ITALICS

THE ITALIAN AMERICAN MAGAZINE

The 3^rd Annual Italian Heritage Month 2009

Special Programming Schedule on CUNY-TV

City University Television Cable Channel # 75 (RCN Ch.77)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12^th. 2009- 10am,

4pm & 10pm

Artist and Author Suze Rotolo- “ A Freewheelin’ Time….A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties” …

Artist and Author Suze Rotolo, reads from her recently released book.

A lifetime resident of New York City and longtime resident of Greenwich Village, through the prism of the early sixties Ms.Rotolo discusses art, music, theatre, politics, revolution, her RadicaI Italian American family and a guy she once dated named Bob Dylan.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19^th, 2009- 10am, 4pm & 10pm

Part 1- A Discussion with Thomas DiNapoli NY State Comptroller

Part 2-An Interview with Joseph Sciame, Chairman of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee/ 2009 Celebration Overview-

A Two-Part Program: On Part One we present an in-depth interview with The Honorable Thomas P. DiNapoli, Comptroller of the State of New York.

Part Two has an interview with Cav. Uff. Joseph Sciame, Chairman of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, founders of the Italian Culture Month Celebrations.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9^th, 2009- 10am, 4pm & 10pm

The National Italian American Foundation’s 34^th Annual Weekend Conference and Gala Awards Dinner-

MC Jimmy Kimmel. 2009 Honorees include Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Actress Carla Gugino, Chef and Entrepreneur Lidia Mattichio Bastianich, Italian Singer Antonello Venditti, and PepsiCo./America’s CEO Massimo d’Amore.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16^th, 2009-10am, 4pm & 10pm

JUKEBOX-Italian and Italian American Musicians-In Depth &In Performance!-Vinico Caposella and Jovanotti-

Italian Musical Pioneers and Iconoclasts Caposella and Jovanotti discuss their music and art and also perform on this international musical special.