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  • February 2013

  • Thu 21

    All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett
    David Evanier, The Writers Room

    February 21, 2013 @ 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

    David Evanier, biographer of Bobby Darin, Jimmy Roselli, and Joe Pantoliano, will present All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett (Wiley, 2011),…

    Free
  • Mon 25

    Soft Soil, Black Grapes: The Birth of Italian Winemaking in California
    Simone Cinotto, University of Gastronomic Sciences

    February 25, 2013 @ 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

    From Ernest and Julio Gallo to Francis Ford Coppola, Italian Americans have shaped the history of California wine. But what role did a small group…

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  • March 2013

  • Tue 5

    Strangers in a Strange Land: A History of Italian-Language American Imprints, 1830-1945
    James Periconi, Independent Researcher

    March 5, 2013 @ 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

    James Periconi will discuss his book — with essays by Robert Viscusi, Francesco Durante, and Martino Marazzi — which catalogues the Italian-language book-publishing industry that…

    Free
  • Tue 12

    Poster Exhibition of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee-New York

    March 12, 2013 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    In celebration of 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States. Co-sponsored by the IHCC-NY.

    Free
  • Wed 13

    Annie Rachele Lanzillotto reads from L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir (SUNY Press, 2013)

    March 13, 2013 @ 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

    This poignant memoir takes readers into a world of immigration, gay subculture, cancer treatment, mental illness, gender dynamics, drug addiction, and domestic violence — a…

    Free
  • Fri 15

    Book Presentation: Pioneering Italian American Culture; Escaping la Vita della Cucina

    March 15, 2013 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

      Daniela 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…

    Free
  • Thu 21

    Enrico Caruso: A Modern Media Star
    Giuliana Muscio, Università degli Studi di Padova

    March 21, 2013 @ 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

    Naples-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…

    Free
  • Thu 28

    L’Aquila 3D: Inside the Closed City, presentation by Barnaby Gunning

    March 28, 2013 @ 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

    Almost 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…

    Free
  • April 2013

  • Wed 3

    Robert Viscusi reads from Ellis Island (Bordighera Press, 2013)

    April 3, 2013 @ 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

    Robert 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:…

    Free
  • Wed 10

    My Reincarnation (2010), 100 min.
    Jennifer Fox, dir.

    April 10, 2013 @ 6:00 am – 7:30 pm
    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    My 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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  • Mon 15

    Frank Capra: America’s Director

    April 15, 2013 @ 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

      To 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…

    Free
  • Mon 22

    Book Presentation: Il confine liquido: rapporti letterari e interculturali fra Italia e Albania

    April 22, 2013 @ 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

    Il 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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New York, NY 10036

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