The Lost World of Italian American Radicalism
Philip Cannistraro, Queens College, and Gerald Meyer, Hostos Community College Radicalism has had a powerful but largely unacknowledged influence in the Italian American community. 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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Contemporary Italian American Women Authors and Post-ethnicity: Challenging Stereotypes and Questioning Affiliations
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Special Guest Lecturer: Alessandra Masolini, University of Naples “L’Orientale” CANCELLED Through the works of authors like Susanne Antonetta, Carole Maso, and Kym Ragusa, to name…
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La novella nun e’ bella, se sopra nun ci si rappella: The Art of Storytelling from Luigi Capuana to Italo Calvino
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Gina M. Miele, The Coccia Institute, Montclair State University In recent years literary folktales have become regarded, as they were at their inception, as a…
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Dennis, Rose, and Sal: Family Portraits
Photographs by John MilisendaJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Exhibition Curator: Dr. Joseph Sciorra Admission: Free This exhibit presents the work of photographer John Milisenda. “Dennis, Rose, and Sal: Family Portraits” is the culmination…
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Things in Heaven and Earth: Lorenzo Gigliotti’s Documentary Videos
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Special Guest Presentation Lorenzo Gigliotti Director and writer Lorenzo Gigliotti will present his Italian-language documentaries of two Italian religious feste in honor of St. Paulinus…
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The Experience of Italian American Writers in the United States – CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Luigi Fontanella, SUNY Stony Brook Luigi Fontanella explores the multifaceted phenomenon of Italian American literature. This experience represents an important component in the history of…
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Peter Pezzelli reads from Home to Italy
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036After the death of his wife, Mario Peppino decides to leave his Rhode Island home and return to his childhood town of Villa San Giuseppe,…
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Paterson’s Italian Anarchist Community in the Wake of the Red Scare
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Sal Salerno, Ridgewater College On February 14, 1920, 100 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, assisted by members of the American Legion, raided the homes of…
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Linciati: Lynchings of Italians in America
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Heather Hartley, Pennsylvania State University Heather Hartley will present and discuss Linciati, her video about the story of prejudice and violence against Italian immigrants and…
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Peter Covino reads from Cut Off the Ears of Winter
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Peter Covino’s poetry can be described as confessional surrealism, such are the heightened psychological landscapes he re-imagines, whether he is exploring issues of identity politics,…
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The Folk Sculpture of Detroit’s Silvio Barile
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036John Cicala, Mount Saint Mary College Silvio Barile immigrated to Detroit from his native village of Ausonia (Campania) in the early 1950s. As a self-styled…
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Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Thomas J. Ferraro, Duke University On the cover of Thomas Ferraro’s new book Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America (New York University Press),…
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