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A Symposium Presented by: The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute and the Catholic Newman Center Thursday, May 4, 2006, 10 AM-1 PM The Catholic…
In his new novel, The Saint of Lost Things (Algonquin Books, 2005), Christopher Castellani explores the ties that bind in an Italian neighborhood in Wilmington,…
John Gennari, University of Vermont Tenor saxophonist and jazz composer Joe Lovano’s 2002 recording “Viva Caruso” features small combos and a 12-piece chamber ensemble performing…
Special Guest Presentation Robert Viscusi, Brooklyn College In his new book Buried Caesars, and Other Secrets of Italian American Writing (SUNY Press, 2006), Robert Viscusi…
In 1892, a nine-year-old Jewish boy from Naples named Beniamino is smuggled aboard a cargo ship bound for America by his unemployed and impoverished mother. …
Donna Gabaccia (University of Minnesota) Most settlements of Italians around the world were not called “Little Italy.” The phrase seems to have been invented in…
NOTE: The film will be screened in partnership with the Gotham Center, CUNY Graduate and will be held in the Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate, 365…
Located at the corner of Mulberry and Grand Streets, E. Rossi & Co. was one of the Italian American community’s oldest and most well-known stores…
Carol Stabile (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) In April 1941, the United States army drafted Michael Stabile of Nutley, New Jersey, one of thirteen children born to…
Kym Ragusa’s memoir is situated at the crossroads of two Harlem communities during the 1970s, the West Harlem of her African American mother and the…
This video features the Brooklyn neighborhood known historically as South Brooklyn and more recently as Carroll Gardens, an area distinguished by its simple brownstones and…