• A New Life with Bianca (Bordighera Press, 2015)
    Frank Polizzi

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Frank Polizzi will provide an overview of his new book of sonnets, A New Life with Bianca, highlighting the important influences on this project. There will…

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  • Way Down in the Hole (2010), 40 min.
    Alex Johnston, dir.

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Way Down in the Hole tells the harrowing story of Colorado’s Ludlow Massacre. In April 1914 a group of coal miners and their families were…

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  • The Story of My People (Bordighera Press, 2015)
    Mario Mignone

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    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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  • 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 10036

    We 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 10036

    On 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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  • Exhibition Opening
    Ancient Inspirations: Paintings by Vincent Baldassano

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    The 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 10036

    For 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 10036

    Join 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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  • Book Presentation: Dr. Joseph Sciorra’s Built with Faith

    The Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theater 365 Fifth Avenue New York 10016-4309

    Over 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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