The Italian American Think Tank
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6pm Angelo Zeolla reads from The Bronx Unbound, ovvero i versi Bronxesi (Bordighera Press, 2023) With rugged verse “like a strega’s…
Please join us for an evening to celebrate Queens College’s acquisition of the James J. Periconi Collection of Italian-language American Imprints. Present will be the…
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 6pm Oltre i bordi/Beyond the Frame (2023), 41 minutes Simone Brioni and Matteo Sandrini, dirs. Stony Brook University professor Simone Brioni…
In conjunction with the exhibition A Legacy of Making: 21 Contemporary Italian American Artists, we present a series of artists’ talks. On December 13, artists…
Tuesday, January 23 at 6:30 pm Hunter College Ida K. Lang Recital Hall, Room 424-North Bldg. East 69th St. bet. Park & Lex. Avenues (South…
Paul Moses, Brooklyn College, CUNY On March 12, 1909, New York City police detective Giuseppe Petrosino was murdered in Palermo while investigating transatlantic criminal activity.…
A Conversation about Identity and Art: John Avelluto, Joanne Mattera, Timothy McDowell, Sheila Pepe Identity politics has become an increasingly significant aspect of the art…
Please join us and the filmmakers for a special preview screening of the documentary American Women Saints: Frances Xavier Cabrini (86 min.), before its premiere…
Delve into the multifaceted narratives of World War II Prisoners of War (POWs) as their descendants share compelling insights during this roundtable discussion. Through a…
It is the summer of 1965, and Christopher Ricci’s mother has run away. Chris’s father, unable to take care of him, decides to leave the…
We’ll be screening two films featuring friends Roberto Serrini and Peter Boggia as they explore Italian cuisine. Winner of dozens of film festivals, including two…
Angelica Bergamini, Gianluca Bianchino, Diana González Gandolfi Among the artists featured in the Calandra Institute’s exhibit A Legacy of Making are immigrants born and raised…