Italian Albanian) Migration to the United States: Initial Reflections and Research Perspectives
John D. Calandra Italian American InstituteGiovanni Braico, New York University Arbëresh people migrated from various regions of the Balkans, including parts of present-day Albania, the Peloponnese, Epirus, and Attica, to…
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Meet Your Italian Representatives for North and Central America, Senator Francesca La Marca and Deputy Christian Di Sanzo
John D. Calandra Italian American InstituteOn Friday, March 13, at 5:00 pm, Senator Francesca La Marca and Deputy Christian Di Sanzo will be at the Calandra Institute. Unfortunately, Deputy Andrea…
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Francine Masiello reads from The Tomb of the Divers: A Novel (Bordighera Press, 2024) & Suzanne Uttaro Samuels reads from Seeds of the Pomegranate: A Novel (Sibylline Press, 2025)
John D. Calandra Italian American InstituteMoving beyond tales of Southern Italian poverty and deprivation, The Tomb of the Divers weaves an immigrant yarn about small-time artists and crooks who, over the…