Euro Innovation and Technology for Social Good
An evening forum to explore innovative strategies, technology and business models for social change and economic growth. This initiative is sponsored by European Commission. An engaging evening of expert panel discussion, companies showcase, and networking with thought leaders and practitioners interested in strategies and business innovation for positive social transformation as well as highlighting the […]
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Unmeasurable Picture-Sara Galas Band
The world-renowned organization La MaMa Experimental Theatre will host the Sara Galas Band formed by actor, singer songwriter Sara Galassini and composer and multi instrumentalist Yukio Tsuji, for two nights only. The eclectic Duo will play together with drummer Bill Ruyle, pianist and mandoline player Claudio Scarabottini and bass player Yuka Tadano. Well known Flamenco […]
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THE MACCHIAIOLI
Exhibition “The Macchiaioli” is curated by Marco Bertoli. The exhibition is part of a wider plan seeking to highlight the Italian artistic heritage, and make Italian 19th Century painting known to the American public – especially such a groundbreaking movement so vital for the development of modern art. It presents about twenty paintings, all from […]
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ELLIS ISLAND
By Robert Viscusi Book Presentation and readings In the epic poem Ellis Island whose structure corresponds to the hours in a year, Viscusi portrays a world of perpetual change and taxing work, though one interrupted by moments of delicate hope. The ambitious poem explores the Italian American immigrant experience primarily the emotional detachment physical location […]
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GATTI-CASAZZA AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF METROPOLITAN OPERA
By Alberto Triola Lecture and book presentation With the participation of EDWARD SMALDONE, DIRECTOR, AARON COPLAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC GIULIO GATTI-CASAZZA (1869-1940) who was born in Udine, Italy was the beneficiary of extensive education at major universities as well Genoa’s Naval School of Engineering. He left the world of engineering, however, to conduct the opera […]
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DENYING EVOLUTION
Creationism and the Nature of Science Lecture The United States is rather unique among Western countries in having a majority of its population rejecting the scientific theory of evolution in favor of one or another kind of creationism. Even some European countries, though, Italy included, have seen an unexpected resurgence of creationist thinking about human […]
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ITALY TOWARDS EUROPE
Theatrical Culture, European Identity Theatre is an extraordinary mean of knowing each other, of meeting up, and creating synergies. In the course of this reading, through the analysis of selected texts and authors, our speakers will lead the audience to a journey into the European theatrical heritage exploring the thread that has connected dramatic art […]
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STOP THE POUNDING HEART dir. Roberto Minervini, USA/Belgium/Italy, 2013, 100 min
Sara is a young girl raised in a family of goat farmers. Her parents homeschool their twelve children, rigorously following the precepts of the Bible. Like her sisters, Sara is taught to be a devout woman, subservient to men while keeping her emotional and physical purity intact until marriage. When Sara meets Colby, a young […]
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POETS OF THE ITALIAN DIASPORA
by Luigi Bonaffini and Joseph Perricone Round Table and Readings Poets of the Italian DiasporaFordham University Press 2014, 1532 pages Edited by Luigi Bonaffini and Joseph Perricone Participants: Luigi Bonaffini, Peter Carravetta, Joseph Perricone Poets of the Italian Diaspora is part of a long-range project, by the editors and contributors, to expand the boundaries of […]
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VICO AND NAPLES
The Urban Origins of Moden Social Theory Lecture and book presentation Barbara Naddeo’s Vico and Naples provides an intellectual portrait of the Neapolitan philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) that reveals the politics and motivations of one of Europe’s first scientists of society, or philosophers of social justice. Rich with period detail and attentive to Vico’s historical, […]
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