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  • October 2014

  • Tue 21

    Book presentation: “The Four Corners of Palermo” by Giuseppe Di Piazza

    October 21, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    The Four Corners of Palermo By Giuseppe Di Piazza, translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar A noir and sensual page-turner that cracks open the Mafia’s secret world through…

    Free
  • Wed 29

    Sabato Rodia’s Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development, Luisa Del Giudice, Independent Scholar

    October 29, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Wednesday, October 29 The Watts Towers — a complex of multistoried structures decorated in pique assiette —   were created over the course of three decades…

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  • November 2014

  • Mon 3

    Roundtable: Tutta la Famiglia: A Photographic Exhibition of Community Life in Gloucester, Massachusetts, by Paul Cary Goldberg

    November 3, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    In conjunction with the exhibition Tutta la Famiglia, we present a roundtable discussion with photographer Paul Cary Goldberg and residents of Gloucester: Caffé Sicilia owners…

    Free
  • Tue 4

    Roundtable: Giovanni Arrighi: Growth, Public Institutions, and Culture

    November 4, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Istituto Italiano di Cultura 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States

    This round table will discuss the work and leagcy of Giovanni Arrighi. Panelists to be announced. Nota Bene: This event takes place at the Italian…

    Free
  • Thu 13

    Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora, Edvige Giunta and Joseph Sciorra

    November 13, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Thursday, November 13 For Italian immigrants and their descendants, needlework represents a marker of identity, a cultural touchstone as powerful as pasta and Neapolitan music.…

    Free
  • Fri 14

    Bordighera Poetry Prize: Reading and Book Signing & 25 Years of Bordighera Press

    November 14, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Book presentation of the 2013 winner, Joelle Biele, Broom, translated into Italian by Irene Marchegiani. The Bordighera Poetry Prize is been generously sponsored by the…

    Free
  • Tue 18

    Book Presentation: Italoamericana: Italian-American Literature in the United States, 1880-1943 Robert Viscusi, Brooklyn College, CUNY; James Periconi, Periconi LLC; Anthony Tamburri, Calandra Institute, Queens College, CUNY

    November 18, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Istituto Italiano di Cultura 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States

    Italoamericana: The Literature of the Great Migration, 1880–1943, edited by Francesco Durante (Fordham University Press, 2014), brings to an English-speaking audience a definitive collection of writings by…

    Free
  • December 2014

  • Mon 1

    Personal Effects: Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo, Edvige Giunta and Nancy Caronia

    December 1, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Monday, December 1 Nancy Caronia and Edvige Giunta’s edited collection, the first book to focus on an Italian-American woman writer, places Louise DeSalvo at the…

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  • Thu 11

    “Serata siciliana” – Book presentations and readings

    December 11, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Join us for an evening of Sicilian culture through language and literature. Readers will include: Gaetano Cipolla; Marisa Frasca; Nino Provenzano; Frank Polizzi; Louisa Calio; Stanley Barken. Moderator: Anthony Julian Tamburri…

    Free
  • January 2015

  • Fri 9

    Tutta la Famiglia: A Photographic Exhibition of Community Life in Gloucester, Massachusetts, by Paul Cary Goldberg

    January 9, 2015 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    CLOSING FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2015 Exhibition opening: Thursday, September 18, 2014, 6pm On view: September 19, 2014–January 9, 2015 Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Italian Americans,…

    Free
  • Thu 22

    The Psychological Challenges of Immigrant Life

    January 22, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    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…

    Free
  • Thu 29

    A CUNY TV presentation: “The Island of Roses, A Tragedy in a Paradise,” a film by Rebecca Samonà (2008)

    January 29, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

    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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John D. Calandra Italian American Institute

The Italian American Think Tank

25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10036

Phone: (212) 642-2094
Email: calandra@qc.cuny.edu

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