• Eye-Talian Flava: The Italian American Presence in Hip Hop

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    A symposium presented by: The John D. Calandra Italian American Insitute Queens College/CUNY and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University Saturday, October 5, 2002 12:30–…

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  • The Godfather’s Silences

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Christian Messenger Chris Messenger is the author of The Godfather and American Culture: How the Corleones Became “Our Gang” (2002) and Professor of English at…

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  • Anthony Giardina reads from Recent History

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    “Graceful … manages to handle an enormous amount of emotional material with a light touch…. struggle is urgent and real. Giardina makes us care, in…

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  • White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power, 1890-1945

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Thomas Guglielmo, University of Notre Dame Thomas Guglielmo, Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame, will explore Italians’ encounters with race in Chicago and…

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  • Reversible Destinies: Mafia, Anti-Mafia, and the Struggle for Palermo

    Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street New York NY 10016

    Panel discussion with authors Jane and Peter Schneider, Alessandro Stille, Fred Gardaphe. Moderator: Philip Cannistraro Location: CUNY Graduate Center The President’s Conference Room, Room 8201.01…

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  • Buona Vendetta Social Club: Calabrian ‘Malavita’ Songs and the Media.

    John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036

    Goffredo Plastino, University of Newcastle Calabrian “malavita” songs represent a long musical tradition that is distributed regionally vis-à-vis cassette recordings.  Recently, this local music has…

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