ITALICS Episode Guide: 1997

Episode #90: January 1997

• Distinguished Professor Philip Cannistraro

• Fashion by Juliana / Barbetta's Restaurant

• CSJ Study on Italian Americans in Prime Time TV

• Calendar of Events

• Public Service Announcement

Episode #91: February 1997

• Rudolph Vecoli, Immigration History Research Center, Minnesota, interviewed by Phil Cannistraro, Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Queens College, CUNY

• NIAF sponsored Italian Americans in the Ivy League, reported by Italics intern Diana Golino

• Lou LaRusso Interview (PREEMPTED)

Episode #92: March 1997

• Sicilian Marionettes / Cutticchio

• Susan Molinari, Congresswoman

• Paula Franzese, Esq.

• Calendar of Events

• Public Service Announcement

Episode #93: April 1997

• Professor Nunzio Pernicone lectures on Carlo Tresca, interviewed by Phil Cannistraro, Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Queens College, CUNY

• I Giullari di Piazza, Stabat Mater

• Lou LaRusso, Playwright

• Special Announcement: Congratulations to triple Grammy Award winner John Corigliano, Distinguished Professor of Music, Lehman College

Episode #94: May 1997

• The Lost World of Italian American Radicalism/ 1st Annual JDCIAI International Conference

• The Trials of Maria Barbella

• Calendar of Events

• Public Service Announcement

Episode #95: June 1997

• New York Conference of Italian American State Legislators Albany, NY 1997

• Liana Miuccio, Photographer, An Italian Journey

• Calendar of Events

• Public Service Announcement

Episode #96: July 1997

• Italian Jewelry by Jane Cercone / Cherca

• Donna Gabaccia, interviewed by interviewed by CUNY's Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Phil Cannistraro

• Villa Italia Pasticceria, Schnectady, NY, interviewed by intern Diana Golino

Episode #97: September 1997

• National Italian American Foundation's 4th Annual 1997 Youth Retreat/ Washington DC, covered by Italics intern Diana Golino and producer Bill Schempp

• Enrico Caruso Memorial Concert

• Amato Opera's 50th Anniversary Season

Episode #98: October 1997

• 1997 Italian American Heritage and Culture Month Greater New York City Area

• Christina Altamura Concerto, Pianist

• Calendar of Events

• Public Service Announcement

Episode #99: November 1997

• 1997 National Italian American Foundation's Annual Gala Dinner Weekend

• Beyond the Godfather, Book and NIAF Literary Conference

• Calendar of Events

• Public Service Announcement

Episode #100: December 1997

• New York Conference of Italian American State Legislators Italy Trip 1998 - Part I / Sicily

• Debate over Italy's inclusion into the United Nations Security Council, Senator Alphonse D'Amato (NY)

• and Congressman Bill Pascarell (NJ) and Eliot Engel (NY)

• Calendar of Events

• Public Service Announcement