November,
2009
Calandra Institute
Events
November 19, 2009
(Thursday) 6:00 pm
Nancy
Carnevale Presents: A New Language, A New World: Italian
Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945
An examination of
Italian immigrants and their children in the early twentieth century, A New
Language, A New World is the first full-length historical case study of one
immigrant group’s experience with language in America. Professor Carnevale of Montclair State
University, will be joined by
Emeritus Professor Gerald Meyer, Hostos
Community College, CUNY and
Professor Mary Anne Trasciatti, Hofstra
University, for a
discussion on the book. A wine Reception will accompany the event. Books will
be for sale at a special rate. Seating is limited. Be prepared to show a
photo ID to the building’s concierge.
Sponsored by the
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY.
John D. Calandra
Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd
Street, 17th Floor, between 5th
and 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Admission: free; open
to the public
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
Theater
Through December,
2009
How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of
Myself)
Directed by Ted
Sod. An outstanding funny one woman tour de force between mother and recently
divorced daughter. Starring Antoinette LaVecchia. Please call for further
information.
Cherry Lane
Studio Theatre
38 Commerce Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
239-6200
Events
November 1, 2009,
2009 (Sunday) 3:00
pm
Lecture:
“Sicilian Culture” by Professor Carlo Sclafani
Lecture will
explore Sicily’s
art, poetry and music. Reception with foods from the region. Sponsored by the
Sophia and Joseph Abeles Endowed Chair for the Modern Languages Department
and the Italian Club of Westchester
Community College.
Westchester Community
College
Classroom
Building Room 200, (Parking Lot 4)
78 Grasslands Road, Valhalla,
NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
November 1, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
“Gotta
Sing” Concert
Featuring Italian
songs, selections from popular operas, and Broadway tunes, performed by
Regina Opera soloists.
Sponsored by
Regina Opera Company
Regina Hall
65th
Street and 12th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Admission: $10;
$5 for Teens; Children - free
Contact: (718)
259-2772
http://www.reginaopera.org
November 1, 2009
(Sunday) 4:00
pm
Snug
Harbor’s Gala Tour of Italy
Cocktails
followed by a Taste of Italy. Enjoy the flavors and culture of Italy.
Presenting the Inaugural
“Amici Di Cultura” Award.
Sponsored by Snug
Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens.
Richmond County
Savings Foundation’s Tuscan Garden
Richmond Avenue,
Staten Island
November 1, 2009
(Sunday) 5:00
– 10:30 pm
48h
Annual Mario Lanza Ball
Annual fund
raiser with Mistress of Ceremonies Elaine Malbin and special guest performer
tenor Giuseppe Taormina. The evening includes a cocktail hour, the finals of
the 2009 Mario Lanza Scholarship auditions, video presentation, dinner and
dancing for all to enjoy.
Sponsored by
Mario Lanza Institute.
DoubleTree Hotel
237 South Broad
Street, Philadelphia, PA
Admission: $135;
open to the public
Contact: William
Ronayne (718) 338-8662
wjronayne@juno.com
November 1, 2009
(Sunday) 5:00
pm
A
Puccini Retrospective
Joseph Pucciatti,
artistic director and conductor of Boheme Opera, New Jersey will describe the
life and operas of Giacomo Puccini, the last of the great Italian composers
from the golden age of Italian opera.
Sponsored by Dorothea’s
House, Casa di Cultura Italiana.
120 John Street,
Princeton, New Jersey
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Joe Casalaina joec@dorotheashouse.org
http://www.dorotheashouse.org/events.html
November 2, 2009
(Monday) 6:00
pm
Giro
d’Italia from Past to Future – New York
Exhibition -
Opening Reception. On view images from the archives of Fondazione del Corriere della Sera and art works by
contemporary international artists. Please call for further information.
Eden Fine Art
Gallery
437 Madison
Avenue, at 50th Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
879-4242, ext.360 to RSVP
November 2, 2009
(Monday) 6:00
pm
Slow
– Life in a Tuscan Town By
Douglas Gayeton
Exhibition,
reception and book signing with author and photographer Douglas Gayeton.
Clic Gallery
255 Centre
Street, at the corner of Broome Street, Manhattan
http://www.clicgallery.com
November 3, 2009
(Tuesday) 6:30
pm
Lia Levi
Reads from: The Jewish Husband
It is 1938 and
fascist Italy has imposed its infamous race laws. A young Jewish professor
entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic Sonia. She is
everything that his is not: the privileged daughter of a family that is
wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentile. He wins her affections, but the
price is great. He must deny his origins in order to enter her family and
friends. Winner of the Moravia Prize for Fiction. Presented by author Lia
Levi.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi
and NOIAW.
Westchester
Italian Cultural Center
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission: free;
registration is required
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
November 4, 2009
(Wednesday) 11:15 am
Lecture:
“Italy Today: Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium” by
Professor Mario Mignone
Dr. Mario Mignone
will explore the two most critical issues Italy is facing today: immigration
and the low birth rate. He will demonstrate how these two issues are
transforming the demographics of Italy.
Sponsored by the
Italian Club of Westchester Community College
Westchester
Community College
Classroom
Building Room 100, (Parking Lot 4)
78 Grasslands
Road, Valhalla, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Prof.
Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
November 4, 2009
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm
Salvatore
Scibona Reads from The End: A Novel
The End chronicles the lives of six Italian immigrants at an Ohio
carnival. Against a backdrop of immigration, racial hostility, broken
loyalties, the tale follows the characters across seven preceding decades and
looks into the heart of a crime that interweaves all of their lives. National
Book Award Finalist. Light
refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. This is part of the Writers
Read Series.
Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens
College/CUNY.
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, between 5th
and 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Admission: free; open
to the public (registration is required)
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
November 4, 2009
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm Reception;
7:00 pm Program
Lia Levi
Reads from The Jewish Husband
Award winning
author, Lia Levi, will be reading from her latest novel, The Jewish Husband (Europa Editions, 2009). Books will be
available for purchase and signing. Sponsored by The National Organization of
Italian American Women and Hadassah in collaboration with the Italian
Cultural Institute of New York, La Scuola D’Italia and the Westchester
Italian Cultural Institute.
Center for Jewish
History
15 West 16th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: free
to NOIAW and Hadassah members; $5 to friends of members; $10 General
Admission
Contact: Maria
Tamburri (212) 642-2003
mtamburri@noiaw.org
November 4, 2009
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm
Book
Presentation: Elizabeth Street
With author Laurie
Fabiano. Limited seating. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the Italian
American Museum.
155 Mulberry
Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
965-9000
info@italianamericanmuseum.org
November 4, 2009
(Wednesday) 8:00 pm
The
Italian Academy Concert Series: Miranda Cuckson
Featuring a
recital by violinist, Miranda Cuckson.
Sponsored by the Italian Academy.
Italian Academy Teatro
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free; open
to the public
Contact: Rick Whitaker (212) 854-1623
rw2115@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
November 5, 2009
(Thursday) 6:30
pm
Lecture:
The life of Joseph Petrosino
Lecture by Prof.
Ann T. Romano. Seating is limited. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the Italian
American Museum.
155 Mulberry
Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
965-9000
info@italianamericanmuseum.org
November 5, 2009
(Thursday) 6:30
pm
Bordighera
Annual Poetry Awards and Reception
Readings by the
2009 Winner, Carla Panciera, and 2009 Winner, Michael La Sorsa Steffen
who’s book; Heat Murmur will be available for signing and sale. There
will be a reception with wine, cheese, fruit, and introductions and, hosting
by Daniela Gioseffi and Anthony J. Tamburri.
Sponsored by Bordighera
Press and The Sonaia-Raiziss-Giop Foundation
John D. Calandra
Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd
Street, 17th floor (between 5th & 6th
Avenues), Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Anthony
J. Tamburri or Daniela Gioseffi (212) 642-2030
daniela@tellurian.net
http://www.ItalianAmericanWriters.com/prize.html
November 6, 2009
(Friday) 6:00
pm
Book
Presentation by Two Award Winning Italian American Authors
Reading and book
signing featuring Daniela Gioseffi American Book Award Winner of fourteen
books of prose and poetry and Michael Palma, renowned poet/translator of
Dante and several other Italian poets, and editor of Italian Americana. To
benefit the Italian American Museum. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the Italian
American Museum
155 Mulberry
Street (Little Italy), Manhattan
Contact: (212)
965-9000
info@italianamericanmuseum.org
November 6, 2009
(Friday) 6:00
pm
Book
Presentation: Futuriste, Letteratura. Art. Vita
A panel with
Giancarlo Carpi, editor and exhibit curator, Ara Merjan, New York University,
Lisa Panzera, Director, McCaffrey Fine Art; Christine Poggi, University of
Pennsylvania.
Sponsored by Casa
Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ New York University.
24 West 12th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: (212)
998-8730
November 6, 2009
(Friday) 7:30
pm
Futuristc
Exhibit Opening Reception
With the
participation of Umberto Croppi, Commissioner for Culture and Communication,
of the City of Rome.
Sponsored by Casa
Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ New York University.
24 West 12th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: (212)
998-8730
November 6, 2009
(Monday) 7:30
pm
Concert
by the New York City Morningside Wind Quintet
Chamber Music
Concert by the New York City
Morningside Winds Quintet; Ralph Kirmser, Oboe; Maureen O’Brien, Flute;
Kate Sheeran, French Horn, Danielle Stopek, Basoon, Stephen Poppel, Clarinet.
Sponsored by
Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University.
Center for Italian
Studies, Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E4340
Stony Brook
University, Tabler Center for the Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Tabler Drive,
Stony Brook, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Jo Fusco
(631) 632-7444
jfusco@italianstudies.org
November 8, 2009
(Sunday) 9:00
am – 12:00 pm
2nd
Ambasciatore Awards
Please call for
further information. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the Italian
American Museum.
VIP Country Club
600 Davenport
Avenue, New Rochelle, New York
Contact: Ralph A.
Tedesco (914) 665-9458 or (212) 965-9000
tedra24@aol.com or info@italianamericanmuseum.org
November 8, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
Alessandra
Tiraterra, Pianist
Performing a rich
and varied program with music of Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninov and Messiaen.
Voorhees Hall
71 Hamilton
Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Admission: $3,
free to members, RU students
Contact: Joe
Casalaina
joec@dorotheashouse.org
http://www.dorotheashouse.org
November 8, 2009
(Sunday)
KITCAFFE’
in Montclair
Italian Literary
Salon curated by KIT in collaboration with Trumpets Jazz Club.
Trumpets Jazz
Club
6 Depot Square,
Montclair, New Jersey
Admission: $20
(includes copies of the material, wine and sweets)
For information
contact: info@kitheater.com
November 8
– 22, 2009
New York
City Opera Mozart, Don Giovanni
The legend of Don
Juan lives on in visionary director Christopher Alden’s re-imagined
version of Mozart’s sublime masterwork. Please call for further
information
David H. Koch
Theater
20 Lincoln
Center, Manhattan
Admission: Tickets
start at $12
Contact: (212)
721-6500
http://www.NYCOPERA.com
November 9, 2009
(Monday) 10:00
am, 4:00 pm & 10:00 pm
TV
Program: Italics. The Italian American
TV Magazine
Italics, in association with CUNY TV, has produced four hour-long
specials to air in October and November. Each special will highlight the
various activities and personalities of our Italian American community at
large. Featuring the National Italian American Foundations 34th
Annual Weekend Conference and Gala Awards Dinner. Sponsored by the John D.
Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY and CUNY TV
Channel 75 (Time
Warner); Channel 77 (RCN)
November 9, 2009
(Monday) 5:30
pm
2009
Balzan Forum in New York
A conversation
with Balzan Prize Winners.
Enrico Bombieri,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
Wallace S.
Broecker, Columbia University
Thomas Nagel, New
York University
Light
refreshments to follow. RSVP to nb2413@columbia.edu
The Italian
Academy
1161 Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Nick
Buonincontri (212) 854-8562
Nb2413@collumbia.edu
November 9, 2009
(Monday) 6:00
pm
Film: Le
Cirque: A Table in Heaven (2009)
Documentary
directed by Andrew Rossi follows Sirio Maccioni and his family as they
prepare to re-open Le Cirque in NYC’s Bloomberg Tower. Post-screening
discussion with director led by Cara De Silva. Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. This is part of
the Film and Video Series: Documented
Italians.
Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens
College/CUNY.
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, between 5th
and 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Admission: free; open
to the public (registration is required)
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
November 10, 2009
(Tuesday) 6:00
pm
Screening
of La Vera Leggenda di Tony Vilar (The
True Legend of Tony Vilar
Directed by
Giuseppe Gagliardi. Screened in official selection at the 2007 Tribeca Film
Festival. Stars Peppe Voltarelli as a contemporary Italian singer determined
to find Tony Vilar (born Antonio Ragusa), a Calabrian immigrant who became a
pop star in 1960s Argentina. Followed by a Q&A with the film’s
director and star. Please call for further information.
Sponsored by Casa
Italiana Zerilli-Marimo and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute,
Queens College/CUNY.
Casa Italiana
Zerilli-Marimò, New York University
24 West 12th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: (212)
998-8730
November 9, 2009
(Monday) 7:00
pm
New
Literature from Europe, Eat Your Words When Writers Speak of Food.
Conversation
between authors, followed by a reception.
Sponsored by the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy, Goethe Institute, Istituto Cervantes New York
and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
Istituto
Cervantes
211 East 49th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: (212)
308-7720
November 10, 2009
(Tuesday) 2:00
pm
Cinema
Italia
Enjoy the
screening of an Italian movie, light refreshments will be served. In Italian
with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission: free
for members, registration is required; Non-member $5
Contact: (914)
771-8700
programs@wiccny.org
November 10, 2009
(Tuesday) 6:30
pm
Secret
Recipes of a Great Italian Chef – Cooking Class and Demonstration,
Tartufo & Prodotti di Bosco
Hands on in the
preparation of dishes in which the “Precious Tuber” is the
protagonist. Tasting of the cooked dishes and a glass of wine will conclude
this fantastic experience. Sponsored by the Westchester Italian Cultural
Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission:
Members $49.95; Non-Members $59.95
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
November 11, 2009
(Wednesday) 10:00
pm
Peppe
Voltarelli in Concert
This is Peppe
Voltarelli’s New York concert debut. Voltarelli’s work is a
modern Italian’s musical take on the diaspora of tight-knit Calabrian
immigrant communities throughout Europe and the Americas. The opening act for
the concert is Marco Calliari, Montreal-based Italian-Canadian
singer-songwriter. Tony Vilar will make a special guest appearance.
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleeker
Street at Thompson Street, Manhattan
Admission: $15
Contact: (212)
505-3474 or http://lepoissonroughe.com (for information);
(866) 55 TICKETS
or http://lepoissonroughe.com/events/view/594 (to purchase tickets)
Symposium: Beyond
Futurism: F.T. Marinetti, Writer
November 12 –
13, 2009
November 12
(Thursday) 9:30 am – 6:00
pm at the Italian Academy (Columbia University)
November 13 (Friday)
9:30 am – 12:30 pm at the
Italian Cultural Institute of New York
The centennial
anniversary of the foundation of the Italian avant-garde movement is an
auspicious occasion for a renaissance of Futurist studies, contemplating the
figure of Marinetti as a writer. This two-day symposium will bring together a
variety of international critical perspectives to begin a general process of
redefinition and rediscovery of the Italian Novecento.
Sponsored by the
Department of Italian (Columbia University); “The Italian Poetry
Review” (Columbia U.), the Italian Academy (Columbia U.); Fondazione
Cassa di Risparmio (Bologna); Centro Studi “Aldo Palazzeschi
(Università degli Studi Firenze); the Italian Cultural Institute (NY,
NY); Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU); Crossroads Cultural Center
(NY, NY); and Performa (NY, NY).
Italian Academy,
Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan
Italian Cultural
Institute of New York
686 Park Avenue,
Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Allison
Jeffrey (212) 854-8942
aj211@columbia.edu
November 11, 2009
(Wednesday) 11:15 am
“Mussolini
and His Relation to Italian Jews: Friend or Foe?”
Guest Speaker:
Cherise Gordon. Ms. Gordon will speak on the role of Mussolini in relation to
Italian Jews from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Sponsored by the
Italian Club of Westchester Community College.
Westchester
Community College
Classroom
Building Room 100
78 Grasslands
Road, Valhalla, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Prof.
Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
November 11, 2009
(Wednesday) 6:00 and 9:00 pm
“GIRLMACHINE”
Featured in
PERFORMA09, the renowned biennial for new visual performance art in New York
City, GIRLMACHINE will inaugurate the symposium with two performances.
The Italian
Academy Teatro
1161 Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: $10
suggested donation; open to the public
Contact: Luisa
Gui (917) 907-3094
Lui.gui@gmail.com
http://www.performa-arts.org/blog/girlmachine/
November 11, 2009
(Wednesday) 6:40 pm
Italian
Opera Company Salutes Galileo Galilei
Works of the
great masters of opera featuring arias, duets and choral ensembles of Verdi
Puccini, Donizetti and Mascagni.
Sponsored by Dr.s
Parisi and Patel, and the Italian Historical Society.
1935 75th
Street, Brooklyn
Admission: free;
open to the public (Wheelchair accessible, Community Medical Associates)
Contact: Nina Di
Gregorio (718) 232-8162
mail@italianhistorical.org
November 11, 2009
(Wednesday) 7:00 pm
New
Literature from Europe, Eat Your Words When Writers Speak of Food.
Conversation
between authors, followed by a reception.
Sponsored by the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy, Goethe Institute, Istituto Cervantes New York
and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
Posman Books,
Chelsea Market, Ninth Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: (212)
627-0304
November 11, 2009
(Wednesday) 8:00 pm
Kensico
Italian American Society Meeting and Cultural Presentation
Meeting and
cultural presentation honoring all veterans of the society.
Sponsored by
Kensico Italian American Society.
Mount Pleasant
Town Hall, Tower Room, 3rd floor
1 Town Hall
Plaza, Valhalla, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Brigida
Colitto (914) 769-8846
MoliseBC@aol.com
November 12, 2009
(Thursday) 12:00 pm
N.I.C.E. Film
Festival Press Conference
The Italian
Cultural Institute in New York introduces the N.I.C.E. Film Festival (New
Italian Cinema Events) and the international premiere of the film Viola di Mare (Purple Sea). Director
Donatella Maiorca, lead actress Valeria Solarini, and Artistic Director of
N.I.C.E. Viviana Del Biano will take part in the press conference. A reception
will follow.
Italian Cultural
Institute
686 Park Avenue
(at 69th Street), Manhattan
Contact: (212)
879-4242
November 12, 2009
(Thursday) 7:00 pm
Viola Di Mare (Purple Sea)
The 19th
N.I.C.E. film festival international premiere screening. Director Donatella
Maiorca and lead actress Valeria Solarino will attend the screening and
participate in a Q&A discussion with the audience following the
screening.
IFC Center
323 Avenue of the
Americas (at West 3rd Street), Manhattan
Contact: (212)
924-7771
niceinternational@nicefestival.org
November 12 and
13, 2009 7:30
pm
November 14 and
15, 2009 4:00
pm
Gian
Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the
Night Visitors
With the Chelsea
Opera Chamber Orchestra. Sung in English, the opera will be fully staged and
costumed, and presented in an excitingly new, updated setting. The musical
director/conductor is Carmine Aufiero and the stage director is Lynne
Hayden-Findlay. For more information, visit www.ChelseaOpera.org
Supported, in
part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,
the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Friends of Chelsea Opera.
St. Peter’s
Church in Chelsea
346 West 20th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: $25;
$15 Seniors/Students; $30 and $20 purchased at the door
Contact: (212)
260-1796
CHELSEAOPERA@AOL.COM
http://www.CHELSEAOPERA.ORG
November 14, 2009
(Saturday) 2:00
pm
Culinary
Classes for Children – Pane e Focaccia
Who does not like
the simple and delicious Focaccia Bread! Parents can sign up with their
children and learn together how to prepare simple healthy everyday snacks.
Use focaccia bread to make delicious Italian sandwiches and start a new
tradition! Appropriate for ages 5 to 100.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission:
Children: Members $30; Non-Members $38; Parent & Child: Members $40;
Non-Member $50
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
November 14, 2009
(Saturday) 8:00
pm
“Welcome
H.E. Mons. Francesco Cacucci”
A formal dinner
to welcome Archbishop, Monsignor Francesco Cacucci and to celebrate the 20th
Anniversary of the United Pugliesi Federation of New York. Hosts: H.E.
Monsignor Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations;
Honorable Francesco Maria
Talo’, Consul of Italy in New York; Honorable Amato Berardi, Member of
Parliament of the Republic of Italy. Chef from Puglia, Bruno Milone.
Sponsored by the
Pugliesi Federation.
Marco Polo
Restaurant
345 Court Street,
Brooklyn
Admission: $100
Contact: (718)
852-5015
info@unitedpugliesifederation.org
November 15, 2009
(Sunday) 10:00
am – 12:00 pm
Radio
Show – Holiday Show
Join the live
studio audience at WICC or tune in to WFAS AM 12:30 or www.wfasam.com
Sponsored by the Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
November 15, 2009
(Sunday) 12:30
pm
Italian
Mass
Mass Celebrated
by H.E. Monsignor Francesco Cacucci, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto and President
of the Pugliese Episcopol Conferenceor Francesco Cacucci and to celebrate the
20th Anniversary of the United Pugliesi Federation of New
York.
Sponsored by the
Pugliesi Federation.
The Fordham
University Church
Rose Hill Campus,
Bronx
Contact: (718)
817-1000
info@unitedpugliesifederation.org
http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham
November 15, 2009
(Sunday) 1:00
pm
“Opera
Goes to Hollywood”
Presentation by
Lou Barrella. Hear the music of Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky and Verdi as it
was used in such films as Citizen Kane.
Seating is limited.
Sponsored by the Garibaldi
Meucci Museum.
420 Tompkins
Avenue, Staten Island
Admission: $5;
members are free.
Contact: (718)
442-1608
info@garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
http://www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
November 15, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
Cinema
Italia: Come le Formiche
This film takes
place on the lush Umbrian hills. The story of one family, devoted to wine
(2007). Directed by Ilaria Borelli. In Italian with English subtitles.
Discussion in English by Author and Director Franco D’Alessandro.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission:
Members $20; Non-Members $25; Senior Citizens: Members $15; Non-Members $20;
Students with ID free
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
November 15, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
Italian
Cultural Film – The Leopard (Il
Gattopardo)
This epic film
directed by Luchino Visconti recreates the years of the Italian
“Risorgimento,” when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle
classes rose to form a unified democratic Italy. The story is told through
the eyes of the aging prince (Burt Lancaster) as he watches his culture wane
in the face of a new generation, represented by his upstart nephew (Alain
Delon) and his fiancé (Claudia Cardinale).
Sponsored by the
Italian Club of Westchester Community College.
Westchester
Community College
Classroom
Building Room 200, (Parking Lot 4)
78 Grasslands
Road, Valhalla, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Prof.
Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
November 15, 2009
(Sunday) 6:30
pm
City of
Hope
A concert to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the United Pugliesi Federation
of New York. Concert performed by Tenor Luciano Lamonarca and Pianist
Pasquale Iannone and with the participation of singer Valentina Popa and
Soprano Brigid Berger. Host: Rosella Rago. During the concert, the missionary
project called “City of Joy” created by Sister Maria Mazzone, a salesian Nun, will be introduced
to the public. Please call for further information.
Sponsored by
Governo Italiano Ministero della Gioventù, Consolato Italiano di New
York, Assessorato al mediterraneo Pace ed Attivita’ Culturali della
Regione Puglia, Provincia di Barletta Andria Trani, Provincia di Bari, United
Pugliesi Federation, the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens
College/CUNY, On. Amato Berardi, Apulian Consortium, Unioncamere Puglia,
Assoter.
Snug Harbor
Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens
1000 Richmond
Terrace, Staten Island
Admission: free;
open to the public – donations are welcome
Contact: (718)
448-2500
info@unitedpugliesifederation.org
http://www.snug-harbor.org
November 16, 2009
(Monday) 10:00
am, 4:00 pm & 10:00 pm
TV
Program: Italics. The Italian American
TV Magazine
Italics, in association with CUNY TV, has produced four hour-long
specials to air in October and November. Each special will highlight the
various activities and personalities of our Italian American community at
large. Featuring Jukebox-Italian and Italian American Musicians – In
Depth and In Performance. – Vinico Caposella, and Jovanotti. The
Italian Musical Pioneers discuss their music and art and also perform on this
international musical special.
Sponsored by the
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY and CUNY TV
Channel 75 (Time
Warner); Channel 77 (RCN)
November 16, 2009
(Monday) 6:00
pm
Lost
Boys, Recovered Memories: Lorenzo Carcaterra’s Sleepers
Professor
Christopher Wilson from Boston College will discuss the uses of ethnic,
literary and political memory in Carcaterra’s memoir. Light
refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. This is part of the Philip
V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American Studies.
Sponsored
by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY.
25
West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, between 5th
and 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Admission:
free; open to the public (registration is required)
Contact:
(212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
November 17, 2009
(Tuesday) 2:00
pm
Cinema
Italia
Enjoy the
screening of an Italian movie, light refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission: free
for members, registration is required; Non-member $5
Contact: (914)
771-8700
programs@wiccny.org
November 17, 2009
(Tuesday) 6:30
pm
Richard
Vetere Reads from Baroque
Baroque is a historical novel about true events and people. It
follows the lives of several men and women who had their portraits painted by
Caravaggio and how their lives intersect in Rome in the early 1600s.
Presented by Author Richard Vetere.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission: free
Contact: (914)
771-8700
programs@wiccny.org
November 17, 2009
(Tuesday) 8:00
pm
Aprile
Millo In Her New York Recital Debut
The “Golden
Voiced Diva” celebrates the 25th anniversary of her debut
with the Opera Orchestra of New York.
Frederick P. Rose
Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: $85,
$65, $45
Contact: (212)
906-9137
http://www.operaorchestrany.org
November 18, 2009
(Wednesday) 8:00 pm
Cinema
Italiano – Il Divo
A new film about
Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti.
Sponsored by
Rivertown Film and St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Lafayette Theatre
97 Lafayette
Avenue, Suffern, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Gerald
McCarthy (845) 398-4134
gmccarth@stac.edu
November 19, 2009
(Thursday) 2:20 pm
“Inferno
from Dante to Primo Levi”
Lecture by
Professor Lino Pertile, Harvard University.
Sponsored by
Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University.
Center for
Italian Studies, Harriman Hall, Room 137
Stony Brook
University
Nicolls Road
(County Route 97), Stony Brook, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Jo Fusco
(631) 632-7444
jfusco@italianstudies.org
November 19, 2009
(Thursday) 6:00 pm
Nancy
Carnevale Presents: A New Language, A New World: Italian
Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945
An examination of
Italian immigrants and their children in the early twentieth century, A New
Language, A New World is the first full-length historical case study of one
immigrant group’s experience with language in America. Professor
Carnevale of Montclair State University, will be joined by Emeritus Professor
Gerald Meyer, Hostos Community College, CUNY and Professor Mary Anne Trasciatti,
Hofstra University, for a discussion on the book. A wine Reception will
accompany the event. Books will be for sale at a special rate. Seating is
limited. Be prepared to show a photo ID to the building’s concierge.
Sponsored by the
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY.
John D. Calandra
Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, between 5th
and 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Admission: free; open
to the public
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
November 19, 2009
(Thursday) 6:30 pm
The
Harvest, Wine Lecture and Tasting
Join experienced
sommelier Cynthia Goddeau as she guides you through the workings of an
Italian Harvest from early traditions to modern techniques as we learn to
pair and taste wine to compliment our own holiday traditions. Light
refreshments will accompany the tasting.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission: $40 -
$48
Contact: (914)
771-8700
programs@wiccny.org
November 19, 2009
(Thursday) 6:30 pm
Coalition
of Italian American Associations, Inc. Monthly Dinner Meeting
Guest speaker:
Joseph J. Grano, Jr., CEO Centurion Holdings LLC and the author of You Can’t Predict a Hero; and
Colonel R Ken Curley, President and CEO of Raymond Associates, co-founder of
New York State for Veterans, In.; Former Aide de Camp to then Major General
H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the
Coalition of Italian American Associations, Inc.
Il Palazzo
Ristorante
151 Mulberry
Street, Manhattan
Admission: $75
Contact: (212)
965-9000
November 19, 2009
(Thursday) 7:00 pm
Anabella
Lenzu Dance/Drama Cocktail Party
An evening of
fun, food and entertainment to help benefit the Company’s 2010 season.
Anabella
Lenzu/DanceDrama will perform “The Corral” excerpts.
The Gershwin
Hotel
7 East 27th
Street (corner of 5th Avenue), Manhattan
Admission:
Suggested donation $25
Contact: (678)
634-3162
http://www.AnabellaLenzu.com
November 19, 2009
(Thursday) 8:00 pm
Former
Italian Leader to Address Europe’s Global Role at Princeton University
Romano Prodi, the
two-time prime minister of Italy, will speak on The Role of Europe in a Multilateral
World” and address his views on the mismatch between the economic power
of the European Union and its limited role as a political player in the
international arena.
Princeton
University, McCosh 50
Princeton, New
Jersey
Contact (609)
258-3000
November 20, 2009
(Friday) 6:00
pm
Italy Today – The Sick Man of Europe
Edited by Andrea
Mammone and Giuseppe Veltri.
Sponsored by Casa
Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University.
Casa Italian
Zerilli-Marimò
24 West 12th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: (212)
998-8730
Casa.italiana@nyu.edu
http://www.CasaItalianaNYU.org
November 20, 2009
(Friday) 6:30
pm
The
Italian American Experience
Oral history
presentation by members of the society highlighting their emigration
experience.
Sponsored by
Kensico Italian American Society.
Heydorn Hall,
Hawthorne Reformed Church
65 Broadway,
Hawthorne, NY
Admission: $15;
open to the public
Contact: Brigida
Colitto (914) 769-8846
MoliseBC#@aol.com
Conference
Entitled: Myth in Etruria: Images and
Inscriptions
November 20
(Friday) 5:00
– 7:00 pm
November 21
(Saturday) 9:00 am –
7:00 pm
In contrast to
the Greek and Roman worlds, our knowledge regarding the diffusion and use of
mythology in Etruria is not primarily based on literature, but on material
evidence, images and inscriptions. Far from being a limitation, this feature
is not only instructive as regards the specific channels of the transmission
of myths, but also suggests an object – and context-oriented approach
to their study. Through the interdisciplinary focus on iconography and
epigraphy, the conference aims at fully exploiting the peculiarities of
mythological evidence in Etruria in order to explore two key traits of Etruscan
religious and cultural practice: seeing/interpreting, and writing. Moreover,
the built-in comparative perspective determined by the Etruscans’
relationship with the Greeks will provide an optimal background for the
broader historical assessment of mythology’s role within Etruscan
culture.
Sponsored by the
Center for the Ancient Mediterranean.
Italian Academy
at Columbia University, Fine Arts Department
Center for the
Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Larissa
Bonfante (212) 866-2960
lb11@nyu.edu
November 21, 2009
(Saturday) 10:00
am
Lecture:
“Got the $64,000 Genealogy Question?
You have the
questions, we have the answers! Bring your genealogical questions to our
experienced researchers on what to do, and where to go.
Sponsored by the
Westchester Italian Cultural Center and the Westchester Chapter of the
Italian Genealogical Group.
One Generoso
Place, Tuckahoe, NY
Admission: free
registration is required
Contact: (914)
771-8700
programs@wiccny.org
November 21, 2009
(Saturday) 7:00
pm
November 22, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
Mozart’s
Don Giovanni
Orchestra
conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley. Staged by Linda Lehr. With English
super-titles.
Sponsored by the Regina
Opera Company.
Regina Hall
12th
Avenue and 65th Street, Brooklyn
Admission: $20;
$15 Seniors/Students
Contact: (718)
259-2772
ReginaOpera@Yahoo.com
http://www.reginaopera.org
November 22, 2009
(Sunday)
Italian
Charities of America Auction
This auction is a
fundraiser for Italian Charities of America. A hot buffet will be served.
Please call for further information.
Sponsored by Italian
Charities of America, Inc.
83-20 Queens
Boulevard, Elmhurst, NY
Admission: $15
Contact: (718)
478-3100
November 25, 2009
(Wednesday) 8:30 pm
“As
Long As I’m Singing”
Native New
Yorker, Tom D’Angelo will debut his new show. An accomplished concert
and stage performer, D’Angelo’s musical evening will pay tribute
to one of his major influences – the great Bobby Darin – as well
as other notable singers who define The Great American Songbook.
Feinstein’s
at the Loews Regency
540 Park Avenue,
at 61st Street, Manhattan
Admission: $30
cover; open to the public
Contact: Joe
Magnetico (516) 439-6651
jmgmtco@optimum.net
November 28. 2009
(Saturday) 9:00
pm
Alessandra
Belloni Concert
Featuring the
music from the new CD, Spider Dance.
Bulgarian Gypsy
Bar
181 Ludlow
Street, Manhattan
ABelloni@aol.com
November 28, 2009
(Saturday) 7:00
pm
November 29, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
Mozart’s
Don Giovanni
Orchestra
conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley. Staged by Linda Lehr. With English
super-titles.
Sponsored by the Regina
Opera Company.
Regina Hall
12th
Avenue and 65th Street, Brooklyn
Admission: $20;
$15 Seniors/Students
Contact: (718)
259-2772
ReginaOpera@Yahoo.com
http://www.reginaopera.org
November 29, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
Christmas
in Italy Concert with Cristina Fontanelli
Award winning
international recording artist Cristina Fontanelli will perform Italy’s
best-loved folk songs, Neapolitan songs, arias and Christmas classics with
piano, mandolin, and accordion accompaniment.
Sponsored by
Fontanelli Productions.
Merkin Concert
Hall at the Kaufman
Center
129 West 67th Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
217-6181or www.kaufman-center.org
for ticket information
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