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Robert Viscusi 1941–2020
Our dear friend Robert Viscusi passed away on January 19, 2020. On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, we came together, a dozen of us in person
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Italics: Mark Rotella
Host Anthony Tamburri interviews Mark Rotella, the author of Amore: The Story of Italian American Song and Stolen Figs and Other Adventures in Calabria, as
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Message from the Dean on COVID-19 and Civil Unrest
Dear Friends, We currently inhabit a time in which we struggle on the one hand with nature—that is, the deadly virus that has ravaged many
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Conversation with Consul General of Italy in New York Francesco Genuardi
Calandra Dean Anthony Julian Tamburri sat down for a Zoom conversation with Consul General Francesco Genuardi, a dear friend of the Institute’s, about COVID-19 and
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Conversation with Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio
On April 24 Calandra’s Dean Anthony Julian Tamburri had a conversation with Italy’s ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Armando Varricchio, about the plan
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Joseph Tusiani: January 14, 1924—April 11, 2020
With the passing of Joseph Tusiani, we have lost a treasure of a man, a wonderful human being, and a great cultured individual. Joseph came
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Book Presentation of Future: il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi
On February 4, 2020, at the Calandra Institute was a presentation of Future: il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi, edited by Igiaba Scego. The
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New Episode of Italics: Who Are the “Real” Italians?
Our latest episode of Italics is up now. Click here to watch. In the studio with us this month are Dr. Stefano Albertini, clinical professor
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Frank Serpico Screening in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
On Wednesday night, September 18, 2019, Dr. Joseph Sciorra joined filmmaker Antonino D’Ambrosio to screen D’Ambrosio’s 2017 documentary film Frank Serpico at the Swinging Sixties
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