The Psychological Challenges of Immigrant Life
This event is dedicated to an exploration of how the immigrant experiences may negatively impact mental health. The event will include members of the creative…
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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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A CUNY TV presentation: “The Island of Roses, A Tragedy in a Paradise,” a film by Rebecca Samonà (2008)
NB: This is a CUNY TV broadcast. We thank Robert Isaacson for finding time in CUNY TV’s schedule to share this film with greater New…
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New Documents on the Deportation of the Jews of Rhodes. The Discovery of the Carabinieri Collection in the Dodecanese State Archive
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In 2011 the police in Rhodes, (Greece) contacted the Dodecanese State Archive concerning the discovery in a basement of a large collection of Italian documents.…
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A CUNY TV presentation: “The Island of Roses, A Tragedy in a Paradise,” a film by Rebecca Samonà (2008)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The Island of Roses, A Tragedy in a Paradise, by Rebecca Samonà, 2008 (Italian with English subtitles). Produced by L’Altravista. Presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi…
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A Great Conspiracy against Our Race: Italian Immigrant Newspapers and the Construction of Whiteness in the Early 20th Century
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Free -
GIOSE RIMANELLI: 90 YEARS. An American Celebration
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Giose Rimanelli: 90 Years. An American Celebration This symposium celebrates the sixty-plus years of Giose Rimanelli’s literary and cultural contributions to narrative, poetry, criticism,…
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The Good Son: The Life of Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini (2012), 90 min.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Free -
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Book Presentation: Stone Walls, by Gil Fagiani
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Join us to celebrate the launch of Gil Fagiani’s new book Stone Walls, published by Bordighera Press. “Although we get glimpses into the perspective of the…
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Long Island Italian Americans: History, Heritage and Tradition, by Salvatore LaGumina
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036For Italian immigrants and their descendants, moving from “the city” to Long Island was more than a change of address. It signaled that the family…
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Marie-Helene Bertino reads from 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas (Crown Publishers, 2014)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed aspiring jazz singer–and also a nine-year-old girl. As she mourns the recent death of her mother and takes care of…
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Panel Discussion: Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036On March 25, 1911, just before closing time, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, killing 146 people, mostly young…
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The Sounds of Taste: A journey through the sights, sounds and tastes of the Apulian Region of Southern Italy
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036An exciting new short film produced and directed by Cristina Marvulli, founder of Apulian Roots, in collaboration with the United Pugliesi Federation of Greater New…
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