Poster Exhibition of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee-New York
In celebration of 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States. Co-sponsored by the IHCC-NY.
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12 events found.
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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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Annie Rachele Lanzillotto reads from L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir (SUNY Press, 2013)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This poignant memoir takes readers into a world of immigration, gay subculture, cancer treatment, mental illness, gender dynamics, drug addiction, and domestic violence — a…
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Book Presentation: Pioneering Italian American Culture; Escaping la Vita della Cucina
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Daniela Gioseffi’s book launch and 72nd year event celebrating the publication of Pioneering Italian American Culture; Escaping la Vita della Cucina: Essays, Reviews and Interviews by…
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Enrico Caruso: A Modern Media Star
Giuliana Muscio, Università degli Studi di PadovaJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Naples-born Enrico Caruso became the recording industry’s first megastar when his 1904 “Vesti la giubba” sold 1 million copies. As the Metropolitan Opera’s internationally renowned…
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L’Aquila 3D: Inside the Closed City, presentation by Barnaby Gunning
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Almost four years have passed since the L’Aquila earthquake of April 6, 2009, and there has been little progress towards the reconstruction of its devastated…
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Robert Viscusi reads from Ellis Island (Bordighera Press, 2013)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Robert Viscusi’s epic poem is composed of 624 Italianate sonnets arranged in 52 groups of twelve, called “books.” The poet uses the literary device chiasmus:…
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My Reincarnation (2010), 100 min.
Jennifer Fox, dir.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036My Reincarnation chronicles the story of the Tibetan Buddhist Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and his Italian-born son, Yeshi. Weaving together archival material, still photographs, and…
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Frank Capra: America’s Director
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036To date, Bordighera Press’s Saggistica series has published eight volumes. Vito Zagarrio’s study on Frank Capra, The “Un-Happy Ending”: Re-viewing The Cinema of Frank…
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Book Presentation: Il confine liquido: rapporti letterari e interculturali fra Italia e Albania
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Il confine liquido: rapporti letterari e interculturali fra Italia e Albania, edited by Emma Bond and Daniele Comberiati, is the first systematic analysis of the…
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Lingue Migranti: The Global Languages of Italy and the Diaspora
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This year’s annual, two-day conference seeks to build on the growing literature dealing with language and migration as it concerns Italy and the diaspora. Click…
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Mussolini’s National Project in Argentina
David Aliano, College of Mount Saint VincentJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036During the 1920s and 1930s, Mussolini’s regime used propaganda to promote fascist Italian ideologies in Argentina. Although politically a failure, the attempt provoked a debate…
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SYMPOSIUM: Caring for Your Loved One: Planning Strategies for Elder Care. Options for the Italian-American Family.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In light of population aging and high disability rates among the elderly, many Italian American families face difficult decisions concerning hospitalization and care arrangements…
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