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Kay Turner, Brooklyn Arts Council/New York University Using Italian-American and Mexican-American examples from her research on Catholic women’s domestic altar traditions, folklorist Kay Turner will…
In his debut story collection, Joseph Salvatore presents characters damaged and yet dignified, yearning for something that they seem unable to identify, much less to…
In Bràs, one of the poorest districts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Nursery of San Vito provides day care and medical care for approximately 120…
Two years ago Italy as a whole became aware of Lampedusa because of the landings of thousands of people from the coasts of North Africa.…
Left-handed, a new book of poems by Jonathan Galassi, chronicles in three sections the painful yet liberating transformation the poet underwent when he discovered, as…
These two films present Italian-American artists and focus in particular on their relationships with their creative works. Painting Rules provides an engaging look at the…
This symposium takes its name from the documentary on Joseph Tusiani made in 2011 by Sabrina DiGregorio. A major voice in American and Italian letters,…
Tony Scott (Anthony Joseph Sciacca, June 17, 1921 – March 28, 2007) was a jazz clarinetist known for an interest in folk music around the world. Born…
Columbus Day Legacy explores the conflict between the two communities that have the closest connection to the eponymous federal holiday: Italian Americans and Native Americans.…
This panel will examine the current situation of Italian emigration in all of its many facets, from a historical perspective of more than one hundred…
Documentarian Fred Kuwornu’s film 18 IUS Soli recounts the experience of young adults born and raised in Italy but with origins in other parts of…
