Terra Sogna Terra (2011), 50 min. Lucia Grillo, dir.
The fruit and vegetable gardens behind suburban houses in the New York City metropolitan area offer tantalizing entries into Italian-American horticultural knowledge and skills. The…
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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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Anthony Di Renzo reads from Bitter Greens: Essays on Food, Politics, and Ethnicity from the Imperial Kitchen (SUNY Press, 2010)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In Bitter Greens, Anthony Di Renzo reflects on Italian food, American culture, and globalization. Despite the inclusion of six recipes, the book is not an…
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Migrating Towers: The Gigli of Nola and Beyond
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute is happy to present a photographic exhibition from the collections of the Museo Etnomusicale I Gigli di Nola…
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“Cinema Sotto le Stelle” – Italian Outdoor Film festival
Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation, Inc. 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island New York NYFirst annual summer Italian cinema series. Four evenings filled with Italian-style comedy, romance, suspense and drama. Films are in Italian with English subtitles. July 22:…
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Italian Jews from Emancipation to the Racial Laws
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Cristina M. Bettin, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Following the “Emancipation” of Italian Jews in the late nineteenth century, numerous youth movements, newspapers, and…
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Graces Received: Painted and Metal Ex-votos from Italy
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The works featured in the exhibition date from 1865 to 1959 and are from the collection of Professor Leonard Norman Primiano of Cabrini College. Within…
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Vincent Panella reads from Lost Hearts (Apollo’s Bow, 2010)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This powerful suite of stories begins in 1900 against a background of rural Sicilian class warfare. A young man kills his violent, adulterous father and…
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19 Arrests, No Convictions (2007), 29 min. Judy Irving, dir.
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009), 39 min. Richard Shepard, dir.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036These two films portray extraordinary Italian-American personalities and their remarkable contributions. 19 Arrests, No Convictions is a documentary portrait of George Farnsworth, an Italian-American bar…
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Multimedia Performance: L’orda: Storie, canti e immagini degli emigrati italiani (The Horde: Stories, Songs, and Images of Italian Immigration)
St. John’s University – Manhattan Campus 101 Murray Street, New York, NY 10007, United StatesA multi-media show, in Italian with English subtitles. Renowned Corriere della Sera journalist, Gian Antonio Stella, will recount the stories of Italian immigration (1876-1976) from…
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The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi (2010), 118 min. Andrew Thomas and Toby Gleason, dirs.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi is a music-filled exploration of the celebrated composer who pioneered the crossover of jazz and pop. Vince Guaraldi’s accomplishments include…
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Panel Discussion: IDEA Publications
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Panelists to include: Silvana Mangione, Editorial Director IDEA Publications; Tiziano Dossena, author of Doña Flor, an Opera by Niccolò van Westerhout; Elizabeth P. Vallone, author…
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Umberto E (2011), 42 min. Anton Evangelista, dir.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036A true lover of words, history and “patria,” Umberto E is the tender story of ninety-year old Umberto Evangelista’s own vivid recollections of his life…
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