Panel Discussion: Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On 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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John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036
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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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Italian Scientific Migration to the United States after the 1938 Racial Laws
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Alessandra Gissi, University of Naples “L’Orientale” The Fascist government’s 1938 anti-Semitic Racial Laws prompted a major migration of Italian intellectuals to the United States. While…
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An Evening with “Italian” Writers Carmine Abate and Amara Lakhous, and Prof. Grace Russo Bullaro
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036An Evening with “Italian” Writers: Carmine Abate and Amara Lakhous and Professor Grace Russo Bullaro This event is centered around the two writers Carmine Abate…
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Joseph Tirella reads from TOMORROW-LAND: The 1964-65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America
Q.C. alumnus and English Major Joseph Tirella creates a portrait of Flushing Meadows and its fairgrounds that had little to do with the turmoil of…
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Fran Claro presents The Macaroni’s in the Basement
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Aniella, Concetta, Giuseppina, and Maddelana are the quartet of immigrant women at the core of author and blogger Fran Claro’s book The Macaroni’s in the…
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Lecture: Editoria e lettura oggi in Italia
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036“Editoria e lettura oggi in Italia ” discusses book culture in Italy today, analysing the overall state of the pubishing world in Italy and its relationship…
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Annual Conference: Bambini, Ragazzi, Giovani: Children and Youth in Italy and the Italian Diaspora
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The Italian family has been a quintessential subject for scholarly research and creative work in Italy and among various diasporic communities, with matters relating to…
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Built with Faith: Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Free -
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics, 1909-1944
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics, 1909-1944 explores the politics of the leader of the Futurist art movement. Emerging in Italy in 1909,…
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Giuseppe Musolino: A Drama in Acts, by Giuseppe Morabito
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Alumni Association 899 10th Avenue, #623 New YorkDirected by Evan T. Cummings Translated by Francesco Meola and Evan T. Cummings Starring Francesco Meola and others TBA. Thursday, May 14, 2015, 6 p.m.…
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Daughters, Dads, and the Path through Grief: Tales from Italian America
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The father-daughter relationship can be central to both the father and the daughter, yet there is a dearth of psychological research that attests to its…
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