I giovani italiani di NY 2 – Young Italians in New York 2 (Thursday, June 12)
This symposium will continue the discussion begin during the first encounter of “I giovani italiani” di NY. Panleists will come from a variety of professions…
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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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Closing: Portraits of a Sicilian Family by Thomas MacPherson
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Exhibition Closing: Friday, June 13, 2014 On view from March 20, 2014–June 13, 2014 Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Portraits of a Sicilian Family is an…
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BOOK PRESENTATION (Tuesday, June 17): Re-reading Italian Americana: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism (Fairleigh Dickinson UP 2014), by Anthony Julian Tamburri
Istituto Italiano di Cultura 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United StatesDivided into three sections, the first deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy.…
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BOOK PRESENTATION (Wednesday, June 25): My Two Italies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014), by Joseph Luzzi
Istituto Italiano di Cultura 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United StatesA poignant personal account from a child of Calabrian peasants whose lifelong study of Italy unveils the mysteries of this Bel Paese, “Beautiful Land,” where artistic…
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Joseph Luzzi reads from My Two Italies
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Monday, September 22 Luzzi creates a personal portrait of Italy that leaps past clichés, delving into why Italian Americans have complicated relationships with the “old…
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Book Presentation: “My Fault” by Margherita Grassini Sarfatti
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR OF MUSSOLINI’S LONGTIME LOVER WITH NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT THE FASCIST PERIOD My Fault. Mussolini as I Knew Him, translated, edited, and with…
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Book Presentation: Ellis Island by Robert Viscusi. Discussants Anthony Tamburri and Joseph Luzzi
Istituto Italiano di Cultura 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United StatesIn an epic poem whose structure corresponds to the hours in a year, Viscusi (Buried Caesars, and Other Secrets of Italian American Writing) portrays a…
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Joanna Clapps Herman reads from No Longer and Not Yet
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Thursday, October 2 Most of these stories take place on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, in the shops, hallways, and parks that reveal this well-known neighborhood…
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Italian Identity: The Next Generation
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 1003610am-1pm at the Calandra Institute, hosted by Prof. Anthony J. Tamburri and Dr. Anthony Miele, featuring Prof. Pino Aprile, Prof. Massimo Vedovelli, Prof. Donna Chirico,…
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Symposium and Signing Ceremony with the University of Calabria
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In signing an agreement of student and faculty exchange, along with teaching and research collaboration, the two institutions will celebrate this joint venture with a two-hour symposium on various themes…
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Dolores DeLuce reads from My Life, a Four Letter Word: Confessions of a Counter Culture Diva
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Thursday, October 9 Dolores DeLuce, “a five-foot diva in six-inch heels,” takes us on the bumpy ride from a bleak New Jersey childhood through her…
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Book presentation: “The Four Corners of Palermo” by Giuseppe Di Piazza
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The 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…
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