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Current
exhibits, film festivals, theater, special events, and more...
Current
Exhibits
On
display October 27, 2010-January 7, 2011
Punks and Skinheads of the East Village, 1984-1987
Photographs by Lilian Caruana
Exhibition
opening October 27, 2010, at 6 pm
Lilian Caruana's photographs
depict the forbidding and intimidating style of the punk and hardcore
denizens of New York City's East Village. These portraits from the
mid-1980s explore the individuality and vulnerability beneath that
anti-social exterior.
The exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Calandra Institute's
one-day symposium, HYBRID MOMENTS: Independent Music in Italian America,
Friday, November 5, 2010. For further information see our Web site at www.qc.edu/calandra
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor,
(Between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan
Admission: free;open to the public. Seating is limited. Please call (212)
642-2094 to pre-register with the Calandra Institute. Be prepared to
show a photo ID to the building's concierge.
On display September 10 – November 9, 2010
Sicilia Bedda!
This exhibit presents some of Sicily’s
unique traditions through costumes, fine art and photography, ceramics,
literature, and a delightful display of life-size marionettes. The exhibit is
a multimedia experience that includes a film on Sicily and its rich history. Public
viewing hours Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; Saturday 10:00 am
to 1:00 pm. Opening reception Thursday, September 9, 2010.
Sponsored by Westchester Italian
Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Contact: Patrizia Calce
(914) 771-8700, ext. 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
On display
September 11 – October 23, 2010
Water
Music Exhibition of Book-Art by Susan Rotolo
An exhibition of
book-art by Susan Rotolo. Rotolo is the author of A Freewheelin Time: A Memoir of Greenwich
Village in the Sixties. Hours: Wednesday – Saturday
12:00 – 5:00 pm and by appointment. Opening reception September 11th
3:00 – 6:00 pm.
Medialia Rack and
Hamper Gallery
333 West 38th Street, 4th floor, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
971-0953
www.medialiagallery.com
October 1 – 31, 2010 Monday-Friday
9:00 am – 9:00 pm; Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday 1:00
– 5:00 pm
Exhibit:
History of Order Sons of Italy
in America
and Sgt. John Basilone
Photo and artifact display depicting the history and development of the
Sgt. John Basilone Lodge #2442. Order Sons of Italy in America, is the largest and oldest
organization of men and women of Italian heritage in North
America.
Sponsored by Sgt. John Basilone Lodge #2442, OSIA.
Connetquot Public Library
760 Ocean Avenue, Bohemia, NY
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Cliff Miller (631)563-8413
OSIA2442NY@AOL.COM
October 1 – 31, 2010 Monday-Friday
10:00 am – 9:00 pm; Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday 1:00
– 5:00 pm
Exhibit:
Italian and Italian American Inventions and Modernity
This month long multi-model display uses models and miniatures to
demonstrate over 100 inventions and discoveries initially conceived by
Italians and Italian-Americans that contribute to contemporary life.
Sponsored by Sgt. John Basilone Lodge #2442, OSIA.
Sayville Public Library
(Lobby)
88 Greene
Avenue, Sayville, NY
Admission: free; open to
the public
Contact: Cliff Miller
(631-563-8413
OSIA2442NY@AOL.COM
On display
November 3rd – December 3rd, 2010
Exhibition:
The Persecution of Jews in Italy.
A Documentary History.
Curated by the
Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation in Milan. English version created in collaboration
with Syracuse University
in Florence.
YIVO Constantiner
Gallery
15 West 16th Street
Admission: free
www.primolevicenter.org
Currently on display
Works by
Italian Artists, Alessandro Gottardo and Emiliano Ponzi
The works by
these Italian artists have been chosen in this year’s competition, and
these winning works are currently on display. Mr. Gottardo was awarded the
Gold Medal for his illustrations “The Immaterial Time” and Mr.
Ponzi was awarded the Silver Medal for his illustration “Death with
Interruption” Gallery
hours: Tuesday 10:00 am-8:00 pm; Wednesday – Friday: 10:00am –
5:00 pm; Saturday:12:00 pm– 4:00 pm
Museum of American Illustration at the Society of
Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
838-2560
http://www.societyillustrators.org
Currently on
display
Italian East Harlem
Italian
immigrants who arrived in New York
City during the last quarter of the nineteenth
century came from a variety of southern Italian towns and each groups sought
its own enclave. East Harlem was always an
ethnically diverse community. Italian Harlem was born and nurtured amid this
diversity and was known as one of New
York City’s “Little Italys.”
The National Museum of Catholic Art and History
443 East 115th Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
828-5209
info@nmcah.org
http://www.nmcah.org/exhibitions/italian.htm
Permanent
Exhibits
Antonio Meucci:
The True Inventor of the Telephone
Featuring Meucci’s telephone models and
original documents.
Sponsored by the Garibaldi–Meucci Museum,
Order Sons of Italy in America.
420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island
Contact: Bonnie McCourt (718) 442-1608
info@garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
General
Giuseppe Garibaldi: The Legendary
Hero of Two Worlds
Featuring
Garibaldi’s “Red Shirt” which he wore during the 1849
defiance of the Roman
Republic and original
handwritten documents.
Sponsored by the Garibaldi–Meucci Museum,
Order Sons of Italy in America.
420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island
Contact: Bonnie McCourt (718) 442-1608
info@garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
Italian
Heritage Collection
The Enrico Fermi Cultural
Committee showcases a display of sculptures and artwork that feature Arturo
Toscanini, “Madre Italia,” Cardinal Lucchesi, Dante Alighieri,
Italian Nobel Prize Winners, “The Italians of New York” and a
silkscreen of “Festa” by Ralph Fasanella.
Enrico Fermi
Cultural Center, Belmont Branch of the New York Public
Library
610 East 186th Street at Hughes Avenue, Bronx
Contact: Marisa Parish (718) 933-6410
http://www.arthuravenuebronx.com/enrico_fermi.htm
Dante
Alighieri
Display of
photographs, posters, prints, books, and artifacts featuring the life and
work of Dante Alighieri.
Enrico Fermi
Cultural Center, Belmont Branch of the New York Public
Library
610 East 186th Street at Hughes Avenue, Bronx
Contact: Marisa Parish (718) 933-6410
http://www.arthuravenuebronx.com/enrico_fermi.htm
Fasanella
Prints
Prints of the
work of Ralph Fasanella on display include “Welcome Home Boys,”
“Working the Night Shift,” “Working at the Mill,”
“South Bronx Rebirth,” “Washington Square,” and
“Labor Education – New Bedford Union Hall” all signed by
the artist.
White Plains Public Library, Computer Alcove
100 Martine Avenue, White Plains
Contact: (914) 422-1480
http://www.whiteplainslibrary.org
Enrico
Caruso
Collection of
costumes, photographs, caricatures, and personal artifacts of Enrico
Caruso. Please call to make reservations.
Sponsored by the Enrico Caruso
Museum of America.
1942 East 19th Street at Avenue T, Brooklyn
Contact: Cav. Aldo Mancusi (718) 368-3993
CarusoMuseumNY@aol.com
http://www.enricocarusomuseum.com
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
The museum tells
the poignant story of the immigrants who entered America
through the golden door of Ellis Island and
details the history of immigration processing station between 1892 and
1954. Featuring trunks, baggage,
immigrant clothing and costumes, passports, steamer and railroad tickets,
ship passenger manifests, and more from Italian immigrants as well as the
original painting “Family Supper” by Ralph Fasanella.
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Ellis Island, New York Harbor
Contact: (212) 363-3200
http://www.ellisisland.com
The
Baldizzi Family Tenement
Visit a
re-creation of the tenement of this Italian family as it was in the
1930s. Discover the spirited and
imaginative means that the Baldizzi family employed to make their way through
hard times and forge new lives for themselves in America.
Lower East Side Tenement
Museum
90 Orchard Street at Broome Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212) 431-0233
http://www.tenement.org
The
Piccirilli Studio: Public
Sculpture for the Nation
Traveling
exhibition presented by Bill Carroll to feature the great sculptures (such as
the 'Lincoln Memorial,' 'Library Lions,' 'Firemen's Memorial,' 'Maine
Monument') that were carved at the famed Piccirilli studio in the Bronx.
Mott Haven Branch
of the New York
Public Library
321 East 140th Street at Alexander Avenue, Bronx
Contact: (718) 665-4878
Luigi Del Bianco Chief Carver
on Mount Rushmore
A permanent
exhibit showcasing Luigi Del Bianco’s work as Chief Carver on Mount
Rushmore is now on display at the Italian
American Museum.
To find out more about Luigi Del Bianco and his great contribution to Mount Rushmore, visit www.luigimountrushmore.com
Sponsored by the Italian American Museum.
155 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
Admission: $5
Contact: (212)
965-9000
info@italianamericanmuseum.org
http://www.italianamericanmuseum.org
Television
Programs
October 27, 2010 (Wednesday) ·
11:00 am, 3:00 pm, 8:30 pm
October 30, 2010 (Saturday)
· 8:00 pm
October 31, 2010 (Sunday)
· 10:00 am
ITALICS: The Italian American Magazine
Monthly television program documenting the Italian American experience.
Produced by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens
College/CUNY and CUNY-TV cable channel 75 in the five boroughs. Check
your local cable listings.
Contact: William Schempp (212) 642-2044
http://www.qc.edu/italics
Italian
American Writers
A television
interview produced and hosted by Professor Vito De Simone.
On Brooklyn BCAT
channels 56 and 69, every Friday at 1:30 pm.
On Great Neck
area (Long Island) channel 20, every Monday
at 8:00 pm and every Saturday at 8:30 pm.
On
Brookhaven-Stony Brook (Long Island) channel
20, every Sunday at 12:30 am.
On Woodbury area
(Long Island) channel 20, every Tuesday at
2:30 pm.
Contact:
Vito De Simone (516) 466-6352
vitodesimone@aol.com
http://www.ItalianAmericanBooks.com
The Gino Di Napoli Show
Featuring Gino Di Napoli performing the
best Neapolitan, Italian and American music.
Woodbury system (All Nassau and western Suffolk)
Every Monday, 6:30 pm channel 20.
Every Wednesday, 6:30 pm channel 150.
Happauge System (Eastern Central
Suffolk)
Every Sunday, 4:00 pm channel 20.
Every Tuesday, 1:00 pm channel 20.
Riverhead System (All of East end)
Every Tuesday, 7:00 pm, channel 20.
Contact: Gino Di Napoli (631) 242-5808
dinapoli1@aol.com
The Italian
American Experience
Hosted by Lina DelTinto, exploring the
achievements and contributions of outstanding Italians and Italian Americans.
On Brooklyn BCAT channels 35 and 68, every
Tuesday at 9:30 am and 5:30 pm.
On Manhattan
cable channels 56 and 110, every Thursday at 8:30 pm.
Contact: (212) 752-4193
linadeltinto@webtv.net
http://www.linadeltinto.cjb.net
Italian
Opera
To see the schedule
of performances of The Metropolitan Opera and The New York City Opera at
Lincoln Center, Manhattan visit http://ww.lincolncenter.org (by typing in this website
address or double-click on the hyperlink).
Italian
Radio Programs
To see a list of
Italian radio programs in the New York Metropolitan area visit
http://www.qc.edu/calandra/community/commradio.html (by typing in this address or
double-click on the hyperlink).
[Return to the Community
Programs page.]
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D. Calandra Italian American Institute. All rights reserved.
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