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Book Presentation “Italian Americans on the Page: Revisiting the Classics and Exploring New Voices”
Book presentation of Italian Americans on the Page: Revisiting the Classics and Exploring New Voices with editors Ryan Calabretta-Sajder and Alan J. Gravano. Moderated by Fred L.
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Annual Festa in Honor of the Black Madonna
Monday, September 8, 6:00pm Annual Festa in Honor of the Black Madonna It’s coming up to that time of year when we gather on September
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Marcella (2025), 97 minutes, Peter Miller, dir.
Marcella Hazan changed the ways we cook and experience Italian food. A disabled woman, trained in natural sciences and biology, Hazan never cooked until she
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The Piccirilli Factor (2025), 69 minutes, Eduardo Montes-Bradley, dir.
The Piccirilli Factor is a feature-length documentary exploring the legacy of the Piccirilli Brothers, Italian American sculptors who significantly contributed to shaping New York City’s
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*EVENT CANCELLED* Marianne Leone reads from Christina the Astonishing: A Novel (Akashic Books, 2025)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED This novel is told from the perspective of the irrepressible yet lonely Christina, an Italian American teen in 1960s Catholic
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Frank Ingrasciotta presents excerpts from Blood Type: RAGU (Next Stage Press, 2025)
Award-winning actor and playwright Frank Ingrasciotta performs excerpts from his acclaimed solo play Blood Type: RAGU, which was published this year. The 2009 off-Broadway production
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Unpacking Memories of World War II Italian Captivity in Africa: Music, Theatre, Literature, and Art Making in POW Camps
Elena Bellina, New York University Most Italian POWs imprisoned by Western Allies were captured in Africa during the early stages of World War II and
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Captive Sites of Memory: Conflicting Italian Identities in the United States During World War II
Laura E. Ruberto, Berkeley City College This talk considers the material legacies of surveillance, restrictions, and imprisonment of different groups of people on US soil in
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From Naples to America: Enlightening Correspondences and the Pursuit of Happiness
A talk by Amedeo Arena Date and Time: April 21, 2025, at 10:30 AM Venue: Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York,
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Exhibition: Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States May 1–November 26, 2025
(Photo above: Unidentified Italian Service Unit member working on an inlayed wooden box, unknown camp location. Credit: National Archives) The exhibition, curated by Laura E.
