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…
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She Got Balls! (2022), 20 minutes & Mountain Roots (2025), 29 minutes
John D. Calandra Italian American InstituteShe Got Balls! (2022), 20 minutes, Cheryl Hess, dir. A chef’s vegan entry in an annual meatball contest sparks conflict as a South Philadelphia neighborhood grapples…
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Martin V. Melosi reads from A Journey of Body, Mind, and Spirit: Four Years in Fascist Italy, 1937–1941 (Tab Edizioni, 2024)
John D. Calandra Italian American InstituteOn July 31, 1937, seventeen-year-old Elmo Melosi, an Italian American from suburban California, boarded the ocean liner Conte di Savoia in New York City for a nine-day…
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Divagando in Context: Reading Transatlantic Cultural Infrastructures
John D. Calandra Italian American InstituteStefano Morello, Graduate Center, CUNY This event was rescheduled from its original Feb. 23 date because of inclement weather. This listing reflects the updated timing.…