The Story of My People (Bordighera Press, 2015)
Mario Mignone
The Story of My People is a moving immigrant autobiography framed in the historical and cultural context of the 1960s and 70s. Reading this book one is…
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The Story of My People (Bordighera Press, 2015)
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Mare Nostrum: prospettive di un dialogo tra alterità e mediterraneità (Bordighera Press, 2015)
Antonio C. Vitti & Anthony Julian Tamburri, eds.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This collection of essays contributes to the fundamental mission of the Mediterranean Centre for Intercultural Studies—founded in 2012 and located in Erice, Sicily—with the specific…
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Book Presentation: Joey Nicoletti and Gil Fagiani
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036We are delighted to present two books of poetry. Joey Nicoletti’s Reverse Graffiti (Bordighera Press) has been hailed as a collection of “powerful, heartfelt poems…
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Renzo De Felice’s The Jews in Fascist Italy: An Historical Appraisal
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036On the occasion of the paperback reprint of Renzo De Felice’s The Jews in Fascist Italy, this panel will explore the genesis of the book…
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Screening of Dinner Rush, performance of one-act play Five Years Later, followed by Q&A
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Italytime and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute are pleased to sponsor this new venture of marrying cinema and theater this spring semester. This…
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Exhibition Opening
Ancient Inspirations: Paintings by Vincent BaldassanoJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The paintings on exhibition were made in the summers of 2012, 2014, and 2015, during Vincent Baldassano’s tenure as a visiting artist at the American…
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Il Ballo dei Giganti di Nola (2015), 90 min.
Antonio Iorio, dir.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036For centuries the Feast of the Gigli has been celebrated in Nola, near Naples, every June in honor of Saint Paulinus. The feast features the…
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Dacia Maraini. Why do I write?
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Join us for a conversation with the award-winning writer, Dacia Maraini, one of Italy’s most acclaimned contemporary fiction writer and essayst. She wil be joined…
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The Heart and the Island: A Critical Study of Sicilian American Literature
Chiara Mazzucchelli, University of Central FloridaJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In The Heart and the Island (SUNY Press, 2015), Chiara Mazzucchelli explores the bond between Sicilian American writers and the island of Sicily. Throughout the…
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Book Presentation: Dr. Joseph Sciorra’s Built with Faith
The Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theater 365 Fifth Avenue New York 10016-4309Over the last 130 years, Italian American Catholics in New York City have developed a repertoire of sacred spaces in their homes and neighborhoods. These…
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Three Poet Laureates: Lorraine LoFrese Conlin, Maria Lisella, and Robert Savino
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This event will bring together three Italian American New York poet laureates—each originally hailing from Jamaica, Queens—for an evening of verse and conversation. Poet Laureates…
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Panel on Migration Emigration, Migration, and Self-Determination: Italians, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans in Search of an American Dream.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Panel on Migration Emigration, Migration, and Self-Determination: Italians, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans in Search of an American Dream. Deans and Directors of the John D.…
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